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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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Labor Leader
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My kids have lived experiences that could have never been duplicated otherwise. That's one thing about people who get involved in activism, you live so many experiences that otherwise they wouldn't be there. This is why peoples' lives are so enriched.
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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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Sometimes, we have to promote ourselves. Just go out and be very active about trying to find an opportunity.
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Exercise your right to vote.
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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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I call myself an addicted organizer.
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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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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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My son, Emilio Huerta, is running for congress. He was a young man who was marching and picketing.
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Honor the hands that harvest your crops.
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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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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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Going door to door and talking to people, convincing them to vote - this is what I call Organizing 101.
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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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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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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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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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A women's place in history has never been given the attention that it needs to be given, and that's why we have a lot of the misogyny in our society today.
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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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