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Robert F. Kennedy: Ripples of Hope: Kerry Kennedy in Conversation with Heads of State, Business Leaders, Influencers, and Activists about Her Father's Impact on Their Lives

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In his speech, Robert Kennedy spoke for those who were not free to speak. His gave hope to anti-apartheid student activists who had felt alone in their quest for racial equality, and he showed them how their efforts were connected to other civil rights movements underway around the world. Ripples Of Hope Festival: A Poetic Declaration at HOME Sarah-Clare Conlon, Literature Editor Last Updated 10 September 2021 Poet Kimberly Campanello. Photo by Ror Conaty Developed with Greater Manchester’s communities, the Festival’s Weekend to Inspire (17-19 September) features three days of conversations, workshops and performances, exploring the themes of Dignity & Justice; Activism & Participation; Equity & Equality; Arts & Culture; and the Environment & Our Planet. Audiences will engage with contributions from activists and artists including Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Kailash Satyarthi; journalist Amelia Gentleman; human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell; CEO of In Place of War Ruth Daniel; poet Brenda Birungi; former Chief Prosecutor Nazir Afzal OBE; writer Hannah Pool; leader of the Women’s Equality Party Mandu Reid, human rights barrister Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, Manchester Museum Director Esme Ward and many more. a b c d Larry Shore (producer) (2009). RFK in the Land of Apartheid (Television Production). Shoreline Productions.

You’ll hear powerful voices from every walk of life. Hear from speakers including life-long LGBTQ+ Activist Peter Tatchell; world-famous human rights activist, Kerry Kennedy; Women’s Equality Party Leader, Mandu Reid; Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Kailash Satyarthi; singer-songwriter, Billy Bragg; philanthropist and social activist, Gina Miller; Poet Laureate, Simon Armitage + MORE! Another segment: "We must recognize the full human equality of all of our people before God, before the law and in the councils of government. We must do this, not because it is economically advantageous, although it is; not because the laws of God command it, although they do; not because people in other lands wish it so. We must do it for the single and fundamental reason that it is the right thing to do." Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance. At South Africa's University of Cape Town on Sunday, President Obama noted that he was speaking at the same place where, in 1966, then-Sen. Robert Kennedy, D-N.Y., delivered what some historians believe was the best speech of his life.

The second day of the Festival, Thursday 16 September 2021, is a day for invited Greater Manchester schools – themed This Is Us. Building on Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights UK’s Speak Truth To Power human rights education programme, students will explore Our Humanity and Our Power and celebrate their poetic, visual and film work created in response to the question ‘What does it mean to be human?’ For Meghan to get out there on national television and normalise discussion of mental health, at this point, is incredibly important and very brave.”

J.K. Rowling accepts an award onstage during the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Hosts 2019 Ripple Of Hope Gala & Auction In NYC on December 12, 2019 in New York City. Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for for Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights What are examples of liberties for individual human beings that are in need of protection in your school, daily life or community? What about in your country or elsewhere in the world?

A + E Networks® UK, een joint venture tussen Hearst en Sky, is een toonaangevend medianetwerk dat 60 miljoen huishoudens in 100 landen bereikt. Met ons portfolio van populaire, goed presterende en creatieve merken - HISTORY® Channel, Crime + Investigation®, Lifetime®, HISTORY2® en UK free to air BLAZE® - vermaken en inspireren we ons publiek al meer dan 20 jaar: we vertellen de verhalen die verteld moeten worden. Zowel onze feitelijke als entertainment programma’s zijn bekroond en omvatten wereldwijde hits zoals Forged in Fireen Born This Way, en niet te missen dramaseries zoals Knightfallen Vikings. Daarnaast werken we ook aan originele, plaatselijke opdrachten, waaronder: Al Murray's Why Does Everyone Hate the English, Murdertown with Katherine Kelly(VK), Married at First Sight(Afrika) en The Hunt for Baltic Gold(Polen). We vullen onze programmering aan met best beoordeelde podcasts en innovatieve, exclusieve digitale inhoud wat wordt begeleid door industrietalent. The Festival will open with the second Ripples of Hope Business & Investment Summit on Wednesday 15 September 2021, which brings together senior business decision-makers to explore the crucial role of business and leaders as champions for a fair society. Delegates will hear from speakers including renowned business leader Paul Polman; co-founder of B-Lab UK Charmian Love; entrepreneur Vikas Shah MBE; Chair of the North West Business Leadership Team Jonathan Murphy; and the co-founder of Savannah Wisdom Shalni Arora. a b c Halberstam, David (5 March 2013). The Unfinished Odyssey of Robert Kennedy. Open Road Media. ISBN 9781480405899. Ask students to share examples of what they might already have done – or noticed others doing – to make a difference, even if in small ways. Student can refer to the Become A Defender ( link) unit of Speak Truth to Powe r for inspiration and guidance on how they can take positive action toward fighting injustice.

Princess Anne tied the knot with her first husband Captain Mark Phillips 49 years ago today. The Princess Royal's first engagement ring was not that dissimilar to her current one. She said that Kennedy's statement "incorrectly implied that I was transphobic, and that I am responsible for harm to trans people," adding: " I absolutely refute the accusation that I hate trans people or wish them ill, or that standing up for the rights of women is wrong, discriminatory, or incites harm or violence to the trans community." Senator Ted Kennedy, brought up the speech in his eulogy for Robert, saying "What he leaves to us is what he said, what he did, and what he stood for. A speech he made to the young people of South Africa on their Day of Affirmation in 1966 sums it up the best..." [18] University of Virginia News Story". 2016-08-24. Archived from the original on 2016-08-24 . Retrieved 2023-05-14.Organised by Robert F Kennedy Human Rights UK, the inaugural Ripples Of Hope Festival in Manchester spans five days from Wednesday 15 September to Sunday 19 September, and aims to celebrate the power of people to make human rights a reality for all. When referring to young people around the world, RFK stated that he was impressed not by their diversity but by ‘the closeness of the goals, their desires and their concerns and their hope for the future’. They’ve stood up, they’ve talked about racial justice and they’ve talked about mental illness in a way that was incredibly brave,” she told US outlet Extra on the event’s blue carpet. They knew that if they did this there would be consequences, that they would be ostracised, they would lose their family, their position within this structure, and that people would blame them for it. Robert Kennedy believed in the power of individuals to make a difference. He believed that small acts can add up and have a larger impact. He famously said:

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