Michael Paul Jackson

Michael (he/him) has a long career in working to amplify the voices and lived experiences of those in vulnerable communities. As a former newspaper reporter, he won an investigative journalism award for a multi-part series on the failures of North Carolina’s mental health care system. Prior to joining The Bronx Defenders, he was the Communications Manager for the Center for Policing Equity, helping to spread its values of reducing the causes of racial disparities in law enforcement. There, he helped launch the Justice Navigator, the organization's first digital platform providing communities with access to public safety data. Before that, he was the Communications Director for JustLeadershipUSA, a racial and social justice organization centering on the voices of formerly incarcerated people. Michael received his master's from Long Island University, where he produced a feature film about gentrification in 2012. He lives in Brooklyn.