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.
