Student Organizing
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From Access to Belonging: How Mentorship Changes the Way Young People See Themselves
Tags Share Some of the most important lessons I learned did not come from a classroom or a textbook. They came from folding clothes at Abraham’s, a local clothing store in Indianola, Mississippi, and serving customers during a Chick-fil-A lunch rush. Long before I had a title or a clear plan for the future, I
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Protecting Local Democracy in Queens
Tags Share Often hailed as the world’s borough, Queens is one of the most diverse places in the United States. Walking through Diversity Plaza, it is easy to hear a few dozen of the hundreds of languages spoken in Queens. It is also the perfect place to indulge in jhol momos, watch a traditional Filipino
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Outgrowing the Yard: The Reality of Off-Campus Life at Howard University
Tags Share Every spring at Howard University, a familiar anxiety returns for rising juniors and seniors: the Fall Housing Application. For many, this moment signals the end of living within the relative stability of university-managed housing and the beginning of a scramble to secure safe, affordable, and accessible off-campus accommodations. Students often enter this process
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John Lewis Young Leaders North Carolina Youth Summit
Share The North Carolina Youth Summit is a collaboration between the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center providing students with leadership development workshops and networking. This summit will also be in collaboration with The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt that will
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Manhattanville Magazine: Empowering the Next Generation
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and Manhtattanville University hosted the inaugural edition of Young Women’s Leadership Summit: Carry Ethel Kennedy’s Legacy Forward last spring which brought together dozens of young women and educators.
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Pregnant Women Describe Miscarrying and Bleeding Out While in ICE Custody, Advocates Say Over a dozen women told advocates and their attorneys that they suffered mistreatment and neglect while they were pregnant and held in immigration custody, including “medical neglect” and substandard care during pregnancy and miscarriage, such as being shackled, placed in
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Deaths of Migrants in ICE Custody Reach Highest Level in 20 Years Huabing Xie, an undocumented migrant from China, became the latest person to die in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody in fiscal year 2025, after passing away on September 29. His death also brought the total to at least 22 between
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share U.S. Assigned a Specialized Immigration Team to Target Campus Protesters When Rumeysa Ozturk was grabbed by masked federal agents outside her Massachusetts home in March, the video of the Turkish graduate student being handcuffed and hustled into an unmarked vehicle spread around the world. A federal trial that ended Tuesday revealed for the first time the
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RFK Human Rights Announces 2025-2026 Cohort of John Lewis Young Leaders Program
Tags Share Washington, D.C., August 25, 2025 – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today announced its 2025-2026 cohort for the John Lewis Young Leaders (JLYL) program, a year-long undergraduate fellowship that prepares college students for a future in community organizing and civic engagement. Selected from over 550 applicants, the 2025-2026 class of Fellows includes 16
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WIRED: Computer Ban Gave the Government Unfair Advantage in Anti-War Activist’s Case, Lawyer Says
Tags Share In a high-stakes deportation case involving Columbia graduate Mahmoud Khalil, civil rights advocates are raising the alarm over an unfair government advantage in court. WIRED recently reported on an incident in which Khalil’s ACLU attorney was barred from using her laptop during a pivotal immigration hearing, all the while government lawyers were granted
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The Boston Globe: ICE is holding a Tufts PhD student at a Louisiana facility. Here’s what it’s like inside.
Tags Share The Boston Globe has reported that court filings, media coverage, and firsthand accounts reveal grim conditions inside the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center—known as Basile—where Tufts PhD student Rümeysa Öztürk is detained after expressing pro-Palestinian views. Öztürk’s case has drawn national attention and echoes widespread reports of inadequate medical care, unsanitary conditions, and
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Carrying Ethel Kennedy’s Legacy Forward at the Inaugural Young Women’s Leadership Summit
In honor of Ethel Kennedy’s legacy of courage, compassion, and lifelong advocacy, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, in partnership with Manhattanville University, was proud to host the first Young Women’s Leadership Summit on April 23, 2025. Held at the iconic Reid Castle, the event brought together 65 young women and 16 advisors for a day…
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