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This November marks the 80th birthday of Robert F. Kennedy and the RFK Memorial honored his life and his legacy with a program of events on November 16th, 2005.
Even if you were unable to attend the days events you can watch the RFK 80th Birthday Commemoration Reception. The Reception from November 16th 2005 is available to watch over the web via C-SPAN's archives.
Click on the C-SPAN logo below to visit C-SPAN's American Perspectives Archive and click on the link to watch "American Perspectives: Kennedy Tribute & Military & the Media (11/19/2005)", which contains the two hour broadcast of the reception.
Events:
Commemorate RFK's Legacy:
Robert Kennedy answered the call to action to create a more just world and in the process he influenced generations of social, political and cultural leaders. We hope to gather those who admired him in life and those that still fight for his mission to celebrate the man, his message and his legacy.
 2005 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award
November 16th, 2005 10:30am-12pm Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 50
The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial commemorated RFK’s life and legacy with a special tribute at the 2005 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award Ceremony.
The 2005 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award was presented to Stephen Bradberry, the Lead Organizer of the New Orleans chapter of ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now).
The event featureed Mrs. Robert F. Kennedy and speeches by Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and Keynote Speaker Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaking about how RFK's legacy has impacted America and how they have worked to keep the legacy alive and thriving.
Original Press Release on Human Rights Award Ceremony
Remarks from Senator Edward Kennedy
Remarks from Senator Barack Obama
 Panel Discussion: How is Robert F. Kennedy’s Vision Relevant Today?
November 16th, 2005 2:30-4:30pm
House Capitol Room 5 of the U.S. Capitol Building
As Americans are faced with tough questions on the role of government and the realities of poverty and human rights abuses, the RFK Memorial hosted a gathering of those who worked with RFK and whose life work was inspired by him to discuss RFK's message and American politics today.
Moderator, Jeff Greenfield, Former Senate Aide and speechwriter for Senator Robert F. Kennedy. He is Senior Analyst at CNN, contributor to a range of programming.
Keynote Listener, The Honorable Rahm Emanuel, Chairman, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and U.S. Representative for Illinois’ 5th Congressional District
Panelists:
Prof. Peter B. Edelman, Former Aide to Senator Robert F. Kennedy and member of the Clinton administration. He is a professor and associate dean of the Georgetown University Law Center.
Mr. Earl G. Graves, Former Aide to Senator Robert F. Kennedy and grew up in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford Stuyvesant. He is the Chairman and CEO of Black Enterprise, a magazine for the black entrepreneur.
Dolores Huerta, President of the Dolores Huerta Foundation. She co-founded the United Farm Workers Union (UFW) in 1962 with César Chavez. Dolores was appointed to the Board of Regents for the University of California system in 2004.
Lucas Benitez, 2003 RFK Human Rights Award Laureate of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) from the USA, is a farmworker and leader in the fight to end slave labor, human trafficking, and exploitation in agriculture fields across the U.S.
Stephen Bradberry, 2005 RFK Human Rights Award Laureate, is the Lead Organizer of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) New Orleans Chapter – Commentator.
Martin Macwan, 2000 RFK Human Rights Award Laureate from India, is the founder of Navsarjan Trust in Gujarat, a leading dalit rights organization in India.
The purpose of this forum was to look at what Robert Kennedy’s legacy has meant to today’s political parties, the nongovernmental sector, and specifically the RFK Memorial Center for Human Rights, and help to provide synergies between the political and advocacy communities.
RFK 80th Reception
November 16th, 2005 5:30-7pm
Mansfield Room in the U.S. Capitol Building
The RFK Memorial will host a reception at the US Senate to wrap up the day’s events. The reception will bring together RFK Memorial staff, supporters, RFK ’68 Campaign workers, Kennedy family, members of Congress, and others taking part in the events.
It will feature short testimonials from RFK supporters like Senator Edward Kennedy, entertainer and activist Harry Belafonte, Dolores Huerta, Joe Scarborough of MSNBC's Scarborough Country, Jeff Shesol, former Clinton speechwriter and Author of “Mutual Contempt: Lyndon Johnson, Robert Kennedy, and the Feud that Defined a Decade” Norman MacAfee, author of "The Gospel According to RFK", Joe Palermo, author of "In His Own Right: The Odyessy of Senator Robert Kennedy", Reverend Robert. F. Drinan, S.J. of Georgetown University and many more.
Even if you were unable to attend the RFK 80th Birthday Commemoration Reception. Please tune into C-SPAN at 08:00 PM EST on November 19th, 2005 to watch the Memorial's Robert F. Kennedy 80th Birthday Commemoration Reception.
C-SPAN.org will also webcast the event Click here to learn more
 Make a Ripple of Hope: Honor Robert F. Kennedy's Birthday and receive a copy of the Academy Award Winning Documentary, Robert Kennedy Remembered
In honor of RFK’s 80th Birthday this November, the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights and Guggenheim Productions (www.gpifilms.com) will be offering Charles Guggenheim's Academy Award Winning film Robert Kennedy Remembered as a special gift for donating to the Center for Human Rights through our new Shop Site. This is the first time this movie has ever been available to the public and you can not buy this film in stores.
For an $80 donation to the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Human Rights, you will receive a VHS copy of Charles Guggenheim's Academy Award Winning film Robert Kennedy Remembered. For a $100 donation the Memorial will preorder donors a copy of Robert Kennedy Remembered on DVD (to be released in the first quarter of 2006.)
Visit our Shop and Take Advantage of This Limited Time Offer
 Own a Piece of History, 80th Birthday Limited Edition RFK Photography
Award Winning Photographers, David Hume Kennerly (www.kennerly.com) and Bill Eppridge (www.monroegallery.com) have teamed up with the RFK Memorial Center for Human Rights to offer a limited edition set of six historic Robert Kennedy photographs in honor of RFK's 80th Birthday through our new Shop Site. In honor of RFK's 80th Birthday, only 80 prints of each of these special edition photographs will ever be produced.
You can own one of these historic photos for a limited time for a $1000 donation to the Center for Human Rights. This is a real bargain as Mr. Eppridge and Mr. Kennerly sell similar editions for $1200 or more in their galleries. Your $1000 donation will also be tax deductable.
Visit our Shop and Take Advantage of This Limited Time Offer
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Special Thanks to:
Christine Wagenblass for creating the top graphic using the Stanley Tretick photo
GPI Films for helping to offer Robert Kennedy Remembered
David Hume Kennerly and Bill Eppridge for helping to offer their photography
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