Don’t be a marshmallow. Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk. Stop being vegetables. Work for Justice. Viva the boycott!
DOLORES HUERTAOnce you see the outcomes and the results, and you see how many people are helped and benefitting, you want to keep on doing it because it’s so simple.
More Dolores Huerta Quotes
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We need to keep ringing the bell, wake people up to get our democracy together. Farm workers are like a symbol, and it is good that people are paying attention.
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My mother was a dominant force in our family. And that was great for me as a young woman, because I never saw that women had to be dominated by men.
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Honor the hands that harvest your crops.
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In fact, the corporations are driving out the competition and it is not getting better, especially when they are not paying income taxes. Thank goodness for the social media out there, because we sure can’t count on the corporate media to get the word out.
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When a group of people get together, it’s collective power. You know that you’re doing it for the good.
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Going door to door and talking to people, convincing them to vote – this is what I call Organizing 101.
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I was very fortunate to have known Fred Ross Sr., who was organizing the Community Service Organization (CSO) way back in the late 50’s and early 60’s. I was able to work with him.
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People can take power over their communities and over their lives. Some people don’t realize they can do that. They think ‘It’s OK for other people, but I myself can’t do it.’ Hopefully, that will come out of the film.
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When you choose to give up your time and resources to participate in community work, that’s what makes a leader.
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Leadership is a choice one makes.
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As we’ve focused more on our food and where it comes from, people now have greater awareness of what’s being put onto our food, pesticides, labeling issues, and consumer health.
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We can’t let people drive wedges between us, because there’s only one human race.
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My children grew up very resourceful and strong in spite of them having to live with different families and that I had to drag them all over the country with me.
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Sometimes, we have to promote ourselves. Just go out and be very active about trying to find an opportunity.
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Every minute a chance to change the world.
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