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Melanie Ross Levin, Director of Outreach

Melanie Ross Levin is currently serving as the Director of Outreach focusing on education, employment, and family economic security issues. Prior to joining the Center, Ms. Ross Levin served as the Field Director for the 2006 campaign of Senator Thomas Carper, D-Del.; worked in the Delaware State Legislature; and consulted in Delaware for Vision 2015, a new education reform initiative. She also conducted grassroots organizing around judicial nominations for Planned Parenthood of Delaware. Ms. Ross Levin received her master's degree in Public Administration from the University of Delaware and her bachelor's degree in Political Science and Women's Studies from the University of Delaware.

My Take

Bad Call! Woman Referee Removed from Boys' B-ball Game

Posted by Melanie Ross Levin, Director of Outreach | Posted on: February 15, 2008 at 08:49 pm

by Melanie Ross Levin, Outreach Manager
National Women’s Law Center

St. Mary’s Academy in Kansas told Michelle Campbell, a female referee, that she couldn't officiate a boys’ high school basketball game because she is a woman. Are you kidding me?

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A Thanksgiving Miracle – Head Start is Finally Reauthorized!

Posted by Melanie Ross Levin, Director of Outreach | Posted on: November 15, 2007 at 09:27 pm

Melanie Ross Levin, Outreach Manager
National Women's Law Center

Yesterday, just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday, Congress broke through the usual gridlock to deliver the Head Start reauthorization bill. 

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A Better Deal for Women

Posted by Melanie Ross Levin, Director of Outreach | Posted on: September 12, 2007 at 04:41 pm

by Melanie Ross Levin

In 1932, President Roosevelt promised “a new deal for the American people.”  Part of that deal included Unemployment Insurance that provided vital temporary income support to workers who are laid off or must leave their jobs at no fault of their own.  For many women workers, Unemployment Insurance is a “No Deal” situation because of inequities in the program’s original 1935 design. 

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