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It's been a long journey, with starting my first business at the age of fifteen. My parents would say otherwise that my first business started when I tutoring my neighbor’s kids for a small fee. My first official business was an online retail store on eBay...

It is important to learn from others, especially from people who have had their fair share of life’s best and worst. In this modern world, it has become easy to stay updated on the life of influential people—experienced people who are thriving within their respective industries. These people have used the power of social media and other platforms to spread their knowledge and influence others positively.

Marseil ‘Action’ Jackson is a highly successful serial entrepreneur, community activist and radio personality. Marseil started his first business at 15 years old & now at thirty two has been an entrepreneur for seventeen years.

The Jackson Action Coalition (JAC) in collaboration with other community organizations recently held a private screening of the major motion picture “Selma”, at the ShowPlace ICON movie theater, 1011 South Delano Ct., in Chicago.

West Side resident Marseil Jackson said he's tired of talk unaccompanied by action. Within 48 hours of writing a Facebook post calling for at least 50 men to take over the block of 4400 W. Madison, community activist Marseil Jackson stood surrounded by a crowd of excited volunteers and police officers in the middle of that block — considered to be the most dangerous in Chicago last year ("the site of eight separate shootings in which someone was wounded," according to a 2016 DNAinfo report).

Proposed resolution recognizing Marseil "Action" Jackson for his community leadership whereas, Marseil "Action" Jackson is a community activist, leader and a rising star on the West Side of Chicago, and; WHEREAS, at the age of 21, Marseil launched the Jackson Action Coalition to promote community development, civic engagement and overall community investment.

We had a fantastic talk about Marseil’s mission (and how you can support him) to get financial education and resources to disadvantaged communities in Chicago so more people can get on their feet and live better lives!

What is social enterprise? It is the commitment of an organization or business to actively do what it can to help the community

Marseil Jackson helps people build credit through renting. He is the CEO of Rental Harvest, founder and CEO of the Jackson Action Coalition and the co-host of the Brunch Bunch on Inspiration 1390AM on iHeart radio.

The government needs to do more than provide our communities with more police. Violence. What can we say about it?

According to a December 2016 study produced by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), an estimated 26 million people in the U.S. don’t have credit histories with any of the three national credit reporting companies. Less than three months ago, Leonard Dew, 46, was among them.

West Side native, entrepneur and activist Marseil "Action" Jackson, 30, recently launched a daily radio show. Called "The Brunch Bunch," the show is hosted by Jackson and Tamera Fair. It airs Monday through Friday, 12:15 p.m. to 1 p.m. on Inspiration 1390, an iHeart Radio station in Chicago.

This year I decided to take a personal day off on Juneteenth, or June 19th. It is the official yet under-recognized independence day for African Americans.

A crowd of eight candidates, including sitting Ald. Jason Ervin, have filed to run for 28th Ward alderman.

City of Chicago 37th Ward Alderman Emma Mitts provided an informative presentation on the “State of Housing – The Westside of Chicago,” at the West Cook Homeownership Center’s “Welcome Home” A Real Estate & Community Resource Expo on Sept. 29th at Bethel New Life.