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“Of course, we have leaders in the African American community as well that we've all worked with. One of the great rewards of being an activist is that you get to meet all these wonderful people. And there are many unsung heroes. There are so many out there that are good people that are working hard.”

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Dolores Huerta

Dolores Huerta is a distinguished labor leader and civil rights activist, born on April 10, 1930. She is renowned for her work with the United Farm Workers (UFW) and her relentless pursuit of improving the living and working conditions for farmworkers in the United States. more

“I once gave a workshop and I asked the women poets there, If you went back to that little town you've come from - these were from small towns - would you say, I'm a poet? And one of them said, If I said I was a poet in that town, they'd think I didn't wash my windows. And that stayed with me for so long, the sense of the collective responsibility of someone as against the individual thing it takes to be a poet.”

Ifs Thinking Littles Long Said Individual Responsibility Poet Window Towns Collectives Small Town Workshops Little Towns Collective Responsibility

Author:Eavan Boland

“It has always seemed to me a great honor to be called an Irish poet. I don't think I will ever lose that, but it's also a great honor to be a woman poet. I put those things together.”

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Author:Eavan Boland

“To be an Irish poet after that 19th century in which there was such a struggle toward the light, I think still will always be in the hearts of the writers of my generation and the generations before and hopefully the generations after.”

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Author:Eavan Boland

“I'm really fortunate to be at Stanford. I go home every 10 weeks, but Stanford apart from being just a wonderful university is one of the places that are part of a great conversation.”

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Author:Eavan Boland

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