FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                             

November 21, 2006                                                                                  

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Speak at Westminster College

SALT LAKE CITY (November 21, 2006) - Robert F. Kennedy Jr., environmental activist, attorney and best-selling author, will speak at Westminster College on Sunday, December 3, 2006 at 5:30 p.m. in the Vieve Gore Concert Hall of the Emma Eccles Jones Conservatory. Kennedy's lecture, "A Contract with Our Future," will discuss the important role that our natural surroundings play in our work, our health and our identity as Americans. 

The event is being presented by Great Salt Lakekeeper and Westminster's Roots & Shoots program.  Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the Westminster College Campus Concierge Desk in the Shaw Center, as well as from local REI stores, the Patagonia Outlet and Sam Weller's Zion Bookstore.  Proceeds from the event will benefit the Great Salt Lakekeeper.

One of "Time" magazine's "Heroes for the Planet," Kennedy has earned his reputation as a leading defender of the environment through legal action and as President of Waterkeeper Alliance, a collective of over 150 Waterkeeper organizations worldwide that protect local waterways.  Among Kennedy's publications are the New York Times' bestseller Crimes Against Nature, The Riverkeepers and numerous award-winning newspaper and magazine articles.

Kennedy will explain how good environmental policy is good business policy, good economic policy and good policy for posterity. He will discuss such topics as little-known environmental abuses sanctioned by our federal and state governments his own and other attorneys' confrontations with environmental lawbreakers groundbreaking court battles and the backlash led by congressional leaders and their major corporate allies that threatens to reverse the invaluable protections that have been built into our country's environmental law and policy.

WHO:             Robert Kennedy Jr.

WHAT:          "A Contract with Our Future" Lecture

WHERE:       Westminster College

                        Vieve Gore Concert Hall, Emma Eccles Jones Conservatory

                        1840 South 1300 East

Salt Lake City, UT

WHEN:          Sunday, December 3, 2007    

5:30 p.m.

For ticket information please call Jeff Salt 801-485-2550.

Great Salt Lakekeeper is a nonprofit conservation organization whose mission is to protect, defend and enhance the watershed resources of the Great Salt Lake drainage basin. Great Salt Lakekeeper strives to fulfill its mission through advocacy, education and community action. Great Salt Lakekeeper is organized locally and is also a licensed member of the Waterkeeper Alliance, an international collective of over 150 Waterkeeper organizations dedicated to defending local waterways.

Westminster College, founded in 1875, is a private, comprehensive, liberal arts college dedicated to students and their learning. Impassioned teaching and active learning are the hallmarks of the Westminster experience. The college prepares its students for success through a strong foundation of liberal education combined with cutting-edge professional programs at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Located where the magnificent Rocky Mountains meet the vibrant city of Salt Lake, Westminster blends classroom learning with experiences presented by its unique location to help students develop skills and attributes critical for success in a rapidly changing world. U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks Westminster in the top tier of regional colleges and universities in the West, and as an excellent educational value. Additionally, the college was named to the Princeton Review's "The Best 361 Colleges" for 2007. For more information, visit http://www.westminstercollege.edu/.