File #: 21-4400    Version: 1 Name: Resolution for Rev. Jesse Jackson
Type: Consent Calendar Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 7/26/2021 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 7/29/2021 Final action: 7/29/2021
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION HONORING THE REVEREND JESSE JACKSON SR. ON BEING AWARDED LA L?GION D'HONNEUR, FRANCE'S HIGHEST HONOR WHEREAS, Jesse Louis Jackson Sr. was born on October 8, 1941, in Greenville, South Carolina; and WHEREAS, Reverend Jackson began his theological studies at Chicago Theological Seminary, but deferred his studies when he began working full-time in the Civil Rights Movement with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Later, he was ordained on June 30, 1968, by Reverend Clay Evans and earned a Master of Divinity degree from Chicago Theological Seminary in 2000; and WHEREAS, Reverend Jackson, one of America's foremost civil rights, religious and political figures, is the Founder and President of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition and has been a champion of human and civil rights and nonviolent social change for decades, and a leading advocate for a variety of public policy issues, including universal health care, equal administration of justice in all communities, voting rights, sufficie...
Sponsors: DONNA MILLER, FRANK J. AGUILAR, ALMA E. ANAYA, LUIS ARROYO JR, SCOTT R. BRITTON, JOHN P. DALEY, DENNIS DEER, BRIDGET DEGNEN, BRANDON JOHNSON, BILL LOWRY, STANLEY MOORE, KEVIN B. MORRISON, SEAN M. MORRISON, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, LARRY SUFFREDIN
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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

HONORING THE REVEREND JESSE JACKSON SR. ON BEING AWARDED LA L?GION D'HONNEUR, FRANCE'S HIGHEST HONOR

WHEREAS, Jesse Louis Jackson Sr. was born on October 8, 1941, in Greenville, South Carolina; and

WHEREAS, Reverend Jackson began his theological studies at Chicago Theological Seminary, but deferred his studies when he began working full-time in the Civil Rights Movement with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Later, he was ordained on June 30, 1968, by Reverend Clay Evans and earned a Master of Divinity degree from Chicago Theological Seminary in 2000; and

WHEREAS, Reverend Jackson, one of America's foremost civil rights, religious and political figures, is the Founder and President of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition and has been a champion of human and civil rights and nonviolent social change for decades, and a leading advocate for a variety of public policy issues, including universal health care, equal administration of justice in all communities, voting rights, sufficient funding for enforcement of civil rights laws, and for increased attention to business investment in under-served domestic communities among many other just causes; and

WHEREAS, over the past forty years, he has played a pivotal role in virtually every movement for empowerment, peace, civil rights, gender equality, and economic and social justice; and

WHEREAS, Reverend Jackson has received more than 40 honorary doctorate degrees and frequently lectures at major colleges and universities including Howard, Yale, Princeton, Morehouse, Harvard, Columbia, Stanford and Hampton; and

WHEREAS, in 2000, President Bill Clinton awarded Reverend Jackson the Presidential Medal of Freedom, our nation's highest civilian honor, and just recently France bestowed upon Reverend Jackson it's highest honor; and

WHEREAS, on Monday July 19th, 2021, French President Emmanuel Macron made Jesse Jackson a Commander of the Legion of Honor (La L?gion d'Honneur), the highest French order of merit, bot...

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