Building One America Leadership Awards Reception

Congressman Charles W. Dent - Pennsylvania’s 15th District 

As co-chair of the Tuesday Group and leader in the Republican Main Street Partnership, Congressman Dent has pursued bipartisan consensus and a common sense approach to governing that is in the interest of the working families of his district and a less polarized nation. Congressman Dent will receive the 2017 Steve LaTourette Unified America Award for Outstanding Bipartisan Leadership. The late Steve LaTourette, former Congressman from Ohio was the first to receive this award now given in his in honor for his extraordinary efforts to bring our country and its leaders together.

Clayola Brown, President - A. Philip Randolph Institute  Clayola Brown is the National President of the A. Philip Randolph Institute. The first female to serve in that role, she is a lifelong labor activist, organizer and leader. As president of APRI, she has traveled the country, and world, reminding us of the essential role that black working men and women played in building the modern labor movement, the civil rights movement, and the American middle class - a message and history that resonates today. Building One America's 2017 Opportunity America Award 

Kenneth E. Rigmaiden, General President, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades

For 130 years this labor union has represented men and women in the U.S. and Canada who work in industrial and commercial painting, drywall, glass, signs and other industries.  Mr. Rigmaiden, who began his career in an apprenticeship program in San Jose, California in 1977, was elevated to the position of International General President in March 2013. He is the first African American General President in the history of IUPAT. Building One America's 2017 Opportunity America Award 

Joseph A. McNamara

We will also be remembering Joe McNamara. Joe was a great friend of Building One America and of social justice.  As director of the New Jersey Laborers-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust (LECET) with the Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA), he a was skilled and committed advocate, a fighter for working families and for the labor movement. He will be missed.

Please join us in recognizing and honoring these exemplary leaders who have all had a positive and powerful impact on their communities, regions and institutions and have all helped us to Build One America.

Directions to the July 20 Building One America Leadership Awards and Welcome Reception