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This resolution congratulates Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson Sr. on his 65th anniversary as a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., recognizing his significant contributions to civil rights and social justice. The resolution highlights that Rev. Jackson, originally from South Carolina and a long-time Chicago resident, was initiated into the fraternity's Pi Psi Chapter at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1960, and has since embodied the fraternity's core principles of manhood, scholarship, perseverance, and uplift. It acknowledges his remarkable career as a civil rights leader, including his work as an aide to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., founding the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, advocating for global social and economic justice, and running for president twice. The resolution praises Rev. Jackson as an outstanding Illinois citizen whose commitment to service and leadership has profoundly impacted the state, nation, and world, and officially commends his decades of visionary service to humanity. The document concludes by resolving to present Rev. Jackson with a copy of the resolution as an expression of esteem and respect.

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