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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.

Dolores Huerta

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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Consumer Focus Food Greatness Health Issues Label People
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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Better Earth Live Place World
We 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!
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Accomplishment Greatness Light Shine Woman
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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Better Competition Corporate Drive Media Pay
I hope people become inspired to become active in their community. That’s the important thing.
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Active Community Hope Important Inspirational People
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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Fortunate Myself Organization Work
As a youngster and being a Latina, you see so much injustice.
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Injustice Young Yourself
Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk.
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History Side Walk
Sometimes, we have to promote ourselves. Just go out and be very active about trying to find an opportunity.
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Active Opportunity Ourselves Promote Time
Exercise your right to vote.
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Exercise One Liner Politics Right Vote
I had been a Girl Scout from the time I was 8 to the time I was 18 years old. I had belonged to my church organization and youth groups. But, you never really found a way that you could make a change.
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Change Myself Time Youth
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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Choice Commitment Leadership People Person Personal Time Yourself
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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Children Country Family Growth Myself Strong
I call myself an addicted organizer.
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Addiction Myself Organization
Honor the hands that harvest your crops.
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Food Hands Honor Value Yourself
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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Children Event March Mom Myself Politics Understand

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