From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength.

Quote by Cesar Chavez

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Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or...

Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or...

We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community......

We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community......

Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think...

Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think...

Who gets the risks? The risks are given to the consumer, the unsuspecting consumer and...

Who gets the risks? The risks are given to the consumer, the unsuspecting consumer and...

Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.

Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.

Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has...

Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has...

. . . when the farm workers strike and their strike is successful, the employers...

. . . when the farm workers strike and their strike is successful, the employers...

The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.

The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.

You are never strong enough that you don't need help.

You are never strong enough that you don't need help.

There's no turning back...We will win. We are winning because ours is a revolution of...

There's no turning back...We will win. We are winning because ours is a revolution of...

If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with...

If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with...

Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own...

Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own...

We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity...

We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity...

There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.

There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.

If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with...

If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with...

In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.

In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.

We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to...

We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to...

Despair is most often the offspring of ill-preparedness

Despair is most often the offspring of ill-preparedness

I say my hell is the closet I'm stuck inside

I say my hell is the closet I'm stuck inside

If in doubt, worry or despair connect with the God light within you, the only...

If in doubt, worry or despair connect with the God light within you, the only...