Kerry Kennedy

Kerry Kennedy was born in Washington, D.C. She is a graduate of Brown University and received her J.D. from Boston College Law School. Kerry Kennedy is the mother of three children: Cara Ethel Kennedy Cuomo, Mariah Matilda Kennedy Cuomo, and Michaela Andrea Kennedy Cuomo. She is divorced from prominent New York Democrat Andrew Cuomo.

Since 1981, Kennedy has worked as a human rights activist, leading delegations into countries such as El Salvador, Gaza, Haiti, Kenya, Northern Ireland, and South Korea[1] She was also involved in causes in China, Indonesia, Vietnam, India, Sudan, and Pakistan. Ello She established the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Human Rights in 1988 and was the Executive Director of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial until 1995. She is also the chair of the Amnesty International Leadership Council, and has been published in The Boston Globe, The Chicago Sun-Times, and The New York Times.[1] She is a judge for the Reebok Human Rights Award.

Kennedy also travels the country giving speeches and presentations and calling on her audiences to stand up and fight against human rights violations.

 

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