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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.

Dolores Huerta

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Dolores Huerta
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: April 10
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I say that now we see a lot of hateful rhetoric against Mexicans and the Latino community, but we have a very powerful weapon. And that is our vote. This is the way we can get even with all of the politicians who are insulting us and saying terrible things about our community - by voting them out. And get the good ones. Vote them in.
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When a group of people get together, it's collective power. You know that you're doing it for the good.
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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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Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world.
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We know we only have about half of our population that's voting.
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Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk.
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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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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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We can't let people drive wedges between us... because there's only one human race.
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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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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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Leadership is a choice one makes.
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The first time when I was organizing, I went out and started knocking on doors to see if people were registered to vote. I was a door knocker. I didn't even have the confidence that I could register people, so I just was out there door knocking. That was my first experience.
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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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Once I learned about grassroots organizing, I got so enamored with it because I thought 'Wow this is the way you do it!'
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Exercise your right to vote.
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Going door to door and talking to people, convincing them to vote - this is what I call Organizing 101.
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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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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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