Reconnecting Across Continents
By: Guillermo Mayer Date: October 28, 2015 Pictured left to right: Angelica Jongco, Guillermo Mayer, Dimitri Holtzman, Titi Liu and John Affeldt Imagine suddenly discovering a distant relative [...]
Reconnecting Across Continents
October 28, 2015 By Guillermo Mayer Imagine suddenly discovering a distant relative that you never knew existed—a person who despite living half way across the world has a common experience or [...]
A Dream Deferred — Again?
By: Angela Perry Date: October 27, 2015 Earlier this month Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a bill, AB 573, which would have given desperately needed legal aid to the students who attended one of the [...]
Pillar Joins Public Advocates as Equal Justice Works Fellow
Date: October 20, 2015 Anne Bellows recently returned to the Bay Area to join Public Advocates as an Equal Justice Works Fellow. As you will read, this Public Advocates Pillar has a passion for [...]
6 Reasons Latino Non-Profits Should Engage in Advocacy
By: Guillermo Mayer Date: September 23, 2015 When advocacy for social change is part of your organization’s mission you don’t often pull back and ask why engaging in advocacy is so critical. We [...]
6 Reasons Latino Non-Profits Should Engage in Advocacy
September 23, 2015 By Guillermo Mayer When advocacy for social change is part of your organization’s mission you don’t often pull back and ask why engaging in advocacy is so critical. We almost [...]
6 School Districts and 4 Cities in 12 Days: Back to School with Public Advocates
By: Angelica Jongco Date: September 22, 2015 Back to school is a busy time for most families, and we are no different here at Public Advocates. The past month has been a tornado of activity for [...]
6 School Districts and 4 Cities in 12 Days: Back to School with Public Advocates
September 22, 2015 By Angelica Jongco On January 21, 2015, California legislators from both houses gathered to look back on challenges and opportunities implementing the state’s landmark school [...]
16k Students Conned and What Did They Get? – Another Day Older and Deeper in Debt
By: Angela Perry Date: August 27, 2015 Tiffany Johnson, a mother of two, was a first time college student at one of Corinthian Colleges’ campuses in Hayward, California. By the day Corinthian [...]
Challenging the Vestiges of Jim Crow
By: Kate Gomez-McKeon Date: August 18, 2015 Civil rights aren’t merely rights to live free of malice; they are affirmative and substantive rights, like mobility and the freedom to choose where [...]
