Chef Alfredo Garcia was born in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas and raised in Chicago.
My name is Alfredo Romero.
And by partnering with Alfredo and Foro Penal Venezolano, we're trying to lend our support and extend our hand
What was it about Alfredo and his specific organization that led to the selection of the 2017 Robert F. Kennedy Foundation Human Rights Award?
Many reasons-- Alfredo was definitely the very clear and unanimous decision by the jury.
And with Alfredo , we saw somebody that is courageous-- that has been able to choose a different path--
Foro Penal and Alfredo have not entirely given up on the rule of law and on the need to use the law to defend the basic human rights of people,
And I'm here with Chef Alfredo Garcia.
was created to recognize people like Alfredo -- the most courageous human rights defenders from around the world.
the methodology that is used by Alfredo and the Foro Penal Venezolano, this idea of really creating a network,
sauces good for you good alfredo or something and I love cheese too but I know you don't want to eat so much of it
Chef Alfredo said it's OK.
So if you were to pair it with a cashew Alfredo , or avocado, or something like that, that's going to help you elongate your blood sugar curve.
And by partnering with courageous human rights defenders like Alfredo , we try to protect those basic rights.
Because in helping those that are on the front line like Alfredo , putting their lives at risk, their reputation, you know-- Alfredo , he didn't say so, but he's attacked constantly
So that was one of the many special things that Alfredo has-- and his leadership.
So that's another reason why we thought Alfredo really embodied the courage, and the creativity, and the perseverance
So a guy, Alfredo Moser in Argentina, had this problem just browning out, or the lights just went off in his little factory warehouse
So it shouldn't be picked up in a cheesy Alfredo sauce.
And they'll always be compared to past performances of how many Alfredos or how many Toscas-- but then to come and do a new role is a great kind of--
Do any of you Googlers who are here with us today have questions you want to ask Chef Alfredo ?
Now I would love to welcome to the stage, both Alfredo and Angelita.
Alfredo , through your work-- through your human rights organization, Foro Penal, you've helped over 10,000 people.
So well, there is a guy whose name is Alfredo Romero with an organization that's working a system-- victims of the state repression, so people have been killed.
security is also a big thing, not only for Alfredo but all the people in the network.
excuse me, from an essay published by Uri Gneezy and Alfredo Rustichini in the Journal of Legal Studies in the beginning of this decade.
Angelita, can you tell us a little bit about Partners for Human Rights, and how your partnership with Alfredo came to be?
It's also-- we are offering, as an organization, to Alfredo and his organization to really provide all the support we can, all the tools we use,
or expertise, or human resources, or contacts, or ideas to help amplify the voice of Alfredo for Foro Penal
And that's what we hope to be able to, from now on, continue working very much hand in hand with Alfredo and Foro Penal, knowing that Venezuela right