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In Conversation with Philippe Bolopion, Managing Director, TOBAM
Tags Share Philippe Bolopion recently joined Paris-based asset manager TOBAM as its New York-based Managing Director, LBRTY product leader, and Co-Head of Long-Term Investing. In a conversation with Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, he explains how LBRTY draws on academic work to highlight that investing in democracy is more profitable and that nations that respect…
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Bringing Trans and Non-Binary Rights to the Everyday Classroom
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and the Human Rights Campaign made history this spring, as the organizations partnered to release a free classroom resource aimed at making students better allies of the LGBTQ+ community in their everyday lives. Laura Osterndorf, training manager for RFK Human Rights’ Speak Truth to Power program, was a…
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RFK Human Rights’ Compass Investors and Lenox Park Solutions to Launch 2024 Alpha Equity Survey
Tags Share RFK Human Rights’ Compass Investors program is proud to announce its ongoing collaboration with Lenox Park Solutions to advance inclusion initiatives globally, with the launch of the 2024 RFK Compass Investors’ Alpha Equity Survey, the results of which will allow for meaningful year-over-year analysis. In 2023, RFK Compass Investors partnered with Lenox Park…
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A state-federal partnership to help immigrants
Tags Share An efficient, fair immigration system won’t come from more detention centers and faster deportations that Congress is considering in its current budget bill. Writing in The Washington Post, our VP of U.S. Advocacy & Litigation Anthony Enriquez highlights how New York City is piloting an innovative approach to migrant reception – one that…
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Campaign to end solitary confinement gains national momentum
Tags Share Propelled by human rights groups and grassroots organizations, the campaign to end the torture of solitary confinement is gaining national momentum. In December, Senator Edward J. Markey introduced the End Solitary Confinement Act, historic legislation that would end solitary confinement in federal prisons, jails, and detention centers, with limited exceptions. Last summer, Congresswoman…
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Reflecting on the RFK Compass Fall Investors Summit: A Confluence of Minds on AI, Ethics, and Investments
Tags Share Exactly one year after OpenAI’s ChatGPT large language model-based chatbot went online to the public, leaders from the investment community, tech industry, and civil society organizations converged at the RFK Compass Summit on AI, Ethics, and Investments in the heart of New York City. The summit, held in partnership with Lucid Capitalism and…
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Pine Prairie’s Depopulation Prompts Celebration, Demand for Eradication of Immigrant Detention in Louisiana
Tags Share After years of advocacy, reporting, and legal action by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, grassroots organizations, and detained persons, for-profit immigrant detention center Pine Prairie ICE Processing Center in Louisiana has been fully depopulated as of the end of 2023. The move, celebrated by those who have worked for the Pine Prairie’s closure…
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N.Y. farm workers are being denied their rights
Tags Share Writing in the New York Daily News, our president Kerry Kennedy highlights recent attempts to stop vulnerable New York farm workers from organizing. Apple and vegetable workers at five upstate companies recently voted to be represented by the United Farm Workers, a union founded by Cesar Chavez with support from Kerry’s father Robert…
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ACLU represents Louisiana man seeking justice after violent encounter with LSP
Tags Share The ACLU of Louisiana and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights filed a writ application to appeal a misdemeanor criminal conviction on behalf of Anthony Monroe, a Louisiana man who was beaten by Louisiana State Police during a traffic stop and then convicted at a bench trial of resisting arrest. Mr. Monroe is now…
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As ICE Ends Use of Notorious Detention Facility in Louisiana, Advocates Call for Releases
Tags Share Pine Prairie, LA, December 20, 2023 – The Southeast Dignity Not Detention (SDND) coalition, a group of local and national organizations committed to immigrants’ rights, today applauds the impending closure of the Pine Prairie ICE Processing Center (Pine Prairie), a remote immigrant detention center in Louisiana with a long history of human rights…
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and ACLU of Louisiana’s Justice Lab file criminal appeal following Louisiana man’s unlawful arrest during traffic stop
Tags Share BOSSIER CITY, LA, December 18, 2023 —Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFKHR) and the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana (ACLU-LA) have filed a criminal appeal on behalf of their client Anthony Monroe, after Mr. Monroe was convicted of battery of a police officer and resisting an officer. The appeal, filed on November…
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Human Rights Defender Spotlight: Darrick Hamilton and Dr. Helen Bond
Tags Share Darrick Hamilton: Economic Rights What are Economic Rights? Economic rights are human rights that relate to the workplace, social security and access to housing, food, water, healthcare and education. They include the right to fair wages and equal pay; the right to adequate protection in the event of unemployment, sickness or old age;…
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