I was very fortunate to have known Fred Ross Sr., who was organizing the Community Service Organization (CSO) way back in the late 50's and early 60's. I was able to work with him.

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.

We can't let people drive wedges between us... because there's only one human race.

Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world.

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!

My mother was a dominant force in our family. And that was great for me as a young woman, because I never saw that women had to be dominated by men.

As a youngster and being a Latina, you see so much injustice.