Kerry Kennedy is the President of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights. Kerry is devoted to the pursuit of equal justice, the protection and promotion of basic rights and the preservation of the rule of law.
RFK Human Rights partners with the bravest people on Earth to create lasting change and supports them with training and litigation. Through its innovative curriculum, Speak Truth to Power, it brings human rights to students in the classroom and engages the financial community regarding sustainable investing.
Kerry’s tireless work helping others has included serving as Chair of the Amnesty International USA Leadership Council. Currently, she serves on the board of directors of the United States Institute of Peace, Human Rights First, Health eVillages and Inter-Press Service in Italy. She is a Patron of the Bloody Sunday Trust and serves on the Editorial Board of Advisors of the Buffalo Human Rights Law Review. Kerry advises a great many other organizations including AAIA, Campaign for Tibet & the Albert Schweitzer Institute.
Kerry is the author of ‘Speak Truth to Power: Human Rights Defenders Who Are Changing Our Work’, New York Times Best Seller ‘Being Catholic Now’ and her most recent publication, ‘Robert F. Kennedy Ripples of Hope’. She is a regular speaker at human rights events and contributor to the major networks such as CNN and NBC.
Ms. Kennedy received high honors from President Lech Walesa of Poland for aiding the Solidarity movement. She has received a myriad of awards from institutions including the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the American Jewish Congress of the Metropolitan Region.
A graduate of Brown University and Boston Law School, she is a Member of the Bar of both Massachusetts and District of Columbia and holds numerous Honorary Doctorates.
President of RobertFKennedyHumanRights, KerryKennedy, welcomed delegates to its 2019 investor conference. She said "At RFK Human Rights we carry forward my father’s unfinished work on social justice."
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights has advocated for a more just and peaceful world since 1968, working alongside local activists to ensure lasting positive change in governments & corporations.
In this book, published in 2018, Kerry shares personal remembrances of her father. Through conversations with politicians, media personalities, leaders & celebrities, she explores the influence that he continues to have on issues at the heart of America's identity.
Published in 2008, Being Catholic Now is a New York Times bestseller in which some of America's most extraordinary figures reveal what they believe it is to be Catholic.
Published in 2006, Speak Truth to Power features interviews with human rights activists including Marian Wright Edelman, the Dalai Lama & Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
Sankofa.org is fiscally sponsored by the New World Foundation, a 501c3 public charity. Sankofa.org addresses injustice and creates change at multiple levels. In support of our grassroots partners, we enlist artists, performers, and prominent individuals to deliver messages of moral and political consequence.
SDG USA is a non-profit organization that supports America’s Goals for 2030. America’s Goals call for good jobs for all, healthcare for all, investing in America’s children, putting people’s interests over special interests, ensuring equal opportunity for all, providing sustainable infrastructure, and ensuring a clean and safe environment.
World Vision is a global Christian, humanitarian organization that partners with children, families & their communities to ensure they reach their full potential. World Vision acts to tackle the causes of poverty & injustice
Recipient of the Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award, 2008
The Unitarian Universalist Service Committee is a non-profit, non-sectarian organization advancing human rights, together with an international community of grassroots partners and advocates. In 2008, they awarded Kerry Kennedy with the Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award.
The Save the Children Fund, known as Save the Children, is an international non-governmental organization that promotes children's rights. It provides relief & helps support children in developing countries.
The St Thomas More Award recognizes a member of the legal community who represents, in his or her professional & private life, the ideals of St Thomas More.
Human Rights First is an independent advocacy & action organization that challenges America to live up to its ideals. They believe American leadership is essential in the global struggle for human rights.
Originally founded in 1964, to fill the information gap between Latin America and Europe, the Inter Press Service (IPS) is the world’s leading news agency on issues such as environment, development, human rights and civil society.
The Bloody Sunday Trust, was established on the 25th anniversary of Bloody Sunday in 1997. It was set up to help family members and friends needing support and advice during the Bloody Sunday enquiry and to remember those killed and injured.
The Buffalo Human Rights Law Review focuses on the interdisciplinary study of international human rights law. It is named to reflect the journal's projects & their relationship to the International Law Concentration & the Buffalo Human Rights Center.
The Albert Schweitzer Institute is committed to introducing Schweitzer's philosophy of "reverence for life" to a wide audience, to bring about a more civil & ethical human society, characterized by respect, responsibility, service and compassion.
The United States Institute of Peace is an independent national institute, founded by Congress and dedicated to the ideal that a world without violent conflict is possible, practical & essential for US & global security.
Founded in 2011 in partnership with RFK Human Rights and Aptus Health, Health eVillages originally launched pilots in Kenya, Uganda & Haiti. The impact of Health eVillages was immediately realized as they received initial reports of doctors and nurses using the technology & medical software to make informed life-saving decisions.
Established in 1988, the International Campaign for Tibet supports the Tibetan people’s struggle for human rights and democratic freedoms. It has grown into an international organization empowered by the vision of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
