Dr. Dawn Henderson is the founder and principal researcher of WeClaim Research, a community-centered research and evaluation LLC dedicated to putting the tools of inquiry into the hands of the people most affected by the issues being studied.
With over two decades of experience in community-based participatory research, program evaluation, and capacity building, Dr. Henderson has partnered with nonprofits, grassroots organizations, government agencies, and philanthropic foundations across the country to design and conduct research that drives real change.
Dr. Henderson holds a PhD and has built her career at the intersection of rigorous academic inquiry and on-the-ground community practice. She believes that research is most powerful when it is co-created with — not imposed upon — the communities it seeks to serve.
Her work is guided by a deep commitment to equity, justice, and the radical idea that every community already holds the knowledge it needs to transform itself. WeClaim Research exists to help communities access, organize, and act on that knowledge.
Research is a tool. We want to put that tool in the hands of our community.
— Dr. Dawn Henderson
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