Our Voices
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Colin Kaepernick Wins Prestigious RFK Ripple of Hope Award
Tags Share Athlete and activist Colin Kaepernick has been a fierce advocate for social justice, and now the Know Your Rights Camp founder will be honored for his contributions in the fight for equality as one of the recipients of the 2020 RFK Ripple of Hope Award. The award is bestowed upon leaders across different…
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A Statement from Kerry Kennedy President of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
Tags Share Writer J.K. Rowling is best known as the author of the Harry Potter books. In 2005, she founded Lumos, an international nonprofit NGO with a mission to move children worldwide out of orphanages and institutions and into loving family care by 2050. For her dedicated work on behalf of children, she received the…
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We Urge ICE to Release Pastor Steven Tendo from Detention
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights calls on U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to immediately release Pastor Steven Tendo from the Port Isabel Detention Center where he is at risk of serious and permanent damage to his health, or even death. Pastor Steven fled his home country of Uganda to seek political asylum…
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Dr. Fauci and Colin Kaepernick to Receive RFK Ripple of Hope Award
Tags Share Dr. Anthony Fauci and athlete and activist Colin Kaepernick may seem like very different men in very different fields—but they are both being honored with the same award. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, and Kaepernick, a former NFL player who has led players’ demonstrations against racial injustice, will receive the RFK…
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RFK Human Rights Helps Fund Community Bond Program
Tags Share In the spring of 2020, activist organization Mano Amiga launched its community bond program in the hopes of releasing people from Hays County Jail who couldn’t otherwise afford their freedom. The program, funded by a $75,000 grant from the National Bail Project and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, provides the full cash bond…
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Forbes: Meet the 2020 RFK Ripple of Hope Laureates
Tags Share At a time when the courageous pursuit of equality and justice has become political and riddled with adversity, these modern-day human rights defenders continue to inspire us all. Read the full article
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In Today’s Racial Protests, We Hear Echoes of 1968
Tags Share 5 steps the business community can take to better the lives of Black Americans We were just children in 1968 when the deaths of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Bobby Kennedy shattered our world. It was then that the drumbeat, the commitment to equality and social justice, became firmly etched in our heads…
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Statement by Kerry Kennedy on the Death of John Lewis
“John Lewis was the conscience of Congress, a civil rights icon, someone who reminded again and again and again what it means to be both compassionate and just.”
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In Today’s Racial Protests, We Hear Echoes of 1968
5 steps the business community can take to better the lives of Black Americans We were just children in 1968 when the deaths of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Bobby Kennedy shattered our world. It was then that the drumbeat, the commitment to equality and social justice, became firmly etched in our heads and our…
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A Final Freedom Ride with John Lewis
Following the death of John Lewis, Kerry Kennedy reflects on his incredible racial justice work and how it impacted her father’s commitment to civil rights.
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Supreme Court’s Death Penalty Decision Will Cause More Pain
Tags Share When I learned my father had been murdered, I went into my room, laid on my bed and cried. The only thing I could think to do was what he and my mother taught me and my brothers and sisters to do when times were difficult, and we couldn’t make sense of things.…
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Colombia Should Implement the IACHR’s Recommedations for Protecting Civic Space
The work of human rights defenders and social leaders is essential and constitutes an indispensable pillar for the strengthening and consolidation of democracy.
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