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Oh, no kidding. Now, this I didn't know. And we had Sally Field on the podcast. And I didn't know this, Dolores. That's so cool. I love that. Can you tell us... Si se puede is the phrase that you originated. Yes. And it became the campaign slogan for President Obama, and we saw him thank you for it when you won the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which is extraordinary.
Oh, no kidding. Now, this I didn't know. And we had Sally Field on the podcast. And I didn't know this, Dolores. That's so cool. I love that. Can you tell us... Si se puede is the phrase that you originated. Yes. And it became the campaign slogan for President Obama, and we saw him thank you for it when you won the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which is extraordinary.
Can you tell us the origin story of that phrase? There's a great story behind it, and I think everyone deserves to hear it.
Can you tell us the origin story of that phrase? There's a great story behind it, and I think everyone deserves to hear it.
Wow. It came through the universe into your brain and out. Beautiful. I think our listeners need to deeply understand the unconscionable working conditions for the farmworkers when you first began. And can you talk about the rights that ultimately they got as a result of your activism? Can you just sort of break that down for everybody? Sure.
Wow. It came through the universe into your brain and out. Beautiful. I think our listeners need to deeply understand the unconscionable working conditions for the farmworkers when you first began. And can you talk about the rights that ultimately they got as a result of your activism? Can you just sort of break that down for everybody? Sure.
But when you would be, because you said, well, I was a translator, but you were obviously so much more than that. So you were trying to, I would imagine, when you were going to the employers, you were trying to impart to them the humanity or lack of it that was happening.
But when you would be, because you said, well, I was a translator, but you were obviously so much more than that. So you were trying to, I would imagine, when you were going to the employers, you were trying to impart to them the humanity or lack of it that was happening.
So speaking of your work on behalf of farmworkers brings me to Cesar Chavez. He really became the face of this union movement. And you've said that credit is never something that you were looking for. And yet I know very much that you care about women taking and receiving credit for their work. And I want to read something that you said that struck me as right on the money.
So speaking of your work on behalf of farmworkers brings me to Cesar Chavez. He really became the face of this union movement. And you've said that credit is never something that you were looking for. And yet I know very much that you care about women taking and receiving credit for their work. And I want to read something that you said that struck me as right on the money.
You said, we've been so inculcated to be the nurturers and the servers that we don't think of ourselves as the decision makers. It was something I had to learn. And how do you... reconcile those things about the fact that Caesar really is, do you reconcile the fact that he is the face of that movement and yet you were there alongside him? How do you reconcile that?
You said, we've been so inculcated to be the nurturers and the servers that we don't think of ourselves as the decision makers. It was something I had to learn. And how do you... reconcile those things about the fact that Caesar really is, do you reconcile the fact that he is the face of that movement and yet you were there alongside him? How do you reconcile that?
I don't think, by the way, that's possible, Dolores. I don't agree with you on that. This is our first argument right now. I don't think you can be β I don't think you can be over-recognized.
I don't think, by the way, that's possible, Dolores. I don't agree with you on that. This is our first argument right now. I don't think you can be β I don't think you can be over-recognized.
It's time to take a break. We'll be right back with Dolores Huerta in just a minute. This episode of Wiser Than Me is supported by Boehringer Ingelheim, the maker of NexGuard Plus, Afoxyloner, Moxodectin, and Pyrantel chewable tablets. Would you do anything for your dog? Of course you would.
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