Once Social Change Begins, It Cannot Be

I Am An Organizer, Not A Union Leader. A Good Organizer Has To Work Hard And Long. There Are No Shortcuts. You Just Keep Talking To People, Working With Them, Sharing, Exchanging And They Come Along.

Through Gandhi And My Own Life Experience, I Have Learned About Nonviolence. I Believe That Human Life Is A Very Special Gift From God, And That No One Has A Right To Take That Away In Any Cause, However Just. I Am Convinced That Nonviolence Is More Powerful Than Violence.

We Are Organizers At Heart. Most Of Us In The Movement Take Great Pride In Being Able To Put Things Together.

When Workers Fall Back On Violence, They Are Lost. Oh, They Might Win Some Of Their Demands And Might End A Strike A Little Earlier, But They Give Up Their Imagination, Their Creativity, Their Will To Work Hard And To Suffer For What They Believe Is Right.

The Strike And The Boycott, They Have Cost Us Much. What They Have Not Paid Us In Wages, Better Working Conditions, And New Contracts, They Have Paid Us In Self-respect And Human Dignity.