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Our society is connecting workers with the products people consume and recognizing workers for their contributions. It is important to do that, and to have organized labor - a middle class - to preserve our democracy.
Dolores Huerta
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Dolores Huerta
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: April 10
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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.
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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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When you have a conflict, that means that there are truths that have to be addressed on each side of the conflict. And when you have a conflict, then it's an educational process to try to resolve the conflict. And to resolve that, you have to get people on both sides of the conflict involved so that they can dialogue.
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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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We know we only have about half of our population that's voting.
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Honor the hands that harvest your crops.
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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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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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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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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.
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Why is it that farmworkers feed the nation but they can't get food stamps?
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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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Leadership is a choice one makes.
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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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The racist rhetoric from politicians is inspiring people to organize, as more people see what happens by not getting active.
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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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Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk.
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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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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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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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