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</div><div><div id="mw-content-text" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="direction: ltr;" lang="en">The High Impact Leadership Coalition (HILC) describes itself as working "to protect the moral compass of America and be an agent of healing to our nation by educating and empowering churches, community and political leaders".<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=High_Impact_Leadership_Coalition#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a> The group's founder and chairman is Bishop <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Harry_R.Jackson_Jr." title="Harry R. Jackson Jr." style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Harry R. Jackson Jr.</a>, the Senior Pastor of Hope Christian Church in the Washington, DC area<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=High_Impact_Leadership_Coalition#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a>, and radio commentator broadcast on approximately 400 stations via <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Salem_Radio&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Salem Radio (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Salem Radio</a> and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Family_Radio&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="American Family Radio (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">American Family Radio</a> networks.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=High_Impact_Leadership_Coalition#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[3]</a><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=High_Impact_Leadership_Coalition#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">
</a><div id="toc" class="toc" style="line-height: 19.2000007629395px; border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; display: table; zoom: 1; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; display: inline; background: none;">Contents</h2>  [<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=High_Impact_Leadership_Coalition#" class="internal" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">hide</a>] </div><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=High_Impact_Leadership_Coalition#.22Don.27t_freeze_us_out.22_campaign_pushes_for_oil_and_gas_exploration" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1 "Don't freeze us out" campaign pushes for oil and gas exploration</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=High_Impact_Leadership_Coalition#.22Stop_the_war_on_the_poor.22_pro-drilling_campaign" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2 "Stop the war on the poor" pro-drilling campaign</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=High_Impact_Leadership_Coalition#Advisory_Board_Members" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">3 Advisory Board Members</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=High_Impact_Leadership_Coalition#Contact_details" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">4 Contact details</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=High_Impact_Leadership_Coalition#Articles_and_resources" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">5 Articles and resources</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=High_Impact_Leadership_Coalition#Related_SourceWatch_articles" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">5.1 Related SourceWatch articles</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=High_Impact_Leadership_Coalition#References" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">5.2 References</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=High_Impact_Leadership_Coalition#External_resources" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">5.3 External resources</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=High_Impact_Leadership_Coalition#External_articles" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">5.4 External articles</a></li></ul></li></ul></div><h2 style="line-height: 19.2000007629395px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">"Don't freeze us out" campaign pushes for oil and gas exploration</h2>In December 2008, HILC and the industry-funded former civil rights group <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Congress_of_Racial_Equality" title="Congress of Racial Equality" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Congress of Racial Equality</a> (CORE) announced a a campaign called "don't freeze us out," which supports "a<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bush_administration" title="Bush administration" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Bush administration</a> auction in Utah of oil and gas leases, some near national parks." Environmentalists, including <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Robert_Redford" title="Robert Redford" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Robert Redford</a>, are urging President-elect <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Barack Obama</a> to overturn the already-completed auction. CORE's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Niger_Innis" title="Niger Innis" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Niger Innis</a> vowed, "We are not going to stand by as Robert Redford tries to slow the flow of home heating fuel from the Rockies and drive up home heating prices to millions of Americans in his lust for environmental headlines." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=High_Impact_Leadership_Coalition#cite_note-UtahDec-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[4]</a>According to a CORE press release, the "don't freeze us out" campaign "will seek to organize churches, civil rights groups, consumer groups and others 'to fight Redford and self-styled environmental groups that are working to constrict supplies of natural gas and other energy resources.'" Innis "also recently appeared at a press conference in Washington ... in support of the Americans for American Energy Act sponsored by Rep. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rob_Bishop" title="Rob Bishop" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Rob Bishop</a>, R-Utah." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=High_Impact_Leadership_Coalition#cite_note-UtahDec-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[4]</a>HILC and CORE protested Redford outside the Sundance Film Festival in Utah, in January 2009. Protesters included CORE's Niger Innis, HILC's Bishop Harry Jackson Jr., Bishop<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Phillip_Porter&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Phillip Porter (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Phillip Porter</a> of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Colorado_Consumers_for_Affordable_Energy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Colorado Consumers for Affordable Energy (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Colorado Consumers for Affordable Energy</a>, Bishop <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bobbie_Allen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bobbie Allen (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Bobbie Allen</a> and former Cincinnati Councilman <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Sam_Malone&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sam Malone (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Sam Malone</a>. "Using federal studies and statistics, The Wilderness Society calculated the natural gas recoverable from the 77 contested parcels would be the equivalent of two days of national consumption. The oil recoverable from those parcels would last 1 hour and 40 minutes at today's consumption rate," the Salt Lake Tribune reported. