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

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.

We must use our lives to make the world a better place to live, not just to acquire things. That is what we are put on the earth for.

Going door to door and talking to people, convincing them to vote - this is what I call Organizing 101.

If you haven't forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others?

As we've focused more on our food and where it comes from, people now have greater awareness of what's being put onto our food, pesticides, labeling issues, and consumer health.

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