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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Phillip | ||||||
4 | Jackson of Chicago, who passed away on November 4, 2018; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Phillip Jackson was born in Chicago on September | ||||||
6 | 22, 1950; he graduated from Roosevelt University in 1974 with a | ||||||
7 | Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and National Louis University | ||||||
8 | with a certificate in education; and | ||||||
9 | WHEREAS, Phillip Jackson began working for Kroch's and | ||||||
10 | Brentano's Book Stores in 1969; over the course of his 24-year | ||||||
11 | career, he reached the position of Senior Vice President of | ||||||
12 | Operations, but left the organization after they attempted to | ||||||
13 | strip employees of their pensions; he led, financed, and won a | ||||||
14 | class-action lawsuit that restored pensions to wrongfully | ||||||
15 | terminated employees; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Phillip Jackson worked in human services at the | ||||||
17 | Chicago Office of Management and Budget in 1994 before joining | ||||||
18 | Chicago Public Schools in 1995, where he served as Deputy Chief | ||||||
19 | of Staff, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, and Chief of | ||||||
20 | Staff; he joined the Chicago Housing Authority as CEO in 1999; | ||||||
21 | in 2000, he moved to the Office of the Mayor for the City of | ||||||
22 | Chicago, where he served as Chief of Education; and |
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1 | WHEREAS, In 1996, Phillip Jackson founded The Black Star | ||||||
2 | Project, an educational nonprofit reform organization located | ||||||
3 | in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago whose mission is to | ||||||
4 | eliminate the racial academic achievement gap by improving the | ||||||
5 | lives of those living in African American and Latino | ||||||
6 | communities by providing mentoring and tutoring services to | ||||||
7 | help students, parents, and community members become | ||||||
8 | productive citizens in their neighborhoods; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Phillip Jackson was active with the Boys and Girls | ||||||
10 | Clubs of Chicago, where he served as CEO for one year before | ||||||
11 | devoting himself full-time to the Black Star Project; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Phillip Jackson received many honors, including | ||||||
13 | the Chicago Cares Power of One Leadership Award, the Education | ||||||
14 | Champion of Change for America by The White House, the Champion | ||||||
15 | of Social Justice by the Chicago African Americans in | ||||||
16 | Philanthropy, the Citizen of the Year by Omega Psi Phi | ||||||
17 | Fraternity, the Monarch Man of the Year in Education by Alpha | ||||||
18 | Kappa Alpha Sorority, the Reclaim Our Youth Honoree by | ||||||
19 | Operation Push, the Education Man of the Year for the Bud | ||||||
20 | Billiken Parade, the Illinois Educator of the Year for the 7th | ||||||
21 | Congressional District of Illinois, the Champion of Social | ||||||
22 | Justice by Chicago African Americans In Philanthropy, and the | ||||||
23 | 2003 Ricky Birdson Father of the Year Award for the State of |
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1 | Illinois by the Illinois Fatherhood Initiative; he was also | ||||||
2 | named as one of the Chicago Defender's 50 Men of Excellence and | ||||||
3 | received the Cook County State Attorney's Community | ||||||
4 | Empowerment Award; therefore, be it
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5 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
6 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
7 | mourn the passing of Phillip Jackson and extend our sincere | ||||||
8 | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | ||||||
9 | him; and be it further
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10 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
11 | presented to the family of Phillip Jackson as an expression of | ||||||
12 | our deepest sympathy.
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