ABOUT
At Prevention at the Intersections, our mission is to collaborate with justice-seeking organizations, nonprofits, and funders through community-based research, program development, evaluation, and training.
We are dedicated to building collective capacity to heal from social and community harm, fostering resilience and empowerment in the communities we serve. By addressing the root causes of injustice and promoting inclusive practices, we strive to create pathways for healing, understanding, and social transformation.
We are dedicated to building collective capacity to heal from social and community harm, fostering resilience and empowerment in the communities we serve. By addressing the root causes of injustice and promoting inclusive practices, we strive to create pathways for healing, understanding, and social transformation.
Leadership
Crystallee Crain, Ph.D. (she/her/hers), is an interdisciplinary public health scholar and human rights activist with expertise in sociology, political science, and psychology. She focuses on exposing institutional inequality while supporting communities in adopting transformative practices that bridge academia, healing, and advocacy. Her work emphasizes strengthening responses to violence through liberatory practices and healing as a revolutionary strategy for change.
Dr. Crain has held academic appointments with California State University – East Bay in Political Science and Simmons University in the Master of Public Health Program (Health Equity). She also serves as an elected board member of the Michigan Nonprofit Association and the Seeding Justice Foundation.
An experienced facilitator, Dr. Crain conducts trainings on trauma, prevention science, and community capacity-building, helping organizations integrate social justice and people-centered values into their missions.
She earned a Ph.D. in Transformative Studies from the California Institute of Integral Studies, an M.A. in Social Sciences (Sociology) from Eastern Michigan University, and a B.S. in Political Science from Northern Michigan University. In 2013, she completed executive training in Health and Human Rights at Harvard University. Her service includes membership on the Alameda County Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Commission, the City of Portland's Human Rights Commission, and professional associations such as the American Psychological Association and the American Evaluation Association.
Dr. Crain was recently awarded the International Impact Book Award, in the Multicultural Category for her Cultural Humility in Practice Workbook. Learn more at www.crystalleecrain.org.
Dr. Crain has held academic appointments with California State University – East Bay in Political Science and Simmons University in the Master of Public Health Program (Health Equity). She also serves as an elected board member of the Michigan Nonprofit Association and the Seeding Justice Foundation.
An experienced facilitator, Dr. Crain conducts trainings on trauma, prevention science, and community capacity-building, helping organizations integrate social justice and people-centered values into their missions.
She earned a Ph.D. in Transformative Studies from the California Institute of Integral Studies, an M.A. in Social Sciences (Sociology) from Eastern Michigan University, and a B.S. in Political Science from Northern Michigan University. In 2013, she completed executive training in Health and Human Rights at Harvard University. Her service includes membership on the Alameda County Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Commission, the City of Portland's Human Rights Commission, and professional associations such as the American Psychological Association and the American Evaluation Association.
Dr. Crain was recently awarded the International Impact Book Award, in the Multicultural Category for her Cultural Humility in Practice Workbook. Learn more at www.crystalleecrain.org.
TEAM MEMBERS
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Olivia Furlow, Consultant
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Ruther Jimenez, Assistant
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Ani Micky, Design
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Leon Benson, SUN Families
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