About The Book

In this collection of what the author calls Easy Essays, Chatfield recounts his childhood, explains the social issues that have played a significant role in his life and work, and uncovers the lack of justice he saw all too frequently.

About The Author

LeRoy Chatfield is a former organizer who worked with Cesar Chavez to get union recognition for California farmworkers, created a Saturday school educational enrichment program for farmworker children in Bakersfield, managed the Northern California general election campaign for Jerry Brown, and built the largest volunteer charitable organization in Sacramento.

Product Details

  • Publisher: UNM Press (May 1, 2021)
  • Length: 264 pages
  • ISBN13: 9780826362711

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Raves and Reviews

Showcases a life dedicated to equality of opportunity for all that will inspire and guide readers in their quest for a fairer and more just society.--Micah Andrew's Bookshelf, Midwest Book Review

To Serve the People is a stirring memoir that spans Chatfield's more than fifty years spent as a California labor and community organizer for the farmworker movement and later for the homeless.-- Roberto R. Calderón, author of Mexican Coal Mining Labor in Texas and Coahuila, 1880-1930

To Serve the People is a stirring memoir that spans Chatfield's more than fifty years spent as a California labor and community organizer for the farmworker movement and later for the homeless.-- Roberto R. Calderón, author of Mexican Coal Mining Labor in Texas and Coahuila, 1880-1930

Jorge Mariscal's collaboration with LeRoy Chatfield, a close confidant of Cesar Chavez and a longtime activist on behalf of the homeless, expands our understanding of the impact and legacy of social movements on diverse populations.--Irene Vásquez, coauthor of Making Aztlán: Ideology and Culture of the Chicana and Chicano Movement, 1966-1977

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