Kerry Kennedy
@kerrykennedy
President of @kennedyhrc.bsky.social, lawyer and activist. Bestselling author, progressive Catholic, and lifelong feminist. Proud mom of three mighty women.
Mark Shriver and I relaxing on the pier. 🔗 Preorder your copy of ETHEL KENNEDY today: www.harpercollins.com/pages/ethelk...
I’m going on tour to celebrate the publication of ETHEL KENNEDY, and I hope to see you all there! 🔗 Tickets and information: www.harpercollins.com/pages/ethelk...
(1/3) Nearly 18 years ago, just before midnight on November 8, 2008, Marcelo Lucero, an Ecuadorian immigrant who had lived in the U.S. for 16 years, was murdered in Long Island, New York, by a group of teenagers while on his way home from work.
(1/4) Watching this video, I am filled with overwhelming anger and shame. Shame that in this country, “the land of the free,” people can be stripped of their dignity and treated with such profound cruelty at the stroke of a pen. 🧵
An honor to be with Cara, Rory, @captmarkkelly.bsky.social, @gabbygiffords.bsky.social, family, and friends in Hyannis Port on Sunday.
(2/2) There has been a 239% increase in anti-Latino hate crimes from 2015 to 2025. The Trump DOJ took decisive action and cut funding to the nation’s largest hate crime prevention grant program. Bravo to @kennedyhrc.bsky.social's Delia Addo-Yobo & our partners at @latinojustice.bsky.social.
(1/2) Yesterday, I testified in a case we brought before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights about anti-Latino hate crimes. It is withering and terrifying to consider what is going on in this country.
(1/2) Mum drove five or six carpools a day packed with kids, quizzing us on the latest headlines and what we would do if we were president. She drove us to and from games, plays, recitals, and more, and rarely missed the chance to take us, our cousins, and our friends anywhere when she was at home.
(1/2) Mum admired you, Dr. Fauci, and considered you a hero, as do I. There's a right to privacy in our country, and the left, right, and middle can all agree that publishing someone's personal diaries is a clear violation.
I wrote this when I was five or six. After the first two, who needs a third?
Today marks six years since we lost my dear friend and our national hero, Congressman John Lewis. We need his courage and moral clarity now more than ever. @johnlewisorg.bsky.social
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Last night’s @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social! Would you have gotten this question right?
(1/2) This Independence Day, we haven't forgotten about the freedoms behind the fireworks. Let’s pause to remember the core values our nation was founded on 250 years ago: due process, the rule of law, and the freedom of speech. Today, these very principles are under fire.
(1/2) I'm thrilled to share that Spike Lee, Glenn Hutchins, Dan Olofsson, Jessica Sarowitz, and Dr. Rajiv J. Shah will be honored with the 2026 Ripple of Hope Award at our annual gala on Dec. 9. We are honored to celebrate them and thrilled to have them join our @kennedyhrc.bsky.social community!
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Clive Davis was one of our early @kennedyhrc.bsky.social Ripple of Hope laureates. Clive's vision, passion and generosity made life more harmonious. Thank you Clive, for the soundtrack of three+ generations.
(2/2) That spirit lives on in the @kennedyhrc.bsky.social John Lewis Young Leaders Fellowship. Our fellows carry Lewis' legacy and that of the civil rights leaders who came before them into their campuses and communities every day. Happy Juneteenth!
(1/2) Juneteenth is a celebration of freedom, and a reminder that freedom is never given. Congressman John Lewis understood that better than almost anyone. He gave his life to the belief that the arc of justice bends only when people organize, march, and refuse to accept the world as it is.
(4/4) @kennedyhrc.bsky.social, @penamerica.bsky.social , and The Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights stand together in calling for Reza's immediate release, and we will not stop until he and all of Iran's political prisoners are free. 🔗 More information: rekhrc.org/3QQ9Fg3
Happy anniversary, Mum and Dad. 🤍 76 years ago today, Daddy and Mum were married at St. Mary Roman Catholic Church in Greenwich, Connecticut.
(1/2) #Cambodia: I stand with my friend, Theary Seng, a US-Cambodian human rights activist and lawyer, on the fourth anniversary of her detention.
Grateful to Russell Wigginton and the entire team at the National Civil Rights Museum for welcoming our John Lewis Young Leaders to Memphis this week. No better place to ground the next generation of activists in the history that made this movement and the legacy they are carrying forward.
Imagine the Trump Lincoln Memorial, the Trump Washington Monument, or the Trump Tomb of the Unknown Soldier... Thank you Brianna Keilar & @cnn.com for having me. Looking forward to the Kennedy Center returning to its original name!
The @splcenter.org's indictment was decided before the DOJ interviewed a single employee or requested a single document. A federal court just threw out another case on the exact same grounds. Dismiss this case.