I rise today to express my deepest appreciation for the life. legacy. and actions of the late Cesar Estrada Chavez. The changes that Cesar Chavez fought for throughout his life have dramatically changed the way that farm workers are treated in our country. Cesar Chavez was one of the nations greatest civil rights activists and the tireless champion of migrant farm workers fighting for humane working conditions. As a young man Cesar Chavez worked in the fields where he saw firsthand the dangerous conditions which farm workers were forced to endure. In 1952 he became an organizer for the Community Service Organization (CSO). a Latino civil rights group. and eventually became the national director of the organization.