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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1 Commission 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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1 respect.
Source: ilga.gov