I’m glad that the fact that people are still getting poisoned by pesticide drift is gaining attention.
DOLORES HUERTAHonor the hands that harvest your crops.
More Dolores Huerta Quotes
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Why is it that farmworkers feed the nation but they can’t get food stamps?
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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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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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That’s the history of the world. His story is told, hers isn’t.
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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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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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As a youngster and being a Latina, you see so much injustice.
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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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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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I call myself an addicted organizer.
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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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Honor the hands that harvest your crops.
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We can’t let people drive wedges between us, because there’s only one human race.
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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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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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