Maurice Jourdane

Maurice "MO" Jourdane was a young staff attorney of the California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA) organization that helped to protect farm worker rights through federally supported legal interventions during the early years of Cesar Chavez's United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC). His work at CRLA helped secure several of the farm workers' most significant victories in their campaign for justice during the nation's civil rights gains of the 1960s and 1970s. He currently resides in San...See more

Maurice "MO" Jourdane was a young staff attorney of the California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA) organization that helped to protect farm worker rights through federally supported legal interventions during the early years of Cesar Chavez's United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC). His work at CRLA helped secure several of the farm workers' most significant victories in their campaign for justice during the nation's civil rights gains of the 1960s and 1970s. He currently resides in San Diego with his wife and two children. See less