Among poor people, there's not any question about women being strong -- even stronger than men -- they work in the fields right along with the men. When your survival is at stake, you don't have these questions about yourself like middle-class women do. |
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! |
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. |
If you haven't forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others. |
None of that would have happened had it not been for the marches. But our work is not done. |
Not spending any money at all would show the economic impact of Latino purchasing power. |
Pride and roots is what it is. It definitely does not mean separation or nationalism in the sense that we want to go back to Mexico. |
The Mexican flag is like a symbol of dignity and identity and pride for the people who carry it. If people try to read more into that flag than what it is, they're wrong. |
This is a terrific opportunity for young people to learn what the democratic process is about, the way that bills are passed. I explained this whole procedure to the students. |
Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk. |
We are inspired by what is happening here. The revolution here is electoral. It has inspired us to take these lessons to our country and to inspire our people too. |
We criticize and separate ourselves from the process. We've got to jump right in there with both feet. |
We're here celebrating a new civil rights movement, and it's headed up by Latinos. |
went back to our old culture, the Latino culture. |