When you choose to give up your time and resources to participate in community work, that's what makes a leader.

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.

When you talk about sacrifices, the ones in my family who have sacrificed are my children, because I love what I'm doing. I love the work. I love to go out there and talk about organizing the people. To me, that's something I really enjoy.

Every minute a chance to change the world.

Once I learned about grassroots organizing, I got so enamored with it because I thought 'Wow this is the way you do it!'

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.

I'm glad that the fact that people are still getting poisoned by pesticide drift is gaining attention.