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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.



RFK Jr.’s Plan to Make America Kind Again

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been involved in advocating for environmental protection and children’s health throughout his career.

He is the founder of the Waterkeeper Alliance, a global environmental organization that works to protect the world’s major waterways. Through this organization, he has led numerous legal battles and advocacy efforts aimed at holding polluters accountable and safeguarding aquatic ecosystems. This work has directly contributed to cleaner water and healthier environments for communities.

Kennedy also co-founded Children’s Health Defense (CHD), an organization dedicated to protecting children’s health by investigating and exposing the causes of chronic illness and disability. CHD focuses on issues related to environmental toxins, vaccines, and other factors impacting children’s well-being.

In his father’s legacy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spoken about the importance of empathy, compassion, and justice, particularly in relation to the poor and marginalized. He has referenced his father’s belief that America should be an “exemplary nation,” demonstrating the best of its values at home and abroad through diplomacy and aid rather than military force. He has also written a children’s book about St. Francis of Assisi, a figure known for his commitment to kindness and service to the poor.

While his public profile has recently been associated with controversy regarding public health policies, his career has been marked by efforts to advocate for environmental causes and raise awareness about children’s health issues.

This video below discusses Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vision for community and kindness in America. You’ll notice that when he was hoping to become president of the United States, his platform wasn’t ‘win at all costs,’ but something gentler, built on promoting kindness.

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The World’s Best Teacher

This teacher is Ron Clark. He was born in 1972 in Chocowinity, North Carolina where he was asked to fill in for an elementary school teacher who had passed away. Becoming an educator was not his original plan. Once he got a taste of changing kids’ lives, he decided that teaching in Harlem, New York might be a great challenge where his burgeoning skill might be more useful. He has since moved on to start his own academy in Atlanta, Georgia where he teachers children, but also teaches teachers on better techniques of educating. He has trained 108,000 teachers as of today (February 10, 2024). He has also become a television personality and has authored four books, at least one of which has reached the New York Times Bestseller list.

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Something Amazing You Can Do For Lonely People

If you find a way to let people know you’re thinking of them, it can make a world of difference. It might even prevent suicides, either directly, or sad people killing themselves through overeating, drug use or alcoholism. At minimum, it will brighten their day. It might make them one notch prouder of themselves, more positive, energetic, and more likely to participate in meaningful projects.

What you can do: Look in social media for little memes or fun videos and just email them to some people that you barely know. You can add a little personal note, such as “I thought you’d get a kick out of these silly cats.”

Do it every few days or perhaps weekly, but do it randomly. You don’t want to leave the impression that you’re doing it out of obligation to a routine.

If you’re doing this with more than one person, email them individually, otherwise it won’t seem like personal attention at all.

An ongoing correspondence might start from this, and you may be surprised just how interesting some of these shy or lonely people are.

If you’d like to send a YouTube video, you can click the share button beneath the video, then click Share then Embed to copy a link that you can then post into an email. Or, you can just copy the link at the top of your browser window directly when you’re watching a video.

If you’re copying a still image from just about anywhere, you can right click, or on a Mac, [Command] + click, then select something like ‘Save Image’ depending on your browser.

Here are some examples of things you can send: