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Remembering Dolores Huerta

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Summary

The labor leader who coined the phrase "Sí Se Puede" ("yes, it can be done") and co-founded the National Farm Workers Association and the Coalition of Labor Union Women, has died at age 96. These stories pay tribute to the activist who spent over 70 years organizing for better treatment of immigrant workers. "If people don't vote, everything stays the same. You can protest until the sky turns yellow or the moon turns blue, and it's not going to change anything," she said in a 2017 documentary.

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