Reverend Jesse Jackson

L. Jackson Sr.

conceptualized Push Excel in 1975 to unite parents, teachers, community members, and popular personalities around the cause of motivating children to stay in school and to push for excellence.

I am somebody.

My mind is a pearl.

We gather on the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

holiday not only to raise scholarship dollars for deserving students who can't afford college, but to shine a light on personalities whose life and work inspires student achievement and parallels our cause.