Medical & Sensory Expertise
20 years as a Navy Corpsman, treating mobility impairments and sensory trauma in combat theaters. The Grandin and Heumann modules are built on clinical protocols refined under fire.
International Intersectional Safety Foundation
Turning human rights into metric science.
IISF defines the Charter of Fundamental Intersectional Safety Rights—rigorous standards for sensory safety, kinetic equity, and algorithmic invisibility—and encodes them into auditable infrastructure for cities, enterprises, and robotics platforms.
Grandin · Heumann · Crenshaw Standards
Profit Cannot Override Safety.
The Foundation (IISF)
Owns and stewards the core IP: the Grandin, Heumann, and Crenshaw modules that define intersectional safety standards.
The Licensee (Vector for Good)
Commercializes the technology for enterprise duty-of-care, routing risk-aware decisions into real-world operations.
The Lock
IISF retains a legal kill switch: if the system is used for surveillance, weaponization, or non-consensual tracking, the license can be revoked.
Founding Story: From Invisibility to Intelligence
The seed for Vector for Good was not planted in a computer science lab, but during 20 years of service as a U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman (HM1).
Serving through the entirety of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" era (1993–2011), Founder Levi Hankins lived the reality of institutional invisibility. While officially protected by policy, the lived reality was starkly different: to be fully visible was to be unsafe.
"For 20 years, I navigated a system designed for people who could be fully visible. When you're forced to hide who you are to stay safe, you develop a visceral understanding of the gap between official policy ('everyone is protected') and lived reality ('people like me fall through the cracks'). That gap is what Vector for Good exists to close—not just for LGBTQ+ service members, but for every marginalized community navigating systems built without them in mind."— Levi Hankins, Founder of Vector for Good and Chair, IISF
This experience—combined with treating TBI, PTSD, and sensory trauma in combat zones—revealed a critical market failure: legacy safety systems are built for the "standard" user. They fail catastrophically for the neurodivergent, the disabled, and the LGBTQ+ traveler. Vector for Good exists to transform that lived invisibility into intersectional intelligence.
Regulatory & Compliance Rigor
Experience leading HIPAA-compliant EHR rollouts. GDPR, ISO 31030, and the EU AI Act are treated as product features, not afterthoughts.
Technical Execution
The Intersectional Safety Engine was built on a $0 budget to solve concrete problems like predicting sensory overload at major transit hubs.
Financial Discipline
Military pension and VA disability create a stable base, enabling a below-market founder salary and extending runway toward senior engineering hires.
Research Pillars
Algorithmic Justice
Auditing large language models and safety systems for erasure and distortion of Queer and Trans identities.
Digital Sovereignty
Advocating for the right to disappear from safety databases while still accessing protection and services.
The “No Kings” Project
Developing open standards for intersectional risk data and advancing ISO 31030-aligned safety metrics.
The IISF Research Fellowship
We support those who map the margins—researchers and data partners who transform lived experience into rigorous, intersectional safety science.
Neuro-Mapping
Academics studying the impact of urban acoustic density and hostile sensory design on autistic and neurodivergent adults.
Legislative Tracking
Legal scholars monitoring anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and mobility restrictions, particularly in the Global South.
Algorithmic Auditing
Data scientists working on de-biasing large language models and safety systems for intersectional error-rate parity.
Fellowship applications for the 2026 cohort are currently by nomination only. Contact the Board to nominate a researcher or data partner.
Support the Charter
As a 501(c)(3) pending non-profit, the Foundation is currently prioritizing research partnerships, in-kind contributions, and restricted grants that advance the Grandin, Heumann, and Crenshaw Standards.
Research Partner
Universities, labs, and human rights organizations contributing datasets, telemetry, or subject-matter expertise.
Institutional Funder
Foundations and donors underwriting specific projects in sensory safety, kinetic equity, or algorithmic invisibility.
Mission Ally
Corporate partners aligning ESG, duty-of-care, and product roadmaps with intersectional safety metrics.
Note: Until IRS 501(c)(3) status is confirmed, IISF does not solicit small-dollar public donations and only accepts institutional support structured for compliance.
Contact the Foundation
Use this direct line for research partnerships, ethics inquiries, or governance questions. Press can indicate urgency in the subject line.
Prefer email? Write to board@intersectionalsafety.org.