Full Text of HR1277 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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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