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.

Exercise your right to vote.

When a group of people get together, it's collective power. You know that you're doing it for the good.

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

Among our people, theres 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 dont have these questions about yourself like middle -- class women do.

I am happy to see that, increasingly, people care about farm workers. There is tremendous interest in where and how our food is grown.

I think we brought to the world, the United States anyway, the whole idea of boycotting as a nonviolent tactic. I think we showed the world that nonviolence can work to make social change.