Every minute a chance to change the world.
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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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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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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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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Our 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.
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I am happy to see that, increasingly, people care about farm workers. There is tremendous interest in where and how our food is grown.
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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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We know we only have about half of our population that’s voting.
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As a youngster and being a Latina, you see so much injustice.
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The 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.
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People would say ‘Who is a leader?’ A leader is a person that does the work. It’s very simple. It’s a personal choice for people who choose to put in their time and their commitment to do the work. It’s a personal choice.
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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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Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk.
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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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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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Leadership is a choice one makes.
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