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Dolores Huerta

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
193 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Julia Gets Wise with Dolores Huerta

Absolutely. I mean, he had that support, you know, that was so incredible that he knew that he could do whatever he could and that she would support him all the way.

Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Julia Gets Wise with Dolores Huerta

Yes, I do often. And I know that's something that as mothers we have to worry about. And that is a sacrifice, I think, that we make. But we know that it takes a village to raise a child. But it is so important to have women in power. Again, for all of the reasons that we've spoken about, that we as women, then we have to not feel guilty about getting others to help us raise our children.

Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Julia Gets Wise with Dolores Huerta

Yes, I do often. And I know that's something that as mothers we have to worry about. And that is a sacrifice, I think, that we make. But we know that it takes a village to raise a child. But it is so important to have women in power. Again, for all of the reasons that we've spoken about, that we as women, then we have to not feel guilty about getting others to help us raise our children.

Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Julia Gets Wise with Dolores Huerta

Well, I would say that we have to have faith in ourselves, number one. And then we have to have faith in other people. And we have to have faith in our children also. My mother was a working parent. I remember my mother coming home when she was gathering money to start her own business. She would work in the daytime as a waitress, at night in the cannery.

Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Julia Gets Wise with Dolores Huerta

Well, I would say that we have to have faith in ourselves, number one. And then we have to have faith in other people. And we have to have faith in our children also. My mother was a working parent. I remember my mother coming home when she was gathering money to start her own business. She would work in the daytime as a waitress, at night in the cannery.

Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Julia Gets Wise with Dolores Huerta

And she would come home and change her uniforms. But she made us understand what she was working for. And we as children understood that. My own children, they grew up in the movement. They understand what we were working for. They knew that we were making huge sacrifices. My kids did not have the nice middle-class life that I had growing up, but they understood that.

Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Julia Gets Wise with Dolores Huerta

And she would come home and change her uniforms. But she made us understand what she was working for. And we as children understood that. My own children, they grew up in the movement. They understand what we were working for. They knew that we were making huge sacrifices. My kids did not have the nice middle-class life that I had growing up, but they understood that.

Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Julia Gets Wise with Dolores Huerta

And our children can be very resourceful. Kids understand that we can set the values for them and make them understand this is why we're making these sacrifices. And then, of course, you have to get everybody to come in and help us raise our children. And we have to do this. This should not be... Maybe, or should we?

Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Julia Gets Wise with Dolores Huerta

And our children can be very resourceful. Kids understand that we can set the values for them and make them understand this is why we're making these sacrifices. And then, of course, you have to get everybody to come in and help us raise our children. And we have to do this. This should not be... Maybe, or should we?

Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Julia Gets Wise with Dolores Huerta

No, we have to, because we know that if we're going to save our planet from global warming, if we're going to save our humanity from wars and destruction, we women have to step up and we have to take the power.

Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Julia Gets Wise with Dolores Huerta

No, we have to, because we know that if we're going to save our planet from global warming, if we're going to save our humanity from wars and destruction, we women have to step up and we have to take the power.

Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Julia Gets Wise with Dolores Huerta

Absolutely. Absolutely. Burning Man is a giant art show. This is what it is. People have their what they call the art cars. They have these incredible, incredible vehicles that they make, and they turn them into art pieces. There's beautiful standing art pieces out there that can only be created because some of them are so huge, like the burning man, the man that they burn himself.

Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Julia Gets Wise with Dolores Huerta

Absolutely. Absolutely. Burning Man is a giant art show. This is what it is. People have their what they call the art cars. They have these incredible, incredible vehicles that they make, and they turn them into art pieces. There's beautiful standing art pieces out there that can only be created because some of them are so huge, like the burning man, the man that they burn himself.

Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Julia Gets Wise with Dolores Huerta

But then they do this, usually some type of a church or some kind of a religious object that they also make, like a castle. And these buildings that they build and these art pieces are so incredible and so unique that you can only see them at Burning Man. So this is like a giant art show.

Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Julia Gets Wise with Dolores Huerta

But then they do this, usually some type of a church or some kind of a religious object that they also make, like a castle. And these buildings that they build and these art pieces are so incredible and so unique that you can only see them at Burning Man. So this is like a giant art show.

Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Julia Gets Wise with Dolores Huerta

And then it's like a people's convention because they have all types of workshops, you know, for yoga or cooking or whatever you like. It's like a big playground where you can just play for the 10 days that you're there. If you just want to go for a weekend with Just having fun, staying up all night, dancing all night. It's just wonderful. It's a great experience. Do you have a playa name?

Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Julia Gets Wise with Dolores Huerta

And then it's like a people's convention because they have all types of workshops, you know, for yoga or cooking or whatever you like. It's like a big playground where you can just play for the 10 days that you're there. If you just want to go for a weekend with Just having fun, staying up all night, dancing all night. It's just wonderful. It's a great experience. Do you have a playa name?

Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Julia Gets Wise with Dolores Huerta

Yes, I think we did. But I think it was for the butterflies, the mariposas. Yes. The butterflies. And that was, of course, a tribute to all of our immigrant community.

Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Julia Gets Wise with Dolores Huerta

Yes, I think we did. But I think it was for the butterflies, the mariposas. Yes. The butterflies. And that was, of course, a tribute to all of our immigrant community.

Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Julia Gets Wise with Dolores Huerta

Well, actually, no. I'm one of those. Because of my age, we take a trailer. Oh, okay. And there is a lot of dust. So I'd say for elder people like myself, I would definitely recommend the trailer.