Latest Dolores Huerta Quotes from Interviews

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• I want to say to mothers out there, you know, take your children to marches. Take them to meetings because this is a way that they can become strong, and they understand what politics is all about because they are actually living it.

  Dolores Huerta

  Mother, Strong, Children

  Source: www.npr.org

• 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

  Country, Strong, Children

  Source: www.npr.org

• 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.

  Dolores Huerta

  Needs, Attention, Our Society

  Source: www.npr.org

• There's just so many facets, I think, of the ignorance in our society that have to be corrected if we're really going to have a democratic society and a society that is just and that respects all of the members of this society regardless of who they are, what color they may be, what sexual orientation that they have or what gender, you know, they happen to be.

  Dolores Huerta

  Ignorance, Thinking, Color

  Source: www.npr.org

• We have to get back down to basics. We have to start organizing at the neighborhood level to get people educated to vote.

  Dolores Huerta

  People, Levels, Vote

  Source: www.npr.org

• People would say 'Who is a leader?' A leader is a person that does the work. It's very simple. It's a personal choice for people who choose to put in their time and their commitment to do the work. It's a personal choice.

  Dolores Huerta

  Commitment, Simple, People

  Source: www.sdfoundation.org

• When you choose to give up your time and resources to participate in community work, that's what makes a leader.

  Dolores Huerta

  Giving Up, Community, Leader

  Source: www.sdfoundation.org

• Leadership is a choice one makes.

  Dolores Huerta

  Choices

  Source: www.sdfoundation.org

• 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

  Thinking, People, Community

  Source: www.sdfoundation.org

• 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.

  Dolores Huerta

  Hero, People, Community

  Source: www.sdfoundation.org

• I hope people become inspired to become active in their community. That's the important thing.

  Dolores Huerta

  People, Community, Important

  Source: www.sdfoundation.org

• It's important to realize that we all need to work together. With Weaving Movements, we are all interdependent and we all have to work together. If we could just realize that and understand that, we'll keep our country strong.

  Dolores Huerta

  Country, Strong, Working Together

  Source: www.sdfoundation.org

• Gloria Steinem in the women's movement. Eleanor Smeal of the Feminist Majority. There are all of these great wonderful women I've met that are so inspirational.

  Dolores Huerta

  Feminist, Majority, Movement

  Source: www.sdfoundation.org

• The majority of Latinos in this country are 28 years old or younger. All of those people out there attacking the Latino community, when you see a Latino going down the street with a baby carriage and a couple of children walking beside them, they should say 'Hey, there goes my social security and my Medicare.' Those are the people that are going to contribute to keep our social security system funded and our medical system funded.

  Dolores Huerta

  Country, Baby, Children

  Source: www.sdfoundation.org

• Sometimes, we have to promote ourselves. Just go out and be very active about trying to find an opportunity.

  Dolores Huerta

  Opportunity, Trying, Sometimes

  Source: www.sdfoundation.org

• 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.

  Dolores Huerta

  Opportunity, Organization, People

  Source: www.sdfoundation.org

• 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

  Powerful, Voting, Community

  Source: www.sdfoundation.org

• We have to convince people that they have the power to elect people. The people they are electing are the ones making the decisions about how our tax dollars are going to be spent. Is it going to be for more jails, or for more schools? For more house services? It's very important that people understand that, do their research and find out who to vote for.

  Dolores Huerta

  School, Jail, People

  Source: www.sdfoundation.org

• 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 the Latino community, they have this big ballot and all these names and propositions on it, and they say 'Oh my God'. They don't know which of these to vote for, so they don't vote.

  Dolores Huerta

  Names, Organization, People

  Source: www.sdfoundation.org

• Exercise your right to vote.

  Dolores Huerta

  Exercise, Vote, Right To Vote

  Source: www.sdfoundation.org

• We know we only have about half of our population that's voting.

  Dolores Huerta

  Voting, Population, Half

  Source: www.sdfoundation.org

• 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.

  Dolores Huerta

  Doors, People, Firsts

  Source: www.sdfoundation.org

• Going door to door and talking to people, convincing them to vote - this is what I call Organizing 101.

  Dolores Huerta

  Doors, Talking, People

  Source: www.sdfoundation.org

• 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.

  Dolores Huerta

  Kids, People, Activism

  Source: www.sdfoundation.org

• I think, if anything, my children are the ones who have sacrificed because I've had to too many times be absent from them. But, at the same time, they have lived very enriched lives and probably experienced things they wouldn't have if not for the movements. So, there are some rewards.

  Dolores Huerta

  Children, Thinking, Movement

  Source: www.sdfoundation.org