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Nominations for the 2009 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award
Seeking Nominations for the 2009 RFK Human Rights Award
The Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights is now accepting nominations for its 2009 RFK Human Rights Award. Active grassroots human rights defenders in the U.S. and around the globe are eligible for the award, which includes a $30,000 prize and a long-term partnership with the professional staff and expert advisors of the RFK Center to achieve their social justice goals. The recipients are awarded based on their dedication and accomplishments towards social justice and their non-violent and creative tactics used to achieve their goals. Anyone can nominate a human rights defender.Currently, the RFK Center works with former RFK Human Rights Award winners to provide access to justice in Chad, promote peace in Darfur, bring jobs to New Orleans, and fight slavery in Florida's tomato fields.
Please submit nominations before 15 March 2009.
Submit a nomination online at http://www.rfkcenter.org/nomination.
Resources
- Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights
The Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights is dedicated to advancing the human rights movement through providing innovative support to courageous human rights defenders around the world. Through long-term partnerships and cutting edge methods, the Center assists advocates who have won the RFK Human Rights Award to boldly confront injustice in support of human freedom. It also supports investigative journalists and authors who bring light to injustice and encourage the human rights movement through the RFK Book and Journalism Awards.
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