I am happy to see that, increasingly, people care about farm workers. There is tremendous interest in where and how our food is grown.
DOLORES HUERTAI am happy to see that, increasingly, people care about farm workers. There is tremendous interest in where and how our food is grown.
DOLORES HUERTAWe 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.
DOLORES HUERTAMy 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.
DOLORES HUERTAI think we brought to the world, the United States anyway, the whole idea of boycotting as a nonviolent tactic. I think we showed the world that nonviolence can work to make social change.
DOLORES HUERTAEmployers able to work together with workers and sharing gains and profits will lead to a much better world, getting away from income inequality.
DOLORES HUERTAWe know we only have about half of our population that’s voting.
DOLORES HUERTAI hope people become inspired to become active in their community. That’s the important thing.
DOLORES HUERTAOur society is connecting workers with the products people consume and recognizing workers for their contributions. It is important to do that, and to have organized labor – a middle class – to preserve our democracy.
DOLORES HUERTAThe thing about nonviolence is that it spreads. When you get people to participate in nonviolent action – whether it’s a fast, a march, a boycott, or a picket line – people hear you, people see you, people are learning from that action.
DOLORES HUERTAEvery moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world.
DOLORES HUERTAWe have to get back down to basics. We have to start organizing at the neighborhood level to get people educated to vote.
DOLORES HUERTALeadership is a choice one makes.
DOLORES HUERTAAs a youngster and being a Latina, you see so much injustice.
DOLORES HUERTAWe must use our lives to make the world a better place to live, not just to acquire things. That is what we are put on the earth for.
DOLORES HUERTAI want to say to mothers out there, you know, take your children to marches. Take them to meetings because this is a way that they can become strong, and they understand what politics is all about because they are actually living it.
DOLORES HUERTAWhen a group of people get together, it’s collective power. You know that you’re doing it for the good.
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