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May 21, 2015 By Guillermo Mayer Last month, we celebrated our 44th anniversary in the cheerful company of friends and allies. The night was filled with vivid images and ideas about the beauty and [...]

By: Debi Harris Date: May 20, 2015 Meet Alcario and Carmen Castellano, a Friend of Public Advocates couple since the 1990’s. Learn how they got involved and what fuels their ongoing support. [...]

By: Isabel Alegria Date: May 19, 2015 Isabel Alegria recently joined our team as Director of Communication. She brings experience as a broadcast journalist, and more recently as a communications [...]

By: David Zisser Date: May 12, 2015 A lot has happened since we last reported on the campaign for a Coliseum City that creates lasting benefits for low-income residents of East Oakland. A dozen [...]

April 27, 2015 By Angelica Jongco We’re heading into the home stretch of the school year. That means that school districts (and charter schools) throughout the state are releasing drafts of their [...]

By: Angelica Jongco Date: April 27, 2015 We’re heading into the home stretch of the school year. That means that school districts (and charter schools) throughout the state are releasing drafts [...]

By: Debi Harris Date: March 17, 2015 Meet Steve John and Jason Snyder (pictured above right to left), a Friend of Public Advocates couple since 2013. Learn how Steve and Jason got involved and [...]

By: Laura MacInnis, Law Clerk, Education Equity Team Date: March 17, 2015 Four weeks ago, I started volunteering at Public Advocates, curious and eager to explore how this nonprofit law firm [...]

By: Marybelle Nzegwu Date: March 10, 2015 The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a watershed moment of the modern Civil Rights Movement. Today, nearly 60 years after Rosa Park’s refusal to give up her [...]

February 17, 2015 By Guillermo Mayer Over the next six to eight months, we intend to answer some pretty big questions about Public Advocates’ future: How will we evolve to better combat poverty [...]