Public Advocates
John Affeldt is a Managing Attorney & Education Program Director at Public Advocates since October 1991. Prior to their current role, John served as a Board Member/President at Emery Unified School District from July 2012 to December 2016. Affeldt holds an A.B. in English from Stanford University and a degree from Harvard Law School obtained from 1987 to 1990.
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.