Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Hundreds of national and local social change leaders, doctoral students, faculty and alumni will converge to participate in the third annual Walden University Conference on Social Change in Minneapolis on July 19 and 20.

The event will focus on “Sustainability and Social Change: Uncommon Vision for the Common Good.” Robert F. Kennedy Jr., author and environmentalist, will give the keynote address on “Our Environmental Destiny."

About Kennedy
Kennedy’s reputation as a resolute defender of the environment stems from a litany of successful legal actions. Kennedy was named one of Time magazine's “Heroes for the Planet” for his success in helping Riverkeeper lead the fight to restore the Hudson River. The group's achievement helped spawn more than 125 Waterkeeper organizations across the nation.

Among Kennedy's published books are The New York Times best-seller Crimes Against Nature (2004); The Riverkeepers (1997); and Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr: A Biography (1977). His articles have appeared in publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Atlantic Monthly, Esquire, The Nation, Outside magazine and The Village Voice.

Kennedy serves as senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council, chief prosecuting attorney for the Hudson Riverkeeper organization and president of the Waterkeeper Alliance. He is also a clinical professor and supervising attorney at Pace University School of Law’s Environmental Litigation Clinic.

Conference Goals
The conference will feature workshops, lectures, documentary films, art performances and other presentations on issues of social change that improve the human condition and help people, groups, organizations, cultures and society progress toward a more positive future.

The goal of this year’s conference is to explore the human side of the sustainability equation:

• How does social change work to achieve a healthy interdependence with the natural world in order to ensure a positive future for all?
• How do we develop social systems that maintain and promote the worth, dignity and development of individuals, organizations, communities, cultures and societies?

Registration
The Conference on Social Change will take place in Minneapolis July 19 and 20, 2007, and is open to the public. The registration fee is $75. To register, email scconference@waldenu.edu.

More Information
Visit www.WaldenU.edu/conference.

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