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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.
Dolores Huerta
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Dolores Huerta
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: April 10
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People can take power over their communities and over their lives. Some people don't realize they can do that. They think 'It's OK for other people, but I myself can't do it.' Hopefully, that will come out of the film.
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We can't let people drive wedges between us... because there's only one human race.
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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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Going door to door and talking to people, convincing them to vote - this is what I call Organizing 101.
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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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Leadership is a choice one makes.
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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 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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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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Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk.
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Why is it that farmworkers feed the nation but they can't get food stamps?
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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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The racist rhetoric from politicians is inspiring people to organize, as more people see what happens by not getting active.
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Exercise your right to vote.
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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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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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