César’s goal was to create an organization to help farmers who were affected during the Depression. In 1952 César met Fred Ross, an organizer for the Community Service Organization(CSO). Shortly after meeting Mr.Ross César became a full-time organizer with CSO.
Some of César’s actions as a Community Service Organizer was coordinating voter registration drives, battling racial and economic discrimination against Chicano residents and organizing new CSO chapters across California and Arizona.