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=High_Impact_Leadership_Coalition#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[5]</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=High_Impact_Leadership_Coalition#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[6]</a><h2 style="line-height: 19.2000007629395px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">"Stop the war on the poor" pro-drilling campaign</h2>In July 2008, HILC -- along with the pro-drilling <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Front_group" title="Front group" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">front group</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Americans_for_American_Energy" title="Americans for American Energy" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 0%; background-clip: border-box; background-origin: padding-box; background-size: auto auto;">Americans for American Energy</a> and CORE -- launched a campaign to "Stop the War on the Poor." The goal of the campaign was to increase U.S. domestic oil and gas production. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=High_Impact_Leadership_Coalition#cite_note-poorrally-7" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[7]</a>The campaign was launched at a Washington DC rally on July 15, 2008. Rally speakers stressed "the need to expand domestic oil and gas production with the goal of reducing fuel costs for low-income households that feel a disproportionate pinch from rising energy prices," reported Greenwire. Signs at the rally included "My family needs affordable energy" and "<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Eco-Imperialism" title="Eco-Imperialism" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Environmental groups don't feed my family</a>." CORE received $250,000 in funding from <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/ExxonMobil" title="ExxonMobil" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">ExxonMobil</a> from 2003-2005<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=High_Impact_Leadership_Coalition#cite_note-FoundationCenter-8" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[8]</a>. CORE's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Niger_Innis" title="Niger Innis" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Niger Innis</a> said the group favors "government spending on oil shale, coal and drilling on the continental shelf and throughout Alaska," because "when these resources are developed ... that is going to have a direct impact on the price of fuel." While some rally attendees told Greenwire about their difficulties "budgeting around today's gasoline prices," others "backd away from a reporter with a notebook. ... One woman, who declined to give her name, said she was demonstrating at her boss's behest." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=High_Impact_Leadership_Coalition#cite_note-poorrally-7" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[7]</a><h2 style="line-height: 19.2000007629395px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Advisory Board Members</h2><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Pastor <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Lyle_Dukes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lyle Dukes (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Lyle Dukes</a>, Harvest Life Changers Church International, Woodbridge, VA</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Pastor <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Michael_Faulkner&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Michael Faulkner (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Michael Faulkner</a>, New Horizon Church, Harlem, NY</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Pastor <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Michael_Freemen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Michael Freemen (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Michael Freemen</a>, Spirit of Faith Christian Center, Temple Hills, MD</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Dr. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Derek_Grier&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Derek Grier (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Derek Grier</a>, Grace Church, Woodbridge, VA</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Pastor <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Stephen_Lowrey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stephen Lowrey (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Stephen Lowrey</a>, National Church of God, Fort Washington, MD,</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Pastor <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ghandi_Olaoye&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ghandi Olaoye (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Ghandi Olaoye</a>, Jesus House DC, Silver Spring, MD</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Pastor <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Joel_Peebles&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joel Peebles (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Joel Peebles</a>, Jericho City of Praise, Landover, MD</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Dr. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Frank_Reid_III&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Frank Reid III (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Frank Reid III</a>, Bethel AME, Baltimore, MD</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Bishop <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Eugene_Reeves&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eugene Reeves (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Eugene Reeves</a>, New Life Anointed Ministries International, Woodbridge, VA</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Bishop <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Frank_Stewart&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Frank Stewart (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Frank Stewart</a>, Zoe Christian Fellowship, Los Angeles, CA</li></ul><h2 style="line-height: 19.2000007629395px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Contact details</h2>High Impact Leadership Coalition jacksn<a href="http://www.thehopeconnection.org/index.php/understand-hope/senior-pastor/">http://www.thehopeconnection.org/index.php/understand-hope/senior-pastor/</a>bsHarry R. Jackson, Jr. is senior pastor of Hope Christian Church, a 3,000-member congregation in the nation’s Capital with his wife Vivian Michele.Bishop Jackson  is also the Presiding Bishop of the  <a href="http://www.icecchurches.org/" style="color: rgb(217, 139, 0); text-decoration: none; font-size: 11px;">International Communion of Evangelical Churches</a>. This network of networks currently oversees 1000+ churches around the world.Having earned an MBA from Harvard, Bishop Jackson approaches ministry from a unique perspective.His writing is featured in periodicals such as Charisma, Christian Parenting, Kairos, New Man, Ministry Today, The