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Author and environmental activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. will deliver a free public lecture at the University of Arkansas at Monticello March 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center auditorium. A question-and-answer session and book signing will follow the lecture. No reservations are required.

The lecture is a part of the Winthrop Rockefeller Distinguished Lectures program, funded this year by the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation. Kennedy will lecture from his new book, Crimes Against Nature and three speech topics, including “Our Environmental Destiny,” “The Power of Law” and “A Contract with Our Future.” Following the lecture, guests can purchase Kennedy’s new book, Crimes Against Nature, at the book signing and reception, which will take place in the Spencer Gallery of the Fine Arts Center at approximately 9 p.m.

Time magazine named Kennedy as one of its “Heroes for the Planet” after he helped Riverkeeper fight to restore the Hudson River. Kennedy has also served as senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council, chief prosecuting attorney for the Hudson Riverkeeper and president of Waterkeeper Alliance, a grass-roots advocacy group dedicated to preserving water and protecting it from pollution. Kennedy has also worked on environmental issues in North and South America. An environmental activist, Kennedy also aided in reversing the anti-environmental legislation during the 104th Congress as well as leading the fight to protect New York City’s water supply.

Including his recent book, Crimes Against Nature (2004), Kennedy has also published The Riverkeepers (1997) and Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr: A Biography (1977). He has also had articles published in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and Rolling Stone. Many of his articles were included in anthologies of America’s best crime writing, best political writing and best science writing.

A Harvard University graduate, Kennedy studied at the London School of Economics and received a law degree from the University of Virginia Law School. He also received a master’s degree in environmental law from Pace University School of Law.

For more information about Kennedy’s visit, contact Dr. Robert Moore, Rockefeller Lectures Program coordinator, at (870) 460-1738 or Jim Brewer, director of media services, at (870) 460-1074.