Casandra May

Sep 7, 2023 | tcf.org | Coe Colette |Casandra May |Lauren Elizabeth |Alex Fox

In this commentary, Sapakshanama shares a deeply personal reflection on the financial and emotional fears that accompany seeking mental health support as an incoming college student. This commentary is part of the Voices of Disability Economic Justice Project, a partnership with TCF’s Disability Economic Justice Collaborative. Voices of Disability Economic Justice showcases disabled writers’ first-person perspectives on the economic issues that matter most to them.

Jul 24, 2023 | tcf.org | Kimberly M Knackstedt |Casandra May |Laura Gutierrez |Laura Gutiérrez |Julie Kashen

In February 2023, COVID-19 test manufacturer Abbott Laboratories laid off at least 750 workers in Maine. The number of laid off workers could be as high as 1,000, but it is hard to quantify, as most of the workers’ employers of record were temporary agencies. Nearly all of these workers were people of color, many of whom were immigrants who fled unrest back home, and many of whom spoke French or Lingala, but not English and hailed from a wide variety of nations in Central and Southern Africa.