“What’s important about Bobby Kennedy is that he challenges each of us to become personally invested in protecting our waterways. It’s our elbow grease and our willingness to fund and be part of projects like the Spokane Riverkeeper and the Lake Pend Oreille Waterkeeper that make a difference in protecting and restoring our signature waterways and preventing tragedies like the one that is occurring now in the Gulf of Mexico.” 

That was Spokane Riverkeeper Rick Eichstaedt in reference to Robert F. Kennedy Jr's postponed visit last year but it seems more relevant than ever as the gulf tragedy continues with the health effects still growing.

He'll be in Sandpoint and Spokane on May 18th & 19th, respectively, to help champion the cause of cleaning up and protecting two of the inland Northwest’s signature waterways.
 

 

Starting as the prosecuting attorney for the Hudson Riverkeeper, Kennedy’s leadership has extended to the international Waterkeeper movement, which he now presides over. The Waterkeeper movement has helped spawn more than 200 Waterkeeper organizations around the world, and the Spokane Riverkeeper and Lake Pend Oreille Waterkeeper are among the most recent additions.

Kennedy will speak at the Panida Theater in Sandpoint  at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday May 18th. Tickets for the Sandpoint appearance are $15 general, and $5 for students.
 
On Thursday, the 19th, Kennedy will speak at 7:30 p.m. at the Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox in Spokane, where admission will be $17 general and $7 for students. (In Spokane the tickets include a $2 historic preservation fee.)
 
On Thursday at the Fox, Kennedy will be introduced by legendary mountaineer Jim Whittaker. Whittaker, the first American to climb Mount Everest, was a close friend to Robert F. Kennedy, Sr.
 
Tickets for the Sandpoint event can be purchased here.
 
Tickets for the Spokane event can be purchased here.

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