Vancouver Branch NAACP

Annual Banquet

May 5, 2006 6-9 P.M.

Clark College, Vancouver, WA

"Addressing Inequities in Education & Juvenile Justice"

Keynote Speaker:

Dr. John H. Jackson, Esq.
Chief Policy Officer

Under the leadership of the NAACP President and CEO/ Bruce Gordon, Dr. John H. Jackson was appointed as the NAACP’s Chief Policy Officer. In this capacity, Dr. Jackson is responsible for coordinating and implementing the Association’s research, advocacy and training agenda in education, health, economic empowerment, criminal justice, civic engagement, voter empowerment, housing, labor and international affairs.

Prior to being appointed Chief Policy Officer, for the past five years, Dr. Jackson has diligently served as the NAACP’s National Director of Education. Before joining the Association, Dr. Jackson possessed a broad array of professional experience. In 1999, at age 27, President Clinton appointed Dr. Jackson to the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education (OCR). While at OCR, Dr. Jackson served as Senior Policy Advisor

Dr. Jackson is one of the few Americans to have earned five higher education degrees. Dr. Jackson possesses a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Xavier University of Louisiana; A Master of Education degree in Education Policy from the University of Illinois' College of Education; and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Illinois' College of Law. In addition, Dr. Jackson received a Master of Education and Doctorate of Education in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Dr. Jackson is currently an Adjunct Professor of Race, Gender, and Public Policy at the Georgetown University School of Public Policy. He is also chairman of the National Equity Center Inc., a national non-profit established to promote diversity and democratic values by providing youth with the leadership, academic, research and advocacy skills to eliminate existing local and national civil rights and social justice disparities.

Dr. Jackson is a member of the Louisiana Bar Association, the American Bar Association, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., Prince Hall Masonry, and New Psalmist Baptist Church. He has been identified as one of Ebony Magazine‘s Thirty Leaders of the Future. He is a native of Chicago, Illinois, and currently resides in Owings Mills, Maryland.

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