News & Events

"The most exciting weekend ever!"

Newsletter
We’re thrilled to announce that the next RFC Carry it Forward Gathering will be August 3-6, 2017. Held over a four-day period in western Massachusetts, Gatherings offer RFC beneficiary families and… Read More

Endowment Update

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by Robert Meeropol, RFC Founder

Exoneration Campaign Comes to an End

Newsletter
How are we measuring the success of the campaign to exonerate Ethel Rosenberg?  The petition to President Obama garnered 60,000 supporters, both from within the ranks of RFC donors, and beyond. It… Read More

Thank You

Newsletter
It’s been an extraordinary year since we announced the campaign to exonerate my grandmother in our spring 2016 newsletter.

Building Community Across Generations

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Providing safe havens and a sense of community for our beneficiaries is one of our primary missions at the Rosenberg Fund for Children. We also strive to remember the work of activist families from… Read More

A Message from Ethel's Sons

Blog Post
Like many of you, my family watched the clock tick down to the end of Barack Obama's presidency, hoping that in his final hours he would act to exonerate my grandmother, Ethel Rosenberg. Though that… Read More

President Obama did not exonerate Ethel Rosenberg

Press Coverage
To the disappointment of many, thousands of individuals and organizations who supported the appeal to President Obama’s conscience in an effort to move him to exonerate Ethel Rosenberg, Obama did not… Read More

Exiting Obama does not act on request to exonerate Ethel Rosenberg

Press Coverage
EASTHAMPTON - The sons of accused spy Ethel Rosenberg say they will not give up on their quest to have their mother exonerated, after President Obama left office without acting on their bid.

Sons of Ethel Rosenberg grateful for support, even without a pardon

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EASTHAMPTON — A nearly yearlong campaign by Robert and Michael Meeropol urging President Barack Obama to exonerate their mother, Ethel Rosenberg, ended with Obama’s presidency Friday.

2 Weeks Left: Help us Convince President Obama to Exonerate Ethel

Blog Post
Around the December holidays, the campaign to exonerate my grandmother, Ethel Rosenberg, got a huge boost:

Feds used Ethel Rosenberg as leverage against Soviet spy husband, executed her with insufficient evidence: report

Press Coverage
The U.S. government used convicted Soviet spy Ethel Rosenberg as a “pawn” in the case against her atomic-secret-stealing husband despite a lack of evidence, a new inquiry into the execution of the… Read More

Ethel Rosenberg Was Collateral Damage In Soviet Spy Case, Sons Say

Press Coverage
