Public Advocates
John Affeldt has been working at Public Advocates since October 1991, where John holds the titles of Managing Attorney and Education Program Director. John was also a Board Member/President at Emery Unified School District from July 2012 to December 2016. John attended Stanford University from 1980 to 1984 and went on to study at Harvard Law School from 1987 to 1990, earning an A.B. in English.
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Public Advocates
Public Advocates Inc. is a nonprofit law firm and advocacy organization that challenges the systemic causes of poverty and racial discrimination by strengthening community voices in public policy and achieving tangible legal victories advancing education, housing and transit equity. We spur change through collaboration with grassroots groups representing low-income communities, people of color and immigrants, combined with strategic policy reform, media advocacy and litigation, “making rights real” across California since 1971.