Grit and Grace | Cheryle Jackson | TEDxWillowCreek

"Grit and Grace. One won’t let you give up and the other makes it okay to let go. You need both to succeed — especially women who face incredible odds.” Cheryle Robinson Jackson throughout her trail-blazing career, earned positions where she was either the first or the only woman and African American in senior roles in the private and public sector, civil rights and politics.

As a double outsider – a woman and African American, Cheryle Jackson knew how to fight. That is until cancer and divorce showed up hand in hand. Cheryle Jackson talks about Grace as a super power for success. She intimately shares how a life crisis helped her to discover that practicing Grace with oneself is the secret to gaining more power in your professional and personal life.
Cheryle Jackson is Senior Vice President of Global Business Development for AAR. Jackson served as AAR’s Vice President of Government Affairs and Corporate Development after joining the company in 2010. Jackson serves as director on the boards of Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU). She also serves on the board of the Congressional Black Caucus Policy Institute and is a member of the Corporate Council on Africa as well as sits on the board for Perspectives Charter Schools Network.

Prior to joining AAR, Jackson was appointed the first female president and CEO of the Chicago Urban League. Jackson also served as communications director for the Governor of Illinois and was the first woman and African American in the state’s history to hold that position. She was also a candidate for President Obama’s once‐vacant U.S. Senate seat in 2008. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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