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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

As a youngster and being a Latina, you see so much injustice.
DOLORES HUERTA

Injustice Young Yourself
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.
DOLORES HUERTA

Better Competition Corporate Drive Media Pay
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
I think we brought to the world, the United States anyway, the whole idea of boycotting as a nonviolent tactic. I think we showed the world that nonviolence can work to make social change.
DOLORES HUERTA

Change Ideas Myself Social Thinking Violence World
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 call myself an addicted organizer.
DOLORES HUERTA

Addiction Myself Organization
Employers able to work together with workers and sharing gains and profits will lead to a much better world, getting away from income inequality.
DOLORES HUERTA

Employee Income Inequality Togetherness
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.
DOLORES HUERTA

Children Country Family Growth Myself Strong
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.
DOLORES HUERTA

Attention Ourselves Pay People Symbol Wake Work
If we can just convince other people to get involved, this could make some major changes in our society. It’s very exhilarating.
DOLORES HUERTA

Change Involve Ourselves People Society
I am happy to see that, increasingly, people care about farm workers. There is tremendous interest in where and how our food is grown.
DOLORES HUERTA

Care Food Growth Happiness Ourselves People See
Why is it that farmworkers feed the nation but they can’t get food stamps?
DOLORES HUERTA

Feed Food Frame Nation Stamp
Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk.
DOLORES HUERTA

History Side Walk
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
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
We criticize and separate ourselves from the process. We’ve got to jump right in there with both feet.
DOLORES HUERTA

Criticism Jump Ourselves Process Right Separate

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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