Voting Rights
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Youth Advisory Board members lead the charge on voting rights advocacy in their communities
Tags Share The 15th Amendment, which granted African American men the right to vote, was enacted in 1870, but it was not until the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that it was properly enforced, and in 1966, the first Black senator since Reconstruction was elected. Still, in this country’s history, only 11 African Americans and…
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Renewing our commitment to civil rights and voting rights
Tags Share By Kerry Kennedy and Martin Luther King III As violence and racism – evidenced by the bomb threats received last month at Historically Black Colleges and Universities across the country – continue unabated, our frustration and anger at the continued ugliness of the “other America” King described plaguing Black and Brown Americans has…
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Senate must address racial discrimination in voting
Voters of color are facing the greatest threat to voting rights since Jim Crow, 54 civil rights organizations have said in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer—adding that Congress must address the discriminatory barriers to the ballot that prevent votes from being cast.
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Young Leader Alexa Browning talks about civic engagement, criminal justice reform, and her advice to other youth organizers
Tags Share This world, Robert F. Kennedy said, “demands the qualities of youth; not a time of life but a state of mind, a temper of the will, a quality of the imagination, a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the life of ease.” That’s why Robert F. Kennedy Human…
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Vice President Kamala Harris to Give Keynote Address at 2021 Ripple of Hope Award Ceremony
Amanda Gorman joins the 2021 Ripple of Hope Award line-up as our newest laureate.
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RFK Human Rights Statement on Protecting Voting Rights
Tags Share In Georgia this week, lawmakers pushed through a plan to place significant barriers in front of a core right in our democracy. Yet, this is far from an isolated incident—zealots in state legislatures around the country, still stinging from November losses, are moving aggressively to restrict our freedom to vote in 43 states.…
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Our Civic Duties Don’t End On Election Day
We must push our ideas of civic responsibility past the ballot by remaining informed and supporting marginalized groups.
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Make Black and Brown Queer Votes Matter
RFK Young Leaders are empowering first-time voters of color to make their ballots count.
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What You Need to Know About Voting by Mail
Tags Share Trump has tried to make voting by mail an “issue,” even though he himself plans to vote that way, says Rated LGBT Radio. It’s not because mail-in ballots are problematic but rather an attempt to intimidate, suppress, and dissuade voters from participating in the election. Co-hosts Rob Watson and Brody Levesque spoke with…
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RFK Human Rights Launches New Voting PSA
Made for and by the young, queer BIPOC community, the video explains how to avoid the common mistakes that could cause your mail-in ballot to be disqualified.
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RFK Human Rights Releases Analysis on Voting Rights Violations in Ethiopia
Tags Share Read the full report here (Washington, D.C.) Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFK Human Rights) released a briefing paper (see attachment) today documenting a range of human rights violations that have taken place in the context of Ethiopia’s upcoming parliamentary election, scheduled for May 24, and calls upon African Union (AU) election observers…
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