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Advancing opportunities for learning so California public school students are prepared for college and career

Transportation Justice

Ensuring economic opportunity in urban areas through access to affordable and reliable transit services

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6 Big Wins for Social Equity Network

Find out how a coalition representing low-income communities is engaging in decisions that will remake the Bay Area for generations to come.

Campaign for Quality Education (CQE)

Read about a statewide alliance of grassroots organizations dedicated to improving education for poor students of color and immigrant students.

Bus Riders Union Administrative Complaint

Read about the Title VI complaint filed by the Bus Riders Union in Los Angeles.

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We call our alumni Pillars. They are an impressive, diverse and national group. Now they have their own section of our web site.

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Today's Freedom Riders

May 16, 2012

CEO Jamienne S. Studley discusses the Freedom Riders' legacy, as we celebrate the anniversary of these civil rights heroes' first ride in May 1961.

200 Students and Parents Rally in Sacramento: Our Futures Can’t Wait, Reform School Finance Now!

May 16, 2012

Director of Legislative and Community Affairs Liz Guillen recaps our May 10 Education "Day of Action."

6 Wins Network Grades ‘One Bay Area’ Plan: Will MTC/ABAG Ignore Ideas on How to Go from a ‘D’ to an ‘A’?

May 14, 2012

Staff Attorney Parisa Fatehi-Weeks recaps an eventful Metropolitan Transportation Commission/Association of Bay Area Governments regional planning meeting that was attended by more than 50 members of the 6 Wins for Social Equity Network.

Our nonprofit law firm and advocacy organization has been fighting the root causes of discrimination and poverty for more than 40 years, by strengthening community voices and achieving tangible legal victories.

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Public Advocates Pillar Angela Glover Blackwell Interviewed by Bill Moyers

Watch for Moyers' mention of Public Advocates during his introduction and gain inspiration from one of our most distinguished alumni (also known as Pillars).

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News

Health, Faith and Environmental Groups Give Failing Grades to Draft “One Bay Area” Plan (Press Releases)

May 11, 2012

6 Wins Report Card gives an overall grade of D to the One Bay Area plan.

Ninth Circuit Reaffirms Ruling That Trainee Teachers Not Intended as "Highly Qualified" Under NCLB (Press Releases)

May 11, 2012

The latest on our teacher quality case, Renee v. Ducan.

'Our Future Can't Wait' Rally Seeks Increased Educational Opportunities for Students of Color (Press Releases)

May 10, 2012

Hundreds of students, parents and equity advocates headed to Sacramento on May 10, 2012, to demand that lawmakers fix California's school funding system.