Legacy in Action
Human Rights Advocacy and Award:
The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights (RFK Center) engages in long-term partnerships with human rights activists who have won the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award to initiate and support sustainable social justice movements. The Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award was established in 1984 to honor courageous and innovative individuals striving for human rights.
Book Award:
Each year the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial celebrates the book which most faithfully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes, his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity.
Journalism Awards:
The Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award honors the outstanding reporting of the lives and strife of disadvantaged people throughout the world. Known as the "poor people's Pulitzers" within the press arena, these award recipients have brought to light issues spanning from child abuse and juvenile crime to discriminatory banking practices and prejudice against AIDS victims.
Speak Truth to Power (STTP):
Speak Truth to Power (STTP) is a program dedicated to promoting awareness of human rights. Through the combined power of arts and education, STTP seeks to proactively engage the general public, bringing human rights activists and their work into contact with ever-increasing audiences.
Over the past three years, SPEAK TRUTH has grown from Kerry Kennedy's book to the moving and inspirational play by Chilean writer Ariel Dorfman, the stirring photographic exhibition by Pulitzer Prize-winner Eddie Adams, a PBS documentary film, and an education packet.
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