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Address at the Third Annual WGHQ Human Relations Award Dinner, Ellenville, New York

April 19, 1966

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Ellenville, NY

We have a responsibility to ourselves, to the next generation to consider the future. We have a responsibility to devote adequate resources and imagination to bringing the poorest fifth of our people into a position of greater participation in the wealth and politics of our country. And we must realize that, unless we do this, the great and recurring question for the future will not be whether Watts will recur, but how many more times we will have to learn the lesson of Watts.

New year, new us. Same mission.

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights is rebranding to honor the legacy of our founder and hero, Mrs. Ethel Skakel Kennedy. From now on, we will proudly be known as the Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center

While our name is changing, our mission and work remain the same. We will continue to fight injustice, advance human rights, and hold governments accountable around the world in 2026 and beyond.