Kristi Williams is a 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre descendant and Creek Freedmen descendant. Kristi has served the Greenwood and North Tulsa Community for over 10 years through concrete roots organizing to grass roots connections. Kristi is an Author, Program Manager for Fitting Back In Tulsa, Consultant for Standpipe Hill Strategies and one of six Tulsans serving as a Wayfinder on National Geographic’s “2892 Miles to Go”: A Geographic Walk for Justice.” She currently serves as Chair to the City of Tulsa’s Greater Tulsa African American Affairs Commission, Committee member of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Mass Graves Oversight Committee, founding Board Member of The Black Wall Street Chamber of Commerce and Campaign Manager to Tulsa City Councilor Vanessa Hall-Harper. Kristi has also contributed to movies and documentaries sharing the history of Greenwood, Black Wall Street and Creek Freedmen. Kristi’s motto is, “Don’t worry about changing people just use the power of your story, use the power in your hands and feet to build your community better than you found it, that’s how you make change!”
Kristi Williams is a 2022 grantee of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Community Research for Health Equity program, managed by AcademyHealth.