Michael Paul Jackson

Michael (he/him/his) has spent his career working to amplify the voices and lived experiences of marginalized 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. 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 the voices of formerly incarcerated people. He holds a Master’s in Media Arts from Long Island University, where he produced a feature film about gentrification.