Only a few days after Alec Baldwin's first sit-down interview following the shooting incident on the sets of his movie 'Rust', the actor is now be making his return back to public life. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Baldwin is set to serve as master of ceremonies for NYC's Ripple of Hope Award Gala to be held on Thursday. 

The event, put on by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, will be hosted by Kerry Kennedy, with Vice President Kamala Harris delivering a virtual keynote address. Stacey Abrams, poet Amanda Gorman, Clearlake Capital Group co-founder Jose E. Feliciano, Insight Partners managing director Deven Parekh and Verizon chairman and CEO Hans Vestberg will also be honored at the gala, held at New York Hilton Midtown.