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Pedro Hernandez Speaks Out Against Bail System
Tags Share At 16, Pedro Hernandez was wrongfully accused of a crime but instead of going home to await his court date and prepare his case, he ended up behind bars in New York’s notorious Rikers Island jail. The judge had set his bail to $250,000, more than he would ever be able to afford,…
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RFK Human Rights Hosts 29th Annual Charity Golf Tournament
Tags Share Tournament Draws a Host of Celebrity Players and Raises Over $600,000 to Support International Human Rights Efforts Hyannis Port, Mass. –On Friday, October 12, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, in partnership with Mrs. Ethel Kennedy, hosted the 29thAnnual Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Golf Tournament to raise funds for the organization’s ongoing human…
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Bail Reform, Which Could Save Millions of Unconvicted People from Jail, Explained
Tags Share As Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights prepares to lead the largest mass bailout in history aimed at freeing more than 100 women and teenagers from New York’s notorious Rikers Island jails, Vox took a moment to explain the history of cash bail in our country and how it works. As the reporter notes,…
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Recognizing World Mental Health Day
Carlos Rodriguez, a RFK Young Leader, shares his personal journey navigating mental health stigmas.
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The Appeal: Common Bails Out a Stranger
Rapper and activist Common joined RFK Human Rights’ Mass Bail Out campaign, an effort to show New York City does not need Rikers and does not need cash bail.
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Remembering Bill Barry
Tags Share Our love and prayers go out to the family of Bill Barry. For over 50 years, he was a courageous, kind, loyal and generous friend with a great sense of humility and humor. He served as a bodyguard to my father on his last campaign and was a treasured family friend. He will…
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RFK Human Rights Announces Mass Bail Out Action of Hundreds of Incarcerated Women and Youth
The action has attracted over 200 volunteers to free women and young people in New York City who are jailed because they cannot afford to post bail.
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RFK Human Rights, Discovery Education Launch Initiative to Engage Next Generation of Human Rights Defenders
The new initiative, Speak Truth To Power: Raising New Voices In Human Rights, aims to inspire global citizenry in students and teachers to help prevent human rights abuses and violations.
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In Opposition to “California Money Bail Reform Act”
Tags Share As Attorney General in 1964, Robert F. Kennedy pressed Congress to pass bail reform at the federal level, stating: “Every year in this country, thousands of persons are kept in jail for weeks and even months following arrest. They are not yet proven guilty. They may be no more likely to flee than…
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Three Years After Solitary Ban, NYC Youth Remain in Solitary Confinement
Tags Share On January 12, 2015, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio made an announcement prohibiting solitary confinement for all those incarcerated 21 and younger at Rikers Island. As of this year, the city has yet to completely execute the ban’s implementation. The Mayor of New York has broken a promise to our youth,…
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2018 RFK Ripple of Hope Award Laureates Announced
President Barack Obama, Discovery President and CEO David Zaslav, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, and Humana CEO Bruce D. Broussard were named this year’s Ripple of Hope Award laureates.
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9th Annual RFK Compass Investor Conference in Hyannis Port
Tags Share Last month we hosted our 9th Annual RFKennedy Compass Investor Conference in Hyannis Port, bringing together over 300 institutional investors, fund managers and thought leaders around the themes of Diversity, Social Investing and Private Equity at the historic Kennedy Compound. Fifty years ago, Bobby Kennedy ran an inspiring and pivotal Presidential campaign that…
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