We The People is brought to you by the staff of Independent Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Host Jake Underwood provides you with the steps you need to Declare your Independence from the two-party system, and why California is so important to the Kennedy Campaign. Also hear from Kennedy24 staff members Like Del Bigtree, Randy Economy, and more.
Meet Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s career of public service began in 1985 as an attorney for the environmental nonprofit RiverKeeper. He eventually became one of the most influential environmentalists in the United States, receiving TIME Magazine’s “Hero of the Planet” and the Sartisky Peace Award.
Bobby Kennedy Jr. comes from an illustrious political family. The son of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and the nephew of President John F. Kennedy, Bobby Jr. was a lifelong Democrat but became increasingly estranged from the party in the 2010s as it drifted away from its traditional values. He made his final break on October 9, 2023, when he announced his candidacy as an independent for President of the United States.
Bobby has spent nearly 40 years fighting corrupt corporations and government agencies. During his tenure at RiverKeeper, he successfully sued dozens of municipalities to force compliance with the Clean Water Act. He won cases against corporate giants too, including a suit against General Electric for toxic runoff from its corporate jet hangar and a court order against ExxonMobil mandating they clean up tens of millions of gallons of spilled oil in Brooklyn, NY.
Building on the success of the local Riverkeeper model, Bobby co-founded the WaterKeeper Alliance and served as its President for 21 years. Under his direction, it became the world’s largest nonprofit devoted to clean water and now protects 2.7 million miles of waterways with over a million volunteers in the United States and 46 other countries.
About the Host: Jake Underwood
Underwood began his work in media covering the 2012 presidential campaign of Barack Obama for multiple podcasts and blogs. Four years later in 2016, he covered the presidential campaign of Donald Trump. In 2019 Jake began his career at News Radio WTAM 1100 as a producer and host. Then in 2020, Jake continued his education in Politics and Journalism when attended Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government where he received his micro bachelor’s degree in U.S. History and Constitutional studies, followed by attending The University of California, Berkeley in English Journalism. Jake Underwood then worked as a news anchor and field reporter in Cleveland before making the move to join Team Kennedy in July of 2023.
