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Register today. Each year, the Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award honors exemplary leaders across government, business, advocacy, and entertainment who have demonstrated an unwavering commitment to social change and worked to protect and advance equity, justice, and human rights.
Robert F. Kennedy's Day of Affirmation Address (also known as the "Ripple of Hope" Speech) is a speech given to National Union of South African Students members at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, on June 6, 1966, on the University's "Day of Reaffirmation of Academic and Human Freedom".
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.
Jun 30, 2013 · The president's comments about RFK and what came to be known as the senator's "Ripple of Hope" speech, reminded us that in 2011, All Things Considered reported on a documentary — RFK In the...
- Mark Memmott
Ripple of Hope Award Laureates. 2023. The Edwin Barbey Charitable Trust. Fran Drescher. The January 6 Select Committee. Zoe Lofgren. Stephanie Murphy. Pete Aguilar ...
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Since 1984, awards have been given to 37 individuals and organizations, from 24 countries. The Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights foundation also presents Ripple of Hope Awards annually to business, entertainment, and activist leaders. The name of the award is inspired by Kennedy's Ripple of Hope speech in 1966.
Oct 11, 2022 · New York, NY, October 11, 2022 — Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today announced that Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, have been named this year’s Ripple of Hope Award laureates in recognition of their work on racial justice, mental health, and other social impact initiatives through their Archewell Foundation. The ...
