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A Renewed Commitment to Workplace Dignity in a Collective Moment of Reckoning
Tags Share As Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights completed its third month of remote work during a worldwide pandemic, some previously unthinkable habits have emerged as new normals. We’ve spent time talking about the increased physical and emotional demands of caring for children, partners and aging parents, as well as the added stresses and complexities…
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Colin Kaepernick Teams Up With RFK Human Rights to Support Community Bail Funds
Tags Share As jails across the country experience a heightened risk of infection during the pandemic, Colin Kaepernick and his Know Your Rights Camp have teamed up with Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights to help. The groups announced on Thursday morning that they will be partnering with dozens of community bail funds and local organizers—providing…
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Kerry Kennedy, Colin Kaepernick Commit $1 Million to Supporting Community Bail Funds
The Funds for Freedom partnership will accelerate the work of local organizers to release people from jails threatened by COVID-19.
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The Latest Barrier to Education: Lack of Technology
Access to technology is a necessary linchpin to level the educational playing field, especially in a time of online learning.
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Baby Boomers and Race: ‘Move Beyond Reflection’
We must move beyond reflection and seize this moment to stop anti-Black racism and violence for good.
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Investors Commit to Addressing Systemic Racism
In the wake of continuing police brutality against Black people and widespread protests, investors from the Racial Justice Investing Coalition, including RFK Human Rights, have called for action.
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A High School Journalist Dug Into Suspensions of Black Students. What She Found Won an Award.
Tags Share Nina Lavezzo-Stecopoulos and the co-editor of their high school newspaper, The Little Hawk, were talking to students in November about what they disliked about Iowa City High School when she sensed something was off. “That day I had a lot of good conversations about wrongful suspensions and racism” by the staff members who…
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Kerry Kennedy: “We Need to Seize This Moment”
Tags Share On June 5, 1968, U.S. presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy gave his final speech—about institutional and anti-Black violence—before he was assassinated. Speaking to CNN’s Don Lemon, Kerry Kennedy said her father’s words on an issue “that has been in the country … for 401 years” are still relevant to those protesting today. “We…
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Winners of the 2020 RFK Book and Journalism Awards
At a time when journalists are facing unprecedented hostility and violence, we recognize and celebrate their critical role in upholding our democracy.
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RFK Human Rights, Michigan Liberation Free People From Jail as Coronavirus Concerns Rise
Emptying jails must be a crucial public health priority to stem the spread of the virus.
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Statement by Kerry Kennedy on the murder of George Floyd
Police forces have long been used as a tool of white supremacy. We desperately need accountability. We need less, not more, funding for law enforcement.
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