Why is it that farmworkers feed the nation but they can't get food stamps?

Sometimes, we have to promote ourselves. Just go out and be very active about trying to find an opportunity.

I think, if anything, my children are the ones who have sacrificed because I've had to too many times be absent from them. But, at the same time, they have lived very enriched lives and probably experienced things they wouldn't have if not for the movements. So, there are some rewards.

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

If you don't know, your labor unions and community organizations, there's somebody you can ask to guide you. A lot of people, especially in the Latino community, they have this big ballot and all these names and propositions on it, and they say 'Oh my God'. They don't know which of these to vote for, so they don't vote.

We have to get back down to basics. We have to start organizing at the neighborhood level to get people educated to vote.

People would say 'Who is a leader?' A leader is a person that does the work. It's very simple. It's a personal choice for people who choose to put in their time and their commitment to do the work. It's a personal choice.