I Worked Closely with Rev. Jesse Jackson After He Took a Chance on Me at Age 19. Here's What He Taught Me About Leadership.

I worked closely with Rev. Jesse Jackson after he took a chance on me at age 19. Here's what he taught me about leadership.

Rev. Jesse Jackson, Bradley Akubuiro and his wife, Allison England, and Pete Buttigieg at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition.Courtesy of Bradley Akubuiro.Bradley Akubuiro was an intern for Rev. Jesse Jackson at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition in 2009.Jackson taught him to lean into hard moments and to hold tension between conflict and conversation.Akubuiro was able to visit Rev. Jackson in the hospital before his death on February 17.Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. t…

OP-ED: Rev. Jackson Lifted All of Us Higher

One of the great strengths of our movement is that our leaders do more than inspire young people — they keep the door open for them.

Rev. Jesse Jackson never stopped lifting me — and the country

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Rev. Jesse Jackson Lifted All of Us Higher – NJ Urban News

Jesse Jackson surrounded by marchers carrying signs advocating support for the Hawkins-Humphrey Bill for full employment, near the White House, Washington, D.C. Photo Credit: O’Halloran, Thomas J., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons One of the great strengths of our movement is that our leaders do more than inspire young people — they keep the door open for them. The leaders who carried forward the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. understo…

Rev. Jackson Lifted All of Us Higher

By Ben Jealous — One of the great strengths of our movement is that our leaders do more than inspire young people — they keep the door open for them. The leaders who carried forward the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. understood that movements survive only when the next generation is welcomed in. Leaders like Joseph Lowery, Rev. Orange, Rev. Earl Shinholster, Andrew Young, and many others lived that commitment.