Environmentalist, activist and attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will speak on “Our Environmental Destiny” at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 15 in Shafer Auditorium at Allegheny College. The doors will open at 7 p.m.

Kennedy will discuss the role that our natural surroundings play in our work, our health and our identity as Americans. Using examples gathered from relevant art, history, litigation and literature, he will remind listeners of their responsibility to protect and preserve the environment for future generations.

Kennedy is chief prosecuting attorney for the Hudson Riverkeepers, senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council and president of the Waterkeeper Alliance. A high-profile political speaker and activist, he has used numerous media outlets, including his 2004 book, “Crimes Against Nature,” to call into question the environmental policies of the United States.

This lecture is the final event of the public programming of Allegheny’s Year of Health and is free and open to the public.

Allegheny’s Year of Health is a campus-wide effort to examine various aspects of how health intersects with our lives on a personal, community and global scale. To learn more about the Year of Health at Allegheny, visit www.allegheny.edu/yearofhealth.