Platform - Activist

In addition to his pastoral responsibilities Rev. Jackson serves as the Executive Director of the Black Ministers' Council of New Jersey which represents more than 600 African American churches in the State of New Jersey. As Executive Director of the BMC he has been outspoken on almost every major issue in the state, pressuring the state to increase funding for poor (Abbott )school districts leading to the State Supreme Court to order New Jersey to spend more than eight(8) billion dollars to achieve parity in spending, adequate funding for charity care for those who are uninsured, legislation to end predatory lending targeting minorities and seniors and development of the urban areas of the state. He is best known however for his leadership in the fight against racial profiling and reform of the New Jersey State Police which resulted in New Jersey passing legislation and signed by the governor making racial profiling a crime.