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TO CONGRATULATE CHARLES BRAVE UPON THE OCCASION OF HIS BEING ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S ASSOCIATION LOCAL 1422.
Whereas, the South Carolina Senate is pleased to learn that Charles Brave has been named the president of the International Longshoremen's Association Local 1422; and
Whereas, President Brave worked as a longshoreman part-time in high school. He has an associate degree from Horry-Georgetown Technical College; and
Whereas, a veteran of the United States Army, President Brave served his country for three years. After his discharge from the Army in 1976, he returned to work with the International Longshoremen's Association, where he remains today; and
Whereas, for many years, President Brave was on the Executive Board of the American Federation of Labor. He was a member of the Congress of Industrial Organizations and, in 2014, he became vice president of the organization; and
Whereas, in 2016, President Brave served as a South Carolina delegate for District One at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia; and
Whereas, President Brave is an active member of several labor organizations and statistics groups within the labor movement, including the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, APRI, CAFE, the South Carolina Progressive Network, and the National Martin Luther King, Jr. Committee. President Brave is also a life-long member of the NAACP, as well as a Brother of the Craft, Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, Maceo Lodge 50 in Georgetown; and
Whereas, a devout Christian, President Brave has served as an ordained Deacon at Mount Olive Baptist Church in Georgetown for the past thirteen years; and
Whereas, President Brave is married to Jacqueline Brave, and together, they have one son, Charles "Trey", a daughter-in-law, Katie, and two wonderful granddaughters, Taylor and Reagan, who reside in Lexington; and
Whereas, the Senate is grateful for Charles Brave's dedicated service to the people and the State of South Carolina and takes great pleasure in saluting him for his election to president of the International Longshoremen's Association Local 1422. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate:
That the members of the South Carolina Senate, by this resolution, congratulate Charles Brave upon the occasion of his being elected president of the International Longshoremen's Association Local 1422.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Charles Brave.
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