Every minute a chance to change the world. Dolores Huerta More Quotes by Dolores Huerta More Quotes From Dolores Huerta Through that organization [Community Service Organization], I met Cesar Chavez. We had this common interest about farm workers. We ultimately left CSO to start the National Farm Workers Organization, which became the United Farm Workers. I was very blessed to have learned some of the skills of basic grassroots organizing from Mr. Ross and then be able to put that into practice in both CSO and the United Farm Workers. Dolores Huerta skills blessed practice Our society is connecting workers with the products people consume and recognizing workers for their contributions. It is important to do that, and to have organized labor - a middle class - to preserve our democracy. Dolores Huerta democracy class people In fact, the corporations are driving out the competition and it is not getting better, especially when they are not paying income taxes. Thank goodness for the social media out there, because we sure can't count on the corporate media to get the word out. Dolores Huerta get-better competition media Especially as a teenager, I was always being racially profiled by the police. You just see all this injustice, and you want to do something about it, but you don't know how. Dolores Huerta teenager police want Why is it that farmworkers feed the nation but they can't get food stamps? Dolores Huerta food-stamps stamps farming If we don't have workers organized into labor unions, we're in great peril of losing our democracy. Dolores Huerta unions democracy losing As a youngster and being a Latina, you see so much injustice. Dolores Huerta youngsters latina injustice The racist rhetoric from politicians is inspiring people to organize, as more people see what happens by not getting active. Dolores Huerta racist politician people You could really belong to a group of people and with other people, you could really make some significant changes - through the electoral process, of course, by registering people to vote, and by supporting good people who were running for office. For me, it was like I had found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Dolores Huerta rainbow significant-change running How do I stop eleven million people from buying the grape? Dolores Huerta grapes buying people I call myself an addicted organizer. Dolores Huerta organizer Exercise your right to vote. Dolores Huerta right-to-vote vote exercise Going door to door and talking to people, convincing them to vote - this is what I call Organizing 101. Dolores Huerta doors talking people 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 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 majority feminist movement We need to keep ringing the bell, wake people up to get our democracy together. Farm workers are like a symbol, and it is good that people are paying attention. Dolores Huerta democracy together people As we've focused more on our food and where it comes from, people now have greater awareness of what's being put onto our food, pesticides, labeling issues, and consumer health. Dolores Huerta pesticides issues people My son, Emilio Huerta, is running for congress. He was a young man who was marching and picketing. Dolores Huerta running men son I am happy to see that, increasingly, people care about farm workers. There is tremendous interest in where and how our food is grown. Dolores Huerta interest care people 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 wow grassroots way
