Taylor Swift spent the 4th of July holiday with the Kennedy Family, and now she's getting a prestigious award from the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights. She'll receive the Ripple of Hope award at a black-tie dinner hosted by Alec Baldwin in New York on December 3.

The award honors Taylor's humanitarian work like her Speak Now, Help Now concert to benefit victims of tornadoes in Alabama. Former recipients of this award include U2 lead singer Bono , George Clooney and Al Gore .

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