That’s the history of the world. His story is told, hers isn’t.
DOLORES HUERTAWe as women should shine light on our accomplishments and not feel egotistical when we do. It’s a way to let the world know that we as women can accomplish great things!
More Dolores Huerta Quotes
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If you haven’t forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others?
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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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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!
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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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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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Every minute a chance to change the world.
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Exercise your right to vote.
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Organized labor is the only way to have fair distribution of wealth.
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We 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.
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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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The racist rhetoric from politicians is inspiring people to organize, as more people see what happens by not getting active.
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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.
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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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I’m glad that the fact that people are still getting poisoned by pesticide drift is gaining attention.
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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 you choose to give up your time and resources to participate in community work, that’s what makes a leader.
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Especially as a teenager, I was always being racially profiled by the police. You just see all this injustice, and you want to do something about it, but you don’t know how.
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I hope people become inspired to become active in their community. That’s the important thing.
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If we can just convince other people to get involved, this could make some major changes in our society. It’s very exhilarating.
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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 can’t let people drive wedges between us, because there’s only one human race.
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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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Giving kids clothes and food is one thing, but it’s much more important to teach them that other people besides themselves are important and that the best thing they can do with their lives is to use them in the service of other people.
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As organizations, we have to find ways to create more opportunities, especially for our young people. A lot of corporations, they have to make opportunities for young people – create internships, for example, even if it’s only half-time.
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Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk.
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Why is it that farmworkers feed the nation but they can’t get food stamps?
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