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   Author and environmental activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will speak at the University of Arkansas at Monticello Thursday, March 29 in the Fine Arts Center Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. A question and answer session will follow the lecture. 

   The lecture by Kennedy is a part of the Winthrop Rockefeller Distinguished Lectures program, funded this year by the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation. In 1974, the Trustees of Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller’s Estate endowed the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation to continue the work of The Rockwin Fund. 

   Gov. Rockefeller set up The Rockwin Fund in 1954 and, on an annual basis from 1956 until his death in 1973, funded projects and programs he believed were important to improving the quality of life in Arkansas. Continuing the legacy, this year the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation brings Kennedy to UAM. 

   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 FAC at 9 p.m. 

   Time magazine named Kennedy as one of their “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 among other things. 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 104^th Congress as well as leading the fight to protect New York City’s water supply.

   Including “Crimes Against Nature” (2004), Kennedy has published other books, “The Riverkeepers” (1997) and “Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr: A Biography” (1977), and articles in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone and many others. 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. 

   Kennedy’s lecture is free and open to the public. A reception and book signing will follow the lecture. No reservations  required.

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