I hope people become inspired to become active in their community. That's the important thing. — Dolores Huerta Copy Share Image
When you choose to give up your time and resources to participate in community work, that's what makes a leader. — Dolores Huerta Copy Share Image
I was very fortunate to have known Fred Ross Sr., who was organizing the Community Service Organization (CSO) way back in the… — Dolores Huerta Copy Share Image
We just have to convince other people that they have power. This is what they can do by participating to make change,… — Dolores Huerta Copy Share Image
I say that now we see a lot of hateful rhetoric against Mexicans and the Latino community, but we have a very… — Dolores Huerta Copy Share Image
The leaders come up from the volunteers that do the work, and it's amazing because then they do these incredible things in… — Dolores Huerta Copy Share Image
Of course, we have leaders in the African American community as well that we've all worked with. One of the great rewards… — Dolores Huerta Copy Share Image
People can take power over their communities and over their lives. Some people don't realize they can do that. They think 'It's… — Dolores Huerta Copy Share Image
When you are organizing a group of people, the first thing that we do is we talk about the history of what… — Dolores Huerta Copy Share Image
If you don't know, your labor unions and community organizations, there's somebody you can ask to guide you. A lot of people,… — Dolores Huerta Copy Share Image
The majority of Latinos in this country are 28 years old or younger. All of those people out there attacking the Latino… — Dolores Huerta Copy Share Image
Through that organization [Community Service Organization], I met Cesar Chavez. We had this common interest about farm workers. We ultimately left CSO… — Dolores Huerta Copy Share Image
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… — Dolores Huerta Copy Share
If you don't know, your labor unions and community organizations, there's somebody you can ask to guide you. A lot of people, especially in… — Dolores Huerta Copy Share
Every single day we sit down to eat, breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and at our table we have food that was planted, picked, or… — Dolores Huerta Copy Share
Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world. — Dolores Huerta Copy Share
We have to convince people that they have the power to elect people. The people they are electing are the ones making the decisions… — Dolores Huerta Copy Share
If we can just convince other people to get involved, this could make some major changes in our society. It's very exhilarating. — Dolores Huerta Copy Share
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… — Dolores Huerta Copy Share
I started really noticing, more and more, how men will plagiarize and take credit for women's work... I've noticed that it just happens a… — Dolores Huerta Copy Share
It was really hard for them to intimidate me. They felt I was intimidating. One of the growers had a name for me: I… — Dolores Huerta Copy Share
I think that's something that all mothers have to deal with, especially single mothers. We work, and we have to leave the kids behind.… — Dolores Huerta Copy Share
The first time when I was organizing, I went out and started knocking on doors to see if people were registered to vote. I… — Dolores Huerta Copy Share
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