There’s a new chief on the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. On July 15, a day earlier than the group’s 2023 conference, the Rev. Jesse Jackson named the Rev. Frederick Douglass Haynes, III as the brand new president and CEO.
“Rev. Jesse Jackson has made the world a greater place, breaking down boundaries, opening beforehand locked doorways of alternative, preventing for justice and refusing to take ‘no’ for a solution on behalf of those that haven’t any voice,” Haynes mentioned in an announcement. “Rainbow PUSH has been the organizational car that he has pushed within the motion for justice. I’m honored and humbled that he has ‘tapped’ me to function his successor because the President and CEO of this nice group.”
Jackson introduced his retirement on June 15. In recent times, the 81-year-old has been apologetic about his speech on account of his Parkinson’s illness and his extended battle with a extreme case of COVID-19.
Haynes, 62, additionally mentioned he’s grateful for the instance Jackson has set for him.
“Rev. Jackson has been a mentor and I’ve been tremendously influenced and impressed by this game-changing social justice normal, worldwide ambassador for human rights, and prophetic genius,” Haynes mentioned. “Sadly, justice and human rights are beneath assault within the nation and around the globe. The work of Rainbow PUSH is as needed as ever and I’m dedicated to standing on the shoulders of Rev. Jackson and persevering with the battle for freedom, peace, fairness, justice and human rights.”
Haynes is the senior pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church, a megachurch in Dallas, Texas, with over 13,000 members. Haynes stays the church’s senior pastor after the brand new announcement. Pastor David McGruder has been named the church’s government pastor.
Haynes has a fame of being a social justice pastor and advocate for marginalized communities with the nickname “the drum main for justice.”
In 2022, Haynes obtained the Joseph R. Biden Jr. Presidential Lifetime Achievement Management Award in Group Service. In 2016, he was inducted into the Worldwide Civil Rights Stroll of Fame.
Haynes has led his church to donate over $1 million to HBCUs. The church has additionally donated over $2 million in scholarship help to college students who’re members of the church and the Dallas space. The Dr. Frederick D. Haynes, III World Preparatory Faculty, situated on the campus of Paul Quinn School in Dallas, is called after Haynes. The prep faculty serves college students in grades 6-12 who look to enter the Worldwide Baccalaureate program.
