Claire Abrahams
Director, Violent Extremism Prevention, Citizens Crime Commission Of New York City Incorporated
2023
Claire is the Director of Violent Extremism Prevention at the Citizens Crime Commission. In this role, Claire directs the DEEP early intervention and terrorism prevention program, the Signals program, community outreach work, and oversees and implements all violent extremism prevention work. Claire works closely with government and non-government partners. Prior to joining the CCC, Claire worked with the Eastern District of New York as the program director for DEEP. Claire has presented on terrorism prevention and early intervention at various places, including the Global Counterterrorism Forum, Harvard Law School, the Brookings Institute, the National Counter Terrorism Centre and the American Jewish Committee. Claire received her BA(Hons)/MA Cantab in Politics and International Relations from Trinity College, Cambridge University. Subsequently, she received her MA in International Relations from Columbia University, specializing in Security and Counter Terrorism.
This cannot be thought of as a conference or a summit. The stakes are simply too high and the data/conversation and methods to drive action more valuable/motivating than any gathering I have attended. I took more than 100 pages of notes and have shared them with my CBS News leadership team, anchors, producers, and correspondents. Nothing about this gathering was easy. The agony around this topic is real. But no one curious about it could ask for a more devoted, rational, or unflinching look into this dark but decipherable world.
