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Dr Crystal Jackson
from Trailblazers 2023
by NeFesha Ruth
Dr. Crystal Jackson has devoted her life to serving her country (US Navy) and community She served in the US Navy in 1989 and later worked in the Department Defense until retiring in 2005. Dr. Jackson holds a master’s degree in Christian Counseling and an Ed D in Divinity

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Dr. Jackson is a well known advocate and philanthropist in the African-American community. She is the president of the Kings and Tulare County National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) where she has volunteered many hours of service She is also a lifetime member of the American Legion, the Aviation Ordnance Association (AOA), Black Women for Organized Political Action (BWOPA) and FOA; a board trustee for West Hills Community College; an education committee member of the NAACP and the Black American Political Association of California (BAPAC.)
She is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the nonprofit “A Chance For You Too”, an organization that advocates for youth transitioning out of the foster care program by teaching them life skills to thrive and live independently. In addition to her already outstanding record of community service and advocacy, she serves as an academic advisor and professor at the Summit Bible Satellite in Visalia, CA, and a motivational speaker Dr Crystal Jackson is married to her devoted husband, Rodney, and has a blended family with three daughters and a son.
Honorable Anita Evans
Who is Anita Dense Evans the Trailblazer? Anita is a mother of two beautiful children, Edward, and Alicia, may she rest in peace, a grandmother of 6 and great grandmother of 7. Anita is a woman that aspires to live the life that GOD has placed before her, to go and answer His call, “Go and help My people”.
Anita is a 3-year graduate of Bakersfield High School, a Student of Bakersfield College, and Cal State Bakersfield majoring in the field of Education, and a certified phlebotomist, Credentials of Ministry, Universal of Life Church, and a True Child of GOD!
The past 7 years, Anita has been the first African American woman of many seats in the City of Madera. The first African American woman to sit as a City Councilwoman, the first African American woman to sit as Mayor Pro Tem, the first African American woman to hold the position of Vice President for the League of Volunteers Auxiliary at Madera Community Hospital, the first African American woman to stand in the Pulpit of Madera Fellowship SDA Church, as Worship Leader
This is who Anita Denise Younger Evans Is!