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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives wish to recognize Donald Jackson on over 20 |
| 4 | | years as President of the Peoria Branch of the NAACP; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Donald Jackson entered law school at the |
| 6 | | University of Illinois in 1971; he was admitted to the bar in |
| 7 | | 1974 while working as a field attorney for the National Labor |
| 8 | | Relations Board; he was hired by Bradley University as a |
| 9 | | part-time instructor, teaching the principals of collective |
| 10 | | bargaining; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, Donald Jackson entered private practice in 1975; |
| 12 | | he also joined the staff of the Peoria County Public Defender; |
| 13 | | his downtown-Peoria practice specializes in race, sex, |
| 14 | | retaliation, hostile work environment, and disability |
| 15 | | discrimination; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, Donald Jackson has been a guest lecturer at |
| 17 | | seminars conducted by the Illinois Department of Human Rights, |
| 18 | | the Public Employees Association, and
other similar |
| 19 | | organizations; and
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| 20 | | WHEREAS, Donald Jackson currently serves as a Hearing |
| 21 | | Officer for the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary |
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| 1 | | Commission
of the Supreme Court of Illinois; and
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, For the past 20 years Donald Jackson has
served as |
| 3 | | the President of the Peoria Branch of the NAACP; in 2003, he |
| 4 | | was elected President of the
Illinois State Conference of the |
| 5 | | NAACP, serving from 2004 to 2011; he is a past President of the |
| 6 | | Region III Leadership Team; under his leadership, the Peoria |
| 7 | | NAACP took on environmental and healthcare issues in addition |
| 8 | | to its traditional concerns of employment, education, and |
| 9 | | voting rights; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Donald Jackson is married to Ernestine (Humes) |
| 11 | | Jackson, and they have three sons, Donald R.
Jackson Jr., Dale |
| 12 | | R. Jackson, and Derick R. Jackson; he and his wife have two |
| 13 | | granddaughters, Desirae R. Jackson and Sofia Puffer-Jackson, |
| 14 | | one grandson, Lewyn Puffer-Jackson, and one great-grandson, |
| 15 | | Kaidyn Amir Jackson; therefore, be it
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| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 17 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
| 18 | | recognize Donald Jackson on over 20 years as President of the |
| 19 | | Peoria Branch of the NAACP and wish him many more successful |
| 20 | | years; and be it further
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| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 22 | | presented to Donald Jackson as an expression of our esteem and |