Nicky MacCallum / Allies 4 Equity

Nicky MacCallum is the founder of Allies 4 Equity, an international training and consultation organization dedicated to promoting trauma-informed, healing-centered care in service delivery and provider wellness. With a deep commitment to survivor-centered practices, she serves on the Department of Justice Survivor Centered Action Team. Nicky is also a faculty member with the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (HAVI), where she founded and co-chaired the HAVI Mental Health Working Group (formerly NNHVIP) for over a decade. Nicky is also the author of "Together We Grow - Tough Feelings and Tools that Help." An empowering book designed to aid parents, caregivers, and educators in guiding young children through the emotional challenges brought about by trauma and toxic stress.

With more than twelve years of experience as the Healing Director at Youth ALIVE!, a violence prevention, intervention, and healing organization in Oakland, CA, Nicky brings a wealth of knowledge to her work. She is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Nationally Certified Counselor, and CAMFT Certified Clinical Supervisor. Throughout her 30+ years in the field, Nicky has collaborated across a wide range of systems, including victims of crime services, child protective services, family reunification, juvenile justice, community mental health, foster care, school-based programs, and community violence intervention.

Nicky has been a primary contributor to both the California and National Violence Peer Professional Certification Curriculums and has developed trauma informed healing centered care curriculum taught at U.C. Berkeley, San Francisco State University, and DCYF University. The latter being an innovative educational program making the path to higher education more accessible to San Francisco frontline workers. She was also a primary contributor to Oakland Police Department’s Trauma Informed Policing Curriculum, awaiting piloting in the OPD Academy.She also enjoys teaching Aromatherapy and Reflexology.