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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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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 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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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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Why is it that farmworkers feed the nation but they can't get food stamps?
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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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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 can't let people drive wedges between us... because there's only one human race.
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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 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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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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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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I call myself an addicted organizer.
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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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Sometimes, we have to promote ourselves. Just go out and be very active about trying to find an opportunity.
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