93 result(s) for Dolores Huerta Quotes.
"Every generation needs a new revolution."
"The spirit of rebellion is a deep within any person who resists authority systems in favor of justice."
"The women's movement is just getting started."
"No force is greater than a woman determined to rise."
"Every student needs someone who says, 'You belong!'"
"The organized noes of the community will soon be heard at the voting booths."
"The picket line is the best place to train organizers. One day on the picket line is where a man makes his commitment."
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"Being grievance-free is not a measure of our success. It is a measure of our compliance."
"Just because we aren't using racist language doesn't mean we are free of racism."
"We know we cannot be kind to bees and cruel to butterflies. They are both reflections of the human soul."
"We urge you to be upstanders, not bystanders."
"We defend and we maintain our rights through activism, through organizing, through numbers, through protest."
"Every person should give some of their time for the greater good."
"It's not about charity, it's about justice."
"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."
"Si, se puede - Yes, it can be done!"
"We only have what we give."
"In the final analysis, the democratic way of life is the most rewarding."
"The women's movement will present a growing threat to patriarchal values. It is a revolution."
"The rows of married housing were still cheap and available, but many women found that the family they wanted would cost them their future. Many men found that they cared more for their children than their wives."
"The organizers and their institutional allies were more likely to claim that women were essential to the movement's success, but they were less likely to include women in leadership positions or to acknowledge their contributions."
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"To be close to power is to have the privilege of seeing a language develop in action, to participate in the speeches, plans, and brainstorming sessions I mentioned. To be close to power is to be completely aware of the limits of resistance."
"The intertwining of the organizing and negotiating phases of the contract campaign is illustrated by the riot at the Rincon demonstration, the story of which was told in the beginning of this chapter."
"Campaign players may be associated with multiple groups and affiliates, which serve different roles in relation to the campaign. Campaign players who are allies of the organizing campaign may become formal affiliates associated with its formal or informal goals."
"Mainstream social movements bring new participants into the organized labor movement and generate a higher level of public awareness for the movement."
"The media put Selina Solis on a pedestal as an activist leader, not just a contract campaigner."
"Constructed from the ranks of the loyal opposition—those who may be management's favorites—the inside organizers offer the union a tighter connection to the membership."
"Four women committee members from Hotel Worker were added to plan and present the Worker Recognition Celebration at the State Federation Convention."
"The Coordinating Committee was organized to determine which actions and aspects of life are intrinsically connected to power, and what forms of social organization can actually make a difference."
"We can't allow social injustice for some cause we are fighting for social justice."
"Every student has the potential to be the next Cesar Chavez or Dolores Huerta."
"Educate yourself. Know the power of people working together, and don't let anybody undermine it."
"Si se puede! Yes, we can!"
"Feeling powerless is the worst feeling in the world."
"Every minute counts. Each person we encounter is an opportunity to make a change."
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"The fundamental job of a toddler is to rule the universe."
"We don't accomplish anything in this world alone... and whatever happens is the result of the whole tapestry of one's life and all the weavings of individual threads form one to another that creates something."
"We need to audition to the people we are talking to - what kind of a world and society do we want to live in. We all need to do this."
"Every day is Earth Day."
"It is through our unity that we will survive."
"Not only should we be shouting for the rights of others, but we must also be fighting for the oppression and racism inside ourselves."
"When you volunteer to pick somebody else up, you'll find it's hard to stop the process because it grows and grows and grows."
"Every single person has an important role to play in this world. What is yours?"
"Ask for help. You will be surrounded by support. You are not alone."
"Si, se puede!"
"The women’s movement is taking a different shape. Women are organizing in a new way."
"It is so clear that La Causa is the coming together of La Raza to work together for justice and for humanity."
"It is up to the younger generation to put forward proposals and stoutly to defend them."
"Our success will be the ability to care for those who need our help."
"They may think they have our backs against the wall, but we are the wall, and we're fighting back."
"We know we cannot be kind to everyone, but usually we can at least not hurt them."
"The great social justice changes in our country have happened when people came together, organized, and took direct action."
"Every student has a personal key to success. It’s relationships."
"When you sacrifice, you should be celebrated. That’s the magic formula that our country has forgotten."
"The door is never closed where there are enough people who care."
"We can make a difference, but we have to pick our fights and fight them."
"To be successful, we have to earn the support of the community and of the people."
"We always have to be prepared to take people who are not yet aware and lead them to a stage where they can work and fight with us."
"You can never make America great again. America was never great for people of color."
"The women's movement in the '60s and '70s was about changing society’s view of women, and we achieved that."
"We can't let people drive wedges between us because there's only one human race."
"Honor the hands that harvest your crops."
"We have every right to demand better treatment because we’ve earned it."
"The freedom of assembly means nothing if the people are not truly free."
"Women must stand up and demand their rights."
"We must use our lives to make the world a better place for all."
"Every struggle is a victory in itself."
"All people are important. They don’t have to give you extraordinary reasons for you to respect their humanity."
"It is possible to become discouraged about the injustice we see everywhere. But God did not promise us that the world would be humane and just. He gives us the gift of life and allows us to choose the way we will use our limited time on earth."
"You are never too young or too old to stand up for what you believe."
"Don’t wait until you’re on your deathbed to do good for your community and the world."
"Our agenda is moving the working woman, the single woman, the woman who has been working endless days and needs to be freed."
"Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot un-educate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore."
"You cannot un-educate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore."
"Workers of the world unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains."
"Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk."
"We don't accomplish anything in this world alone... and whatever happens is the result of the whole tapestry of one's life and all the weavings of individual threads from one to another that creates something."
"The picket line is the best place to train organizers. One day on the picket line is where a man makes his commitment. The longer on the picket line, the stronger the commitment."
"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people."
"Si, se puede! Yes, we can!"
"Give to us all you have in all ways you can of yourselves, your knowledge, your skills, your love and your labor and in return we offer you the immeasurable satisfaction of knowing that you have given selflessly to your fellow human beings."
"We have to engage people at every level and include them in the process of solving the problems."
"We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity that nourishes and strengthens this community - and this nation."
"Organize, and don't let anyone tell you that organizing doesn’t work."
"We can make a difference. We can win the war on poverty in our nation."
"The organizing part is more difficult than the protesting part."
"As an organizer, I start where the world is, as it is, not as I would like it to be."
"In the final analysis, we are all foot soldiers in the army of change."
"We can’t let the work of our movement of today become the abuser of tomorrow."
"The bullets and the ballots are both part of a long story of freedom struggle that is still needed."
"Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world."
"Don’t wait to be acted upon, be the actor."
"To be successful, you have to seize the moment and always be willing to take a step forward."
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