My Advocacy
Stronger families create sustainable communities. I am a long-time believer in the “village” concept. When we help each other out and look after one another, we create generational change. As a proud mother of a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder, I advocate for equitable balance in education and health for those with disabilities
Awards
St. Petersburg College
2016 – John & Suanne Roueche Excellence Award Recipient
2017 – Faculty Award – St. Petersburg College
2017 – Speaker – Discovery Day – Clearwater Campus
2018 – Speaker – Narrowing the Gulf – EPI Campus
2018 – Speaker – All College Day – Clearwater Campus
2019 – CETL – Professional Grant 2nd Annual Autism Conference
2019 – CETL – Professional Grant 1st Annual Autism Conference
2019 – 79 People Who Made Big Career Moves in 2019
Community
2020 – Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum “First Lady in African American History” Honoree – Ceremony performed in 2021
2020 – Keynote Address Speaker – Mac J. Williams Excellence Awards
2020 – Greater Mt Zion AME, FL Black History Month Committee Honoree
2021 – Tampa Bay Lightning Hero
2022 – Fabulous Five Females
2022 – 25th Annual Mary Evertz Distinguished service award
While advocacy is her passion, she travels whenever she has the opportunity.
Personal Values
- Constant Commitment to equity and access for underserved populations
- Belief that stronger communities make healthier self-reliant stronger people
- Actively seek to build Sustainable Coalitions through educational programming, fundraising and board appointments
- Strengths: communicator, organizational leader, pragmatic facilitator
- Committed to equity in community wellness, family health and development, Mental health, housing inequity and lack of resources
First Ladies in African American History event 2021 at St. Pete/Clearwater Marriott
Mac J. Williams Speech
Black History Month Committee in Honor of Attorney Kimberly Jackson
Greater Mt. Zion AME Church, St. Petersburg, FL Black History Month Committee in Honor of Attorney Kimberly Jackson for her tireless contributions to civic, educational and legal counsel life in St. Petersburg, Fl., and beyond. Atty Jackson helps advance equality in St. Petersburg, Fl serving currently as the Executive Director of the St. Petersburg College Institute for Strategic Policy Solutions. She is an Inspiration to us all. Sunday, February 23, 2020.
My Journey
I am not native to St. Petersburg, but I certainly call it home after living here for nearly 30 years. I began my career in communications and education, and after practicing law, circled back to education and public policy. My family has two former leaders in education who were school superintendents of districts in major cities. While law is still my passion, education is our family motto.
EDUCATION
The purpose of education…is to create in a person the ability to look at the world for himself, to make his own decisions.
James Baldwin
CARE
If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.
Maya Angelou
FREE SPEECH
To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.
Frederick Douglas
BE TRUE TO YOURSELF
“Live with Passion and be true to your soul”
