Full Text of HR0403 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 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
| 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 | 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
| 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 | 20 | | WHEREAS, Donald Jackson currently serves as a Hearing | 21 | | Officer for the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary |
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of the Supreme Court of Illinois; and | 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
| 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
| 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
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to Donald Jackson as an expression of our esteem and |
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