Church Report, The Christian Post, and the Elijah List. His articles on Townhall.com and other websites are widely read. Bishop Jackson’s books to date include, In-laws, Outlaws and the Functional Family, The Warrior’s Heart, The Way of the Warrior, the Silver Medallion Award winning High Impact African-American Churches, Personal Faith Public Policy, and The Truth In Black and White.Bishop Jackson has appeared on the CBS Nightly News,  Face The Nation, BET, the O’Reilly Factor on FOX, CBN, NPR, and TBN. His articles have been featured in the Washington Post, the New York Times, the Associated Press, and many others.He also is founder and president of<a href="http://www.hilc.net/" style="color: rgb(217, 139, 0); text-decoration: none; font-size: 11px;"> High Impact Leadership Coalition</a>, which exists to protect the moral compass of America and be an agent of healing to our nation by educating and empowering churches, community and political leaders. The energy of this organization and the grassroots mobilization produced by it have impacted government officials locally, in multiple states, and in the federal government.For more information visit: <a href="http://www.hilc.net/" style="color: rgb(217, 139, 0); text-decoration: none; line-height: 18px;">The Truth in Black and White.com</a>
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background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">References</h3><ol class="references" style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 3.2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li id="cite_note-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=High_Impact_Leadership_Coalition#cite_ref-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thetruthinblackandwhite.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=section&pSectionID=51" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">"HILC"</a>, The Truth in Black and White, accessed January 2009.</li><li id="cite_note-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=High_Impact_Leadership_Coalition#cite_ref-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thetruthinblackandwhite.com/index.cfm?fuseAction=document&documentID=204&sectionID=44&NEWSYEAR=2009" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">"Bishop Jackson's Bio"</a>, High Impact Leadership Coalition website, accessed January 2009.</li><li id="cite_note-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=High_Impact_Leadership_Coalition#cite_ref-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> High Impact Leadership Coalition, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thetruthinblackandwhite.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=section&pSectionID=44" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">"The Show"</a>, High Impact Leadership Coalition website, accessed January 2009.</li><li id="cite_note-UtahDec-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">↑ <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=High_Impact_Leadership_Coalition#cite_ref-UtahDec_4-0" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up to:4.0</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=High_Impact_Leadership_Coalition#cite_ref-UtahDec_4-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">4.1</a> Lee Davidson, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,705274231,00.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">Group protests Redford's stand on drilling</a>," Deseret News (Utah), December 31, 2008.</li><li id="cite_note-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=High_Impact_Leadership_Coalition#cite_ref-5" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> Patty Henetz, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_11455096" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">Protesters label Redford an enemy of the poor: Clergymen link famed moviemaker's stance to racism</a>," Salt Lake Tribune (Utah), January 14, 2009.</li><li id="cite_note-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=High_Impact_Leadership_Coalition#cite_ref-6" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> Rebecca Walsh, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_11454937" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">How to work the media</a>," Salt Lake Tribune (Utah), January 14, 2009.</li><li id="cite_note-poorrally-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">↑ <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=High_Impact_Leadership_Coalition#cite_ref-poorrally_7-0" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up to:7.0</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=High_Impact_Leadership_Coalition#cite_ref-poorrally_7-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">7.1</a> Jenny Mandel, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/2008/07/17/1/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">Industry group uses civil-rights theme in bid for expanded drilling</a>," Greenwire (Environment & Energy Publishing, sub req'd), July 17, 2008.</li><li id="cite_note-FoundationCenter-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=High_Impact_Leadership_Coalition#cite_ref-FoundationCenter_8-0" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> Foundation Center, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://fconline.fdncenter.org/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">Foundation Directory Online (sub req'd)</a>, July 29, 2008.</li></ol><h3 style="line-height: 19.2000007629395px; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">External resources</h3><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Profile: "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/high-impact" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">High Impact Leadership Coalition</a>," <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/People_for_the_American_Way" title="People for the American Way" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">People for the American Way</a>'s Right Wing Watch, April 2006.</li></ul><h3 style="line-height: 19.2000007629395px; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">External articles</h3><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Bill Berkowitz, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mediatransparency.org/story.php?storyID=81" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">High Impact, Low Maintenance: The GOP is counting on Bishop Harry Jackson and his High Impact Leadership Coalition to bring African Americans to the Party</a>," MediaTransparency.org, August 24, 2005.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">John Hollenhorst, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=5316451&autostart=y" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">Group in town to stage protest against Robert Redford</a>," KSL-TV 5 (Salt Lake City, Utah), January 14, 2009.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Patrick Parkinson, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.parkrecord.com/todaysheadlines/ci_11473044" style="text-decoration: none; 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                                                              <h1 class="title"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">High Impact Leadership Coalition</font></h1>
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    <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Bishop Harry Jackson, a fervent opponent of gay rights and an

equally fervent supporter of President George W. Bush, founded the High

Impact Leadership Coalition to promote his "<a target="_blank" href="http://www.hilc.net/index.cfm?fuseaction=feedBack&pSectionID=9">Black Contract With America on Moral Values</a>,"

a six-point platform calling for a prohibition of same-sex marriage,

school vouchers, and private Social Security investment accounts, among

other things. During the 2004 election, Jackson played a prominent media

role in efforts to encourage African-Americans to vote for President

George W. Bush.

High Impact Leadership Coalition

PO Box 505

College Park, MD 20741-0505

Website: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.himpactus.com">www.himpactus.com</a>

Chairman/President: Bishop Harry R. Jackson, Jr.

Founded/Place: February 1, 2005 in Los Angeles, CA

Publications: "Battle Scars? Wear 'Em like a Badge!"

pamphlet; "Black Contract with America on Moral Values" pamphlet, book,

and CD; The In-laws, Outlaws and a Functional Family, a book by Bishop

Harry Jackson; Surviving and Thriving in the Midst of Crisis by Pastor

Michele; The Warriors Heart, a guide through daily life as a Christian

by Bishop Jackson. Co-author with George Barna of "High Impact African

American Churches" (Regal Books, 2004).

<h3>Purpose</h3>

The stated goal of the High Impact Leadership Coalition (HILC) is—

according to its website— to "help educate and empower church,

community, and political leaders in urban communities in the United

States focus on moral value issues."

<h3>Issues</h3>

The High Impact Leadership Coalition (HILC) is particularly opposed

to marriage equality for same-sex couples, and promotes a biblical

interpretation of marriage. "The Black Contract with America on Moral

Values"— composed by Bishop Harry Jackson— lists the following policies

as necessary for politicians and political parties to promote in order

to "improve the plight of black America":

<ul><li>Family Reconstruction; protection of marriage, end abortion, black child adoption by "stable Christian families"</li><li>Wealth Creation; transformation of minority communities

to encourage indigenous business, "prison after-care," Social Security

reform, job manufacturing to lower unemployment</li><li>Education Reform; school choice that doesn't destabilize

existing public schools, increase black education participation, lessen

drop-out rates, encourage No Child Left Behind structure</li><li>Prison Reform; improve "3 strikes you're out" system, avoid recidivism with legislation like the Second Chance Act</li><li>Health Care; affordable health care for blacks, long-term health education</li><li>African Relief; direct funds to build infrastructure and

stop the genocide in Sudan, stop U.S. companies from exploiting the

Khartoum people by negotiating with it's government for fossil fuels.</li></ul>

<h3>Activities</h3>

<ul><li>The mission of the High Impact Leadership Coalition (HILC) is to

have, as it indicates on its website, people sign the "Black Contract

with America on Moral Values" which is explained in the "Issues" section

of this profile. HILC first and foremost focuses its energy on a

strictly heterosexual definition of marriage.</li><li>Members of the High Impact Leadership Coalition joined Senate Majority Leader <a target="blank" href="http://frist.senate.gov/">Bill Frist</a> (R-Tennessee) in a May 19, 2005, press conference in support of the stalled judicial nomination of Judge Janice Rogers Brown.</li><li>In August 2005, Bishop Harry Jackson spoke at the "<a target="blank" href="http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=19378">Justice Sunday II</a>: God Save the United States and This Honorable Court." event sponsored by Focus on the Family and Family Research Council.</li><li>Apart from the L.A. Conference in February of 2005, other

national Contract with Black America conferences will be/have been held

in Miami, New York, Chicago, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.blackatlanta.com/news_detail.php?id=158">Atlanta</a>, Houston, and Washington, DC.</li></ul>

<h3>History</h3>

At a conference on February 1, 2005, a large group of black pastors

met at the Crenshaw Christian Center in Los Angeles, where the Bishop

Harry R. Jackson III unveiled the "Black Contract with America on Moral

Values." The pastors were accompanied by, and the event was co-sponsored

by, the Rev. Louis P. Sheldon of the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.traditionalvalues.org/">Traditional Values Coalition</a>—

a "Christian right network of churches with close ties to the White

House, RNC chair Ken Mehlman, and other senior Bush administration

officials." The number one priority of the black pastors at the

conference was to endorse a heterosexual, biblical interpretation of

marriage on behalf of the black community.

Many critics claim that this group was formed and inspired by the GOP

in an attempt to reach out to minorities on issues of homosexuality.

Jasmyne Cannick, director of public relations at the Black AIDS

Institute, says "When a group of black pastors decides that the number

one priority for black Americans is the protection of heterosexual

marriage, they're doing the GOP's dirty work."

<h3>Quotes</h3>

"I have been praying, preaching and talking about these issues

locally for many years…our nation is in a moral crisis and the Church

must lead the way to healing our nation. It is time for both

righteousness and justice to reign in America and strong biblical

principles must lead the way,"— <a target="_blank" href="http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oId=19378">Bishop Jackson</a>, senior pastor of the nearly 3,000 member Hope Christian Church just outside Washington, DC.

"I believe that what God is doing today is calling for the black

church to team with the white evangelical church and the Catholic Church

and people of moral conscience. And in this season, we need to be able

to tell both [political] parties, 'listen, it's our way or the highway.'

We're not just going to sit back. You and I can bring the rule and

reign of the Cross to America and we can change America on our watch,

together." –Bishop Jackson, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oId=19378">speaking</a> at the Family Research Council's "Justice Sunday II" event.

Updated: April 2006 </div>==
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