Charito Solis Quotes

At times you feel like you're the only voice speaking out to improve the working conditions of people, whether it's to be able to collectively bargain, to get adequate pay, to know that you can come home safe out of a coal mine. ~ Hilda Solis

My father was a member of the Teamsters Union in California, where he helped to organize better health care for workers. My mother worked for more than 20 years on an assembly line. ~ Hilda Solis

No one has the right to threaten the health, education, and well-being of children by involving them in illegal or inappropriate work. ~ Hilda Solis

Twitter represents a collective collaboration that manifests our ability to unconsciously connect kindred voices through the experiences that move us. As such, Twitter is a human seismograph. ~ Brian Solis

I grew up in a modest neighborhood just outside of Los Angeles. It was an industrial community of blue-collar, working people ... some of the hardest-working people I've ever met. ~ Hilda Solis

Social media is the democratization of information, transforming people from content readers into publishers. It is the shift from a broadcast mechanism, one-to-many, to a many-to-many model, rooted in conversations between authors, people and peers. ~ Brian Solis

Social media is less about technology and more about anthropology, sociology, and ethnography. ~ Brian Solis

Protecting children and vulnerable workers abroad is a part of our overall efforts here at the Department of Labor. ~ Hilda Solis

Effective engagement is inspired by the empathy that develops simply by being human. ~ Brian Solis

What else is possible? ~ Maria Martin Solis

My parents were both union members, and I grew up hearing how important it was to empower workers and have fair labor practices. ~ Hilda Solis

I can't help who I am," I pointed out. "i mean, do you think I should just hide?" I tapped one finger against my chin. "Gee, if only there was some place, some safe place, like in the middle of freaking nowhere, where I could surround myself with strong immortals and maybe learn how to protect myself and ... oh, wait!" I looked at Solis, my eyes wide with excitement. "Oh my God
that sounds like here! It sounds like I'm already actually doing exactly what you thing I should be doing! Awesome! ~ Cate Tiernan

People have to be reminded that unions played a very historic role in our economy. ~ Hilda Solis

The more we remember that we are part of the networks as human beings, the more we can act as human beings and not as corporate functions. ~ Brian Solis

Businesses are interacting with consumers to socialize rather than learn about customer expectations to in turn, deliver tangible value, improve product experiences, and invest in long-term relationships, ~ Brian Solis

I would hope more people would have optimism about where the Latino has come. How we have emerged, and that there will be more women, women of color especially Latinas who will get involved. ~ Hilda Solis

People align with movements they can believe in, and it is the human, intellectual, and financial investment in genuine content that defines experiences. ~ Brian Solis

The difference between the "natural" individuation process, which runs its course unconsciously, and the one which is consciously realized, is tremendous. In the first case consciousness nowhere intervenes; the end remains as dark as the beginning. In the second case so much darkness comes to light that the personality is permeated with light, and consciousness necessarily gains in scope and insight. The encounter between conscious and unconscious has to ensure that the light which shines in the darkness is not only comprehended by the darkness, but comprehends it. The filius solis et lunae (the son of the Sun and Moon) is the possible result as well as the symbol of this union of opposites. It is the alpha and omega of the process, the mediator and intermedius. "It has a thousand names," say the alchemists, meaning that the source from which the individuation process rises and the goal toward which it aims is nameless, ineffable. ~ C. G. Jung

In the digital space, attention is a currency. We earn it. We spend it ~ Brian Solis

We need women to go through apprentice programs. I've seen women who did, and who are now highly trained electricians and welders. These are jobs that women are capable of doing. ~ Hilda Solis

My parents raised me and my six siblings with little money ... but lots of love. ~ Hilda Solis

We live in a time where brands are people and people are brands. ~ Brian Solis

Perspective is a gift nowadays. ~ Brian Solis

The new social landscape is rich with emotion. ~ Brian Solis

No family should have to depend on the labor of its children to put food on the table and no person should be forced to work in captivity. ~ Hilda Solis

Typically, during recessionary times, particular groups suffer higher rates of unemployment -African Americans, and Latinos, and in some cases other minority groups. If you don't have a high level of training or education you're going to fall into that category. ~ Hilda Solis

In my teens, I worked as an aide in my community supervising and mentoring youth in various programs and delivering lunches to needy students. ~ Hilda Solis

Social media is about sociology and psychology more then technology. ~ Brian Solis

I think President Obama wanted to have the right fit for his different cabinet positions, and I believe that experience is what mattered most to him. In my case, I have been working to improve the overall quality of life for working families for most of my adult life, and I think that experience resonated with the president. ~ Hilda Solis

The best advice I can give women at all levels is increase training. There are still areas where we have to break through that glass ceiling. ~ Hilda Solis

The bottom line is that people are seeking answers and direction, not messages or sales pitches. ~ Brian Solis

The landscape for business isn't changing because of social media, it's changing because consumer expectations are evolving. ~ Brian Solis

I saw the prospect of serving as labor secretary as a wonderful opportunity to further the policies that I have been fighting for my whole life, and I had to seize it. ~ Hilda Solis