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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.
Dolores Huerta
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Dolores Huerta
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: April 10
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Exercise your right to vote.
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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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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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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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Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk.
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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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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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We know we only have about half of our population that's voting.
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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.
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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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Honor the hands that harvest your crops.
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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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