Enjoy a four-course meal with Kerry Kennedy, President of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights and author of the best-sellers Speak Truth to Power: Human Rights Defenders who are changing our World and Being Catholic Now. Ms. Kennedy's life has been devoted to the vindication of equal justice, to the promotion and protection of basic rights, and to the preservation of the rule of law. She has worked on diverse human rights issues such as children’s rights, child labor, disappearances, indigenous land rights, judicial independence, freedom of expression, ethnic violence, impunity, and the environment. Kerry is the mother of three daughters, Cara, Mariah and Michaela.
Kerry has concentrated specifically on women’s rights, exposing injustices and educating audiences about women’s issues, particularly honor killings, sexual slavery, domestic violence, workplace discrimination, sexual assault, abuse of prisoners, and more. She has worked in over 60 countries and led hundreds of human rights delegations. Ms. Kennedy established RFK Partners for Human Rights in 1986 to ensure the protection of rights codified under the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights. RFK Partners for Human Rights provides an ongoing base of support to leading human rights defenders around the world.
The RFK Center’s core programs focus on the power of the individual, working through alliances and organizations, to generate change. Speak Truth to Power educates students and the public about human rights issues and provides tools for creating change in their community. The initiative was developed from Kerry’s book Speak Truth to Power and created many media campaigns for the defense of Human Rights. The Speak Truth to Power curriculum offers comprehensive Human Rights education that teaches over one million students every year.
The winner and four guests will enjoy a four-course lunch or dinner at Salumeria Rosi. The menu was designed specifically for the event by the Executive Chef and owner of the restaurant, Chef Cesare Casella. The tasting menu will include four authentic Tuscan dishes paired with Italian wine.