That’s the history of the world. His story is told, hers isn’t.
DOLORES HUERTAThat’s the history of the world. His story is told, hers isn’t.
More Dolores Huerta Quotes
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A women’s place in history has never been given the attention that it needs to be given, and that’s why we have a lot of the misogyny in our society today.
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As a youngster and being a Latina, you see so much injustice.
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We have to get back down to basics. We have to start organizing at the neighborhood level to get people educated to vote.
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Once I learned about grassroots organizing, I got so enamored with it because I thought ‘Wow this is the way you do it!’
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Once 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.
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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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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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Employers able to work together with workers and sharing gains and profits will lead to a much better world, getting away from income inequality.
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We know we only have about half of our population that’s voting.
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If you haven’t forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others?
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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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I 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.
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We criticize and separate ourselves from the process. We’ve got to jump right in there with both feet.
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Honor the hands that harvest your crops.
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It’s important to realize that we all need to work together. With Weaving Movements, we are all interdependent and we all have to work together. If we could just realize that and understand that, we’ll keep our country strong.
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