Program Success 12 May 2019
FAMU LAW STUDENT CASSANDRA BROWN NAMED PRESIDENT
OF CENTRAL FLORIDA AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Cassandra Brown, Third-year FAMU Law Student and Local ACLU Chapter President
Florida A&M University (FAMU) College of Law third-year student Cassandra Brown is the new
president of the Central Florida Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Brown has
been volunteering with the local ACLU since 2016 serving in various roles such as secretary and vice
president.
“I am honored to lead the Central Florida Chapter of ACLU in its important work to fight for the
constitutional rights and freedoms of all people,” said Cassandra Brown. “It’s very challenging and
rewarding work that I enjoy.”
Brown says the Central Florida Chapter of ACLU is working on voting rights, LGBT equality, women’s
health and reproductive rights, church/state role clarity, and racial justice. The Central Chapter of ACLU
is also working on criminal justice reform, immigration and mass incarceration issues. Communities
of color can be disproportionately impacted in each of those areas.
“FAMU Law students are branching out and making a difference in their communities,” said Interim
FAMU Law Dean LeRoy Pernell. “We are very proud of Ms. Brown’s accomplishments being named
President of the local ACLU. She is a true “Rattler for Justice” and we know Ms. Brown will do well in
this new leadership role.”
Brown is originally from Ocala, Florida. Her mother worked at the Ocala Housing Authority and was
very active in union work. Brown says that’s where she got her passion for community activism and
helping people fight for their civil rights. Brown also serves as ACLU FAMU Law chapter president.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida is a private, non-profit, non-partisan, membership
organization working in the courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve individual
rights and personal freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Anyone interested in volunteering or if you believe
your rights are being violated, please visit the ACLU
website at central.aclufl.org. For more information
about the FAMU College of Law, please visit law.
famu.edu.