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Giving kids clothes and food is one thing, but it's much more important to teach them that other people besides themselves are important and that the best thing they can do with their lives is to use them in the service of other people.

Dolores Huerta

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Dolores Huerta
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: April 10
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Of course, we have leaders in the African American community as well that we've all worked with. One of the great rewards of being an activist is that you get to meet all these wonderful people. And there are many unsung heroes. There are so many out there that are good people that are working hard.
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My son, Emilio Huerta, is running for congress. He was a young man who was marching and picketing.
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Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world.
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You could really belong to a group of people and with other people, you could really make some significant changes - through the electoral process, of course, by registering people to vote, and by supporting good people who were running for office. For me, it was like I had found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
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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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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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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 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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We just have to convince other people that they have power. This is what they can do by participating to make change, not only in their community, but many times changing in their own lives. Once they participate, they get their sense of power.
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When you talk about sacrifices, the ones in my family who have sacrificed are my children, because I love what I'm doing. I love the work. I love to go out there and talk about organizing the people. To me, that's something I really enjoy.
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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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It's important to realize that we all need to work together. With Weaving Movements, we are all interdependent and we all have to work together. If we could just realize that and understand that, we'll keep our country strong.
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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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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.
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I call myself an addicted organizer.
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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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The racist rhetoric from politicians is inspiring people to organize, as more people see what happens by not getting active.
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Leadership is a choice one makes.
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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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Why is it that farmworkers feed the nation but they can't get food stamps?
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