RGB Award Ceremony Canceled Amid Recipient Controversy from d 78532 Watch Video

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RGB Award Ceremony Canceled , Amid Recipient Controversy.<br/>Since 2019, the Dwight D. Opperman Foundation <br/>has presented accomplished women with the Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Leadership Award, NPR reports. .<br/>Previous recipients include <br/>Barbra Streisand and Queen Elizabeth II.<br/>This year, however, the foundation <br/>selected four men to receive the <br/>award, in addition to Martha Stewart. .<br/>This year, however, the foundation <br/>selected four men to receive the <br/>award, in addition to Martha Stewart. .<br/>Those men are Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch, Michael Milken and Sylvester Stallone.<br/>Those men are Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch, Michael Milken and Sylvester Stallone.<br/>Those men are Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch, Michael Milken and Sylvester Stallone.<br/>Those men are Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch, Michael Milken and Sylvester Stallone.<br/>Justice Ginsburg fought not only for women but for everyone, Dwight D. Opperman Foundation Chair <br/>Julie Opperman, via statement.<br/>Going forward, to embrace the <br/>fullness of Justice Ginsburg's <br/>legacy, we honor both women <br/>and men who have changed the <br/>world by doing what they do best, Dwight D. Opperman Foundation Chair <br/>Julie Opperman, via statement.<br/>Ginsburg's family condemned the foundation's recipient selection, NPR reports. .<br/>This year, the Opperman Foundation <br/>has strayed far from the original <br/>mission of the award and from <br/>what Justice Ginsburg stood for. , Jane Ginsburg, daughter of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, via statement.<br/>On March 18, foundation Chair Julie Opperman <br/>said that the April ceremony is now canceled. .<br/>This year we selected <br/>leaders in different fields. We honored men for the first time, Dwight D. Opperman Foundation Chair <br/>Julie Opperman, via statement.<br/>We thought RBG's teachings <br/>regarding EQUALITY should be <br/>practiced. We did not consider politics, Dwight D. Opperman Foundation Chair <br/>Julie Opperman, via statement.<br/>Opperman went on to say that the foundation will decide whether to continue after reevaluating its mission, NPR reports.