Bill Text: IL HR0403 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes Donald Jackson on over 20 years as President of the Peoria Branch of the NAACP.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-16 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ryan Spain [HR0403 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0403-Introduced.html
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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 |
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1 | respect.
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