How education and upbringing influenced the life of Kerry Kennedy. A timeline of key moments.
Mary Kerry Kennedy is an American lawyer, author, and prominent human rights activist. As a member of the Kennedy family, she is the daughter of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy, and niece to John F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy. She has dedicated her life to advocating for social justice and human rights causes around the world.
On September 8, 1959, Mary Kerry Kennedy was born. She is the daughter of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy, and is an American lawyer, author, and human rights activist.
In 1968, Kerry Kennedy's father, Robert F. Kennedy, was assassinated, marking a significant turning point in her life.
In 1981, Kerry Kennedy started working in the field of human rights as an intern with Amnesty International. She investigated abuses committed by U.S. immigration officials against refugees from the Salvadoran Civil War in El Salvador.
In 1986, Kerry Kennedy established the RFK Center Partners for Human Rights to protect rights codified under the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights, providing support to human rights defenders worldwide.
On June 9, 1990, Kerry Kennedy, at age 30, married Andrew Cuomo in Washington, D.C.
In 1995, Kerry Kennedy-Cuomo gave birth to twins Cara Ethel Kennedy-Cuomo and Mariah Matilda Kennedy-Cuomo.
In 1997, Kerry Kennedy-Cuomo gave birth to her daughter, Michaela Andrea Kennedy-Cuomo.
In 2005, Kerry Kennedy and Andrew Cuomo divorced after a 15-year marriage.
On the morning of July 13, 2012, Kerry Kennedy was found in her white Lexus. A police report said Kennedy had trouble speaking, was swaying and told an officer that she may have accidentally taken a sleeping pill earlier that day.
In July 2012, Kerry Kennedy allegedly sideswiped a tractor trailer on Interstate 684 in Westchester County.
On July 17, 2012, Kerry Kennedy said local hospital tests found no traces of drugs and that her doctor believed she had suffered a seizure.
On July 25, 2012, a toxicology report was filed which said zolpidem was found in a sample of Kerry Kennedy's blood taken when Kennedy was arrested. Kennedy said she did not remember anything after entering a highway to go to a gym and before she found herself at a traffic light with a police officer at her door.
On January 23, 2014, Judge Robert Neary ruled that the drugged-driving case against Kerry Kennedy would move forward.
On February 20, 2014, jury selection for Kerry Kennedy's trial began. Kennedy was not present, and was instead in Brussels and the Western Sahara conducting human rights advocacy.
On February 28, 2014, Kerry Kennedy was acquitted of the drugged-driving charges.
On June 21, 2017, Kerry Kennedy, through Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, posted the $100,000 bail for Pedro Hernandez, a 17-year-old who had spent over a year in pretrial detention at Rikers Island.
On June 21, 2018, Kerry Kennedy joined organizations to launch the 'Break Bread Not Families Immigration Fast and Prayer Chain' in response to President Trump's family separation policy.
On June 23, 2018, the 'Break Bread Not Families' campaign, of which Kerry Kennedy was a part, held a prayer vigil in McAllen, Texas, marking the start of a campaign that encouraged activists, political figures, and celebrities to fast in protest of the Trump administration's family separation policy.
On October 9, 2018, all remaining charges against Pedro Hernandez, for whom Kerry Kennedy posted bail, were dropped on the condition that he attend college.
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