Cassandra Brown is a Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) College of Law graduate, aspiring to become a civil rights attorney while continuing to be involved in election and public health law. Cassandra has a Master of Public Health degree and a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Services Administration. Her goal is to combine her life experiences, public health knowledge, and her law degree to help combat minority health disparities and advocate for civil rights in communities that lack access and means to effective legal representation.
Her other interest areas include reducing mass incarceration, environmental racism, and fighting police brutality. She also takes advantage of every opportunity to help reform the Jim Crow-era criminal justice system under which we are still bound. She currently serves on several organizational boards, including Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida, National Lawyers Guild Central Florida Chapter, Lake County Voices of Reason, and Healing Through the Sound of Music, which further her focus on improving her community. Cassandra served as the President of the ACLU Central Florida chapter, covering Orange, Osceola, Lake, and Seminole counties.
Cassandra co-founded a grassroots civic engagement initiative, “All About the Ballots” geared toward increasing voter participation and overall civic engagement in the Black Communities. The goal is to educate, empower and engage the Black community on the power of the vote and the importance of local civic engagement.
On November 6, 2018, Cassandra ran unopposed and was elected to a four-year term on the Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District Board as Supervisor seat 3, a non-partisan office making her the only Black elected official at the county level. Cassandra plans to utilize this opportunity to once again affect change in Communities of Color by raising awareness around local food deserts, and community gardens, and engaging youth in environmental sustainability. She also served on the Affordable Housing Committee of Lake County for two years.
While employed for six-years with Lake County Schools as a substitute teacher, she served Title One public school populations where most students come from underserved poor communities of color. She has four exceptional children of her own who you will usually find right by her side as she gives back to her community; two of which are Bennett Bells, currently attending Bennett College, an HBCU in North Carolina.
As an advocate of social justice and civic engagement, Cassandra strongly believes in creating a space for community activism with a deliberate focus on increasing awareness around the power of Black communities and churches, the Black dollar, and sounding their collective voices through voting.
