I quit because I can’t stand seeing kids come to class hungry and needing shoes. I thought I could do more by organizing farm workers than by trying to teach their hungry children.
DOLORES HUERTAIf we can just convince other people to get involved, this could make some major changes in our society. It’s very exhilarating.
More Dolores Huerta Quotes
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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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I’m glad that the fact that people are still getting poisoned by pesticide drift is gaining attention.
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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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As a youngster and being a Latina, you see so much injustice.
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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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Going door to door and talking to people, convincing them to vote – this is what I call Organizing 101.
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We know we only have about half of our population that’s voting.
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Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk.
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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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Exercise your right to vote.
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The racist rhetoric from politicians is inspiring people to organize, as more people see what happens by not getting active.
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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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I call myself an addicted organizer.
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If we don’t have workers organized into labor unions, we’re in great peril of losing our democracy.
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