The Workplace Dignity program is a new initiative that reimagines how people should be valued and treated at work. Kerry Kennedy says the initiative will work to bring attention to and build solutions for human rights violations, including labor abuses, economic inequality, and racial injustice.
As the first woman of color to serve as vice president, Kamala Harris has broken barriers and served as a leading voice on the impact of race on health care, access to voting, and the criminal legal system. She represents the work that the RFK Foundation does to build a more just, equitable and free society.
...Hans Vestberg as its 2021 Ripple of Hope Award Laureates. For 53 years, the Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award has honored exemplary leaders who have taken a bold stand for justice and human rights. “We need the decisive, moral leadership of people like our 2021 Ripple of Hope Award laureates to uplift the voices of the marginalized and dismantle the oppressive structural causes of injustice and inequality across all arenas,” said Kerry Kennedy, President of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights.
"My father was a firm believer in a fair and free press as one of the greatest bulwarks of democracy, and that conviction continues to power our work at RFK Human Rights today," said Kerry Kennedy, president of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights. "We're proud to support journalists in their commitment to speak truth to power, keeping us informed and engaged when our democracy is most at risk."
Kerry Kennedy, President of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Foundation, will be a speaker at the Fifth International Vatican Conference presented by The Vatican's Pontifical Council for Culture and The Cura Foundation. The conference will be held May 6-8, 2021.