Black Star Project Founder Phillip Jackson to Appear on Jeffery Leving’s TV Show “Chicago Counterpoint”

Chicago, IL – August 23, 2011 – Internationally recognized fathers’ rights attorney and author Jeffery M. Leving will feature Founder and President of the Black Star Project Phillip Jackson, as well as leading matrimonial attorney Jenét Pequeño, as guests on Leving’s TV show “Chicago Counterpoint” on CAN-TV (Ch.21) this August 25^th at 7:30 PM.

Phillip Jackson founded The Black Star Project in 1996. As the Executive Director of The Black Star Project, he advocates for community involvement in education and the importance of parental development in children’s education. The Black Star Project leads the nation back to school with the successful Million Father March, which encourages men to take children to school on their first day, marking a commitment to a year of positive male involvement in education.

“Better parents produce better communities, better schools, and better students with higher academic achievements,” said Jackson in his message for the Million Father March.

Jackson has also served as an Assistant Budget Director for the City of Chicago; Deputy Chief of Staff, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, and Chief of Staff of the Chicago Public Schools; Chief Executive Officer for the Chicago Housing Authority and Chief of Education for the City of Chicago. In 2000, he moved to the Office of the Mayor for the City of Chicago, where he served as Chief of Education.

Matrimonial attorney Jenét Pequeño from the Law Offices of Jeffery M. Leving, Ltd. will also be featured as a guest on CAN-TV. Atty Pequeño’s successful legal strategies and passion have made him one of the most well-regarded attorneys in the legal community. He successfully fought for a struggling father in obtaining the court’s mandate to reunite the father with his children after the mother removed them to Texas.  The children now live with their father in Chicago. Pequeño also prevailed in reducing an alleged $74,000 owed in child support to $4,000 for another client, as well as saved another over $20,000 in child support after the state incorrectly calculated the medical insurance amount.

“My job is to fight for fathers who have been treated as second class citizens but deserve the respect and fairness of the legal system,” said Atty Pequeño.

Atty Pequeño received the Work Horse Award in 2008 and the Absolute Victory Award for his superior litigation skills in 2009.