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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.

Dolores Huerta

I’m glad that the fact that people are still getting poisoned by pesticide drift is gaining attention.
DOLORES HUERTA

Attention Fact People Poison
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.
DOLORES HUERTA

Action Herself Learning Participation People Violence
When a group of people get together, it’s collective power. You know that you’re doing it for the good.
DOLORES HUERTA

Collection Goodness Group People Power Togetherness Yourself
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.
DOLORES HUERTA

Community Hope Live Myself People Realization
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.
DOLORES HUERTA

Fortunate Myself Organization Work
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.
DOLORES HUERTA

Hungry Myself Organization Quit Stand Teaching Try
Going door to door and talking to people, convincing them to vote – this is what I call Organizing 101.
DOLORES HUERTA

Call Door Organization People Vote
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.
DOLORES HUERTA

Choice Commitment Leadership People Person Personal Time Yourself
I hope people become inspired to become active in their community. That’s the important thing.
DOLORES HUERTA

Active Community Hope Important Inspirational People
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.
DOLORES HUERTA

Injustice Profile Race Yourself
Exercise your right to vote.
DOLORES HUERTA

Exercise One Liner Politics Right Vote
The racist rhetoric from politicians is inspiring people to organize, as more people see what happens by not getting active.
DOLORES HUERTA

Active Inspirational Ourselves Politics Race
We know we only have about half of our population that’s voting.
DOLORES HUERTA

Ourselves Politics Population Vote
Once you see the outcomes and the results, and you see how many people are helped and benefitting, you want to keep on doing it because it’s so simple.
DOLORES HUERTA

Benefit Help People Result Simplicity Yourself
Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk.
DOLORES HUERTA

History Side Walk
Sometimes, we have to promote ourselves. Just go out and be very active about trying to find an opportunity.
DOLORES HUERTA

Active Opportunity Ourselves Promote Time

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 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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