Say It Loud: Renters’ Rights are Civil Rights!
Say it Loud: Renters’ Rights are Civil Rights By David Zisser, December 7, 2017 This article originally appeared on Shelterforce.org here. Photo by Abbey Hambright via flickr, CC BY-NC-ND [...]
December 2017: Hear that? The holidays are almost here!
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2017 Public Advocates Summer Interns
METROPOLITAN EQUITY TEAM: ERIN LAPEYROLERIE Erin determined at a young age that she wanted to be an instrument in the struggle for greater socioeconomic mobility for racial minorities. [...]
Remembering Miguel Angel Méndez, former Chair and Member of Public Advocates’ Board of Governors
On May 25, 2017 our dear friend and colleague Miguel Angel Méndez passed away at his home in San Carlos, California, with his family at his side. We at Public Advocates deeply mourn the loss of [...]
Remarks by Fred Alvarez, Board Chair of Public Advocates
Remarks by Public Advocates Board Chair Fred Alvarez at the Voices of Conscience Celebration.
Lateefah Simon’s Inspiring Words at Voices of Conscience
Lateefah Simon was a 2017 Voices of Conscience Awardee. Simon is a nationally recognized advocate for civil rights who brings over 20 years of executive experience advancing racial and social [...]
Who’s Following Ben Carson?
April 4, 2017 – Reporter Kriston Capps of CITYLAB from the Atlantic interviews Guillermo Mayer about CarsonWatch.org, the new effort to keep tabs on HUD policies under Trump and HUD Secty. [...]
Long Beach Unified Faces Questions over Spending on High-Needs Kids
April 4, 2017 – Kyle Stokes of 89.3 KPCC reports on the complaint filed by Public Advocates against the Long Beach Unified School District. The complaint states that the district has [...]
Fred Alvarez, Preeminent Employment Lawyer and Former Asst. Secty. of Labor Elected Chair of Public Advocates Inc. Board of Governors
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 03/28/17 San Francisco – Public Advocates Inc., one of California’s leading public interest law firms and advocacy organizations since its founding in 1971, announced [...]
That Time I Almost Agreed with Trump’s Housing Secretary
By Guillermo Mayer, President & CEO of Public Advocates I wasn’t prepared last week when I found myself nodding in agreement with the new Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary, Ben [...]
