RGB Award Ceremony Canceled Amid Recipient Controversy

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RGB Award Ceremony Canceled Amid Recipient Controversy

RGB Award Ceremony Canceled , Amid Recipient Controversy.

Since 2019, the Dwight D.

Opperman Foundation has presented accomplished women with the Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Leadership Award, NPR reports.

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Previous recipients include Barbra Streisand and Queen Elizabeth II.

This year, however, the foundation selected four men to receive the award, in addition to Martha Stewart.

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This year, however, the foundation selected four men to receive the award, in addition to Martha Stewart.

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Those men are Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch, Michael Milken and Sylvester Stallone.

Those men are Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch, Michael Milken and Sylvester Stallone.

Those men are Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch, Michael Milken and Sylvester Stallone.

Those men are Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch, Michael Milken and Sylvester Stallone.

Justice Ginsburg fought not only for women but for everyone, Dwight D.

Opperman Foundation Chair Julie Opperman, via statement.

Going forward, to embrace the fullness of Justice Ginsburg's legacy, we honor both women and men who have changed the world by doing what they do best, Dwight D.

Opperman Foundation Chair Julie Opperman, via statement.

Ginsburg's family condemned the foundation's recipient selection, NPR reports.

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This year, the Opperman Foundation has strayed far from the original mission of the award and from what Justice Ginsburg stood for.

, Jane Ginsburg, daughter of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, via statement.

On March 18, foundation Chair Julie Opperman said that the April ceremony is now canceled.

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This year we selected leaders in different fields.

We honored men for the first time, Dwight D.

Opperman Foundation Chair Julie Opperman, via statement.

We thought RBG's teachings regarding EQUALITY should be practiced.

We did not consider politics, Dwight D.

Opperman Foundation Chair Julie Opperman, via statement.

Opperman went on to say that the foundation will decide whether to continue after reevaluating its mission, NPR reports.


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