We criticize and separate ourselves from the process. We’ve got to jump right in there with both feet.
DOLORES HUERTASometimes, we have to promote ourselves. Just go out and be very active about trying to find an opportunity.
More Dolores Huerta Quotes
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As a youngster and being a Latina, you see so much injustice.
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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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We 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.
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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 know we only have about half of our population that’s voting.
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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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People can take power over their communities and over their lives. Some people don’t realize they can do that. They think ‘It’s OK for other people, but I myself can’t do it.’ Hopefully, that will come out of the film.
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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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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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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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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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Organized labor is the only way to have fair distribution of wealth.
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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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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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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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