* Embracing the Legacy at RFK Community Alliance

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Columbia Point
Boston MA 02125

Join us to celebrate the work of RFK Community Alliance and the honorees whose extraordinary actions reflect the social values and hopes of the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Each honoree is dedicated to making positive impacts on the lives of people whose challenges and needs often go unseen, by raising awareness, fighting against social injustices, and advocating for those who don’t have a voice.  We honor this work because every person has value and deserves dignity.

Please join us in congratulating the 2022 Embracing the Legacy honorees:

• Nora Baston, Superintendent, Boston Police Department

• Jay Calnan, CEO, J. Calnan & Associates and Co-Founder, Team Impact

• Edward Loughran (posthumous), Founder, Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators

• Marylou Sudders, Secretary of Health & Human Services for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

We will also honor Ed Kelley, retired CEO of RFK Children’s Action Corps, with our Lifetime Achievement Award for his many years of dedicated service to children and families.

The evening will begin with a cocktail reception and will be followed by awards and dinner.  Dress is cocktail/business attire.  

5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.   Cocktail Reception

6:30 p.m. - 8:15 p.m.   Seated Dinner and Awards Program

Thank you to our 2022 Activist Partner:

Thank you to our Advocate Partners:

John and Mary Boyle

Dan & Wendy Kraft and Family

Thank you to our Event Committee:

• John J. Boyle, III, Co-Chair 
• Emma Carpenter, Co-Chair 
• Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy, III, Co-Chair 
• Michael W. Ames
• Keith Carroll
• Michael Connolly
• Jim Geraghty
• Philip W. Johnston 
• Stephen H. Peck 
• Jen Luisa

Thank you to our Honoree Selection Committee:

• Michael F. Connolly, Chair
• Michael W. Ames
• John J. Boyle, III
• Jen Flanagan
• Jim Geraghty
• Former Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy, III
• Matt Kennedy
• Jim Leary
• Linda Williams

“The future does not belong to those who are content with today, apathetic toward common problems and their fellow man alike, timid and fearful in the face of new ideas and bold projects. Rather, it will belong to those who can blend passion, reason and courage in a personal commitment to ideals.”

Robert F. Kennedy

Read more about the late Senator's work here.

Click here to view a list of our extraordinary honorees from the past 16 years.

Click here for Embracing the Legacy Partnership information.

Please register by October 1st to ensure inclusion in our event materials.

For questions or to register offline, please contact Dana at djussaume@rfkcommunity.org or 773-870-9783.