Chrissi Jackson is an author and activist. She received her start in journalism writing a popular opinion column for the NAACP Minority Report at the University of Missouri, Columbia. After the murder of Michael Brown Jr in Ferguson, Chrissi co-founded The Truth Telling Project- a story telling organization on a mission to uplift voices of structural violence and provide education about its root causes. Later she went on to direct fundraising campaigns for national human-rights organizations. Today she works as a credit advisor and financial consultant. Her debut book, Reparations Handbook, was written as a revolutionary act to educate and inspire.