Public Advocates
Sumeet Bal has extensive experience in communications and journalism, with roles at various organizations such as Public Advocates and CALIFORNIA IMMIGRANT POLICY CENTER. Sumeet has also worked as a self-employed Communications Consultant and as the Director of Special Projects at Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund. With a Master's degree in Broadcast Journalism from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts from Duke University, Sumeet brings a wealth of experience in leading communication strategies, managing digital platforms, creating content, and editing/pitching stories to media outlets.
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.