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Cassandra Leveille

Cassandra Leveille supports the relationship-building work of the organization including database creation and maintenance, grant-making, fundraising and external outreach. She has previously supported Feminist Dialogue, The Feminist Press at CUNY and the American Association of University Professors. She is a blogger for Scarleteen, a youth resource for healthy and accurate sex education for those in their teens and early 20S. She has written for Women’s eNews, The Line Campaign and Mic.com. She graduated magna cum laude from Ithaca College in 2011 with a B.A. in writing. While there, she was a Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholar. Her three-year research project focused on the psychic displacement black people experience due to their erasure from historical narratives in Costa Rica, Ghana and London.

Cassandra's Latest Articles

Wage Rules to Affect Health Aides Sent by Agencies

By Cassandra Leveille ● Uncategorized ● December 23, 2013

The new wage and overtime protections don’t take effect for another year but the government has begun sorting out what it means, to whom. Staffing agencies are most affected but private employers should also keep records.

Shutdown Delays Prep to Pay Health Aides More

By Cassandra Leveille ● Uncategorized ● October 26, 2013

The government shutdown held up Labor Department webinars about the new home health care ruling that takes effect Jan. 1, 2015. Advocates say they will press various agencies to explain the ruling to the public.