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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Charles "Champ" Walker Jr. |
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Augusta, Georgia , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
March 07, 1968
(56 years)
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| Contributor | Not in Public Domain |
| Last Modifed | RBH
Sep 28, 2016 05:37pm |
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| Info | Businessman & Son of State Senate Majority Leader Walker
Born and raised in Augusta, Charles Walker, Jr. lives just a few blocks from his childhood home with his wife Wren and his three daughters: Paris, Jazmine, and Sidney. He grew up volunteering on his father�s political campaigns and helping out at the family business. He launched his own career as an entrepreneur in his first year at Fort Valley State College, opening a convenience store and then a nightclub that sought to bring together young people from different racial and ethnic backgrounds.
Motivated by his desire to spread opportunity across Georgia, Champ founded Young Entrepreneurs & Associates, a group that provided college students with both business lessons and entrepreneurial experiences. Then, based on his successful blueprint for connecting ideas and investors, he founded Bright Ideas Consulting, a business development and investment firm that helps people who start out with just an idea and dream. Bright Ideas connects people with investors and gives them advice on managing a company. In addition, Champ advises and serves on the Boards of a wide range of business ventures.
Throughout his career as a businessman, Champ has devoted time and energy to the Augusta community. He serves as a spokesman and fundraiser for the United Way and is a Preacher-in-Training at the Interdenominational Theology Center. And he has always worked to bring people together. He first co-founded The Augustans, a group of young people working to make Augusta a more diverse and tolerant city. More recently, he founded Next Generation, an organization of young professionals dedicated to improving Augusta�s image and economy. Champ is also the creator of the Heritage Crest, a worldwide symbol of racial unity that has been endorsed by civil rights and religious organizations
representing more than 40 million people. Champ�s Heritage Unity Festival has attracted more than 30,000 people from all walks of life. In 1999, in recognition Champ�s commitment to tolerance and understanding, the Crest was inducted into the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC.
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