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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.
Dolores Huerta
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Dolores Huerta
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: April 10
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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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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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Honor the hands that harvest your crops.
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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 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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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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Going door to door and talking to people, convincing them to vote - this is what I call Organizing 101.
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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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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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Exercise your right to vote.
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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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Once I learned about grassroots organizing, I got so enamored with it because I thought 'Wow this is the way you do it!'
Dolores Huerta
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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Leadership is a choice one makes.
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We can't let people drive wedges between us... because there's only one human race.
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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.
Dolores Huerta
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.
Dolores Huerta
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.
Dolores Huerta
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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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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