Events
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Celebration of Life for Ethel Skakel Kennedy
Share Ethel Skakel Kennedy passed away on October 10, 2024 after an incredibly impactful life of activism and advocacy. Tune in to a celebration of her life on Wednesday, October 16 at 1:00 PM. Learn more about Ethel’s lifelong commitment to social justice, or read statements from the Kennedy family and RFK Human Rights Board.…
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2025 RFK Compass Summer Investors Conference
The 2025 Flagship Summer Investors Conference will convene investment-decision makers—including leading institutional investors and fund managers—for three days of meaningful conversation and connection on the Cape.
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Panel at FT Live’s Moral Money Summit: Rethinking corporate diversity efforts in a divided US
Share President of RFK Human Rights, Kerry Kennedy, will be featured on an upcoming panel discussion, “Rethinking corporate diversity efforts in a divided US” at FT Live’s Moral Money Summit on October 15, 2024. The panel will be moderated by Moral Money Editor Simon Mundy and will also feature the below panelists: Panel Description In…
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Just Transition Roundtable Series: Session 1
Share While some investors have committed to incorporating principles of a climate Just Transition into their investment strategies and net zero plans, there is not yet a widely adopted institutional framework to guide decision-making. To bridge this gap, we at RFK Human Rights are hosting a series of roundtables over the coming months in partnership…
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RFKHR Book Club: ‘The Movement,’ by Clara Bingham
Share Join us for the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights’ Book Club Conversation at 1 pm EDT/10 am PT on November 14. We host these virtual gatherings as features of our summer reading list to engage our members, amplify social justice activists, authors, and journalists, and provide a deep dive into our work. Through the…
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Frontline Fighters: Safeguarding Environmental Defenders in the Amazon
Share Join us for a crucial discussion on the protection of environmental human rights defenders, especially those on the frontlines of the climate crisis in the Amazon. Through the firsthand accounts of Indigenous leaders, this side event will explore the human and cultural costs of defending the Amazon and the urgent need for stronger protection…
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Human Rights Education Speaker Series: A Conversation with Pauline Arrillaga
Share Pauline Arrillaga, a Professor of Journalism and Mass Communications at Arizona State University, and 2023 fellows Elise Gregg, Joseph Kual Zakaria, and Mingson Lau, were winners of this year’s Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Book and Journalism Grand Prize. In this panel, they will discuss their work documenting the far-reaching impact of the Supreme Court’s…
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RFKHR Book Club—A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them, by Timothy Egan
Share Join us for the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights’ Book Club Conversation at 12 pm EDT/9 am PT on August 27. We host these virtual gatherings as features of our summer reading list to engage our members, amplify social justice activists, authors, and journalists, and provide a deep dive into our work. Our September…
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RFKHR Book Club—Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class by Blair LM Kelley
Share Join us for the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights’ Book Club Conversation at 1 pm EDT/10 am PT on July 23. We host these virtual gatherings as features of our summer reading list to engage our members, amplify social justice activists, authors, and journalists, and provide a deep dive into our work. Our July…
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STTP Video Contest Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival
Share Celebrate the winners of the 2024 Speak Truth To Power Video Contest at the Tribeca Film Festival. Student filmmakers have produced incredible films that spotlight critical human rights issues and the Defenders who are fighting to improve the situation. Doors open at 4:30 and the event begins at 5:00pm. Location Tribeca Film Festival Screening…
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2024 Ripple of Hope Award Gala
Share Each year, the Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award honors exemplary leaders across government, business, advocacy, and entertainment who have demonstrated an unwavering commitment to social change and worked to protect and advance equity, justice, and human rights. This year’s laureates will be honored in New York City on Wednesday, December 11: Learn…
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Las personas defensoras en la emergencia climática: la Opinión Consultiva de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos / Defenders in the Climate Emergency: the Advisory Opinion of the IACHR
Share Actualmente, la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos see encuentra estudiando la solicitud de Opinión Consultiva (OC) presentada por Colombia y Chile, a través de la cual se buscan aclarar las obligaciones de los Estados en materia de derechos humanos en el contexto de la emergencia climática. Este procedimiento de OC ha generado gran interés…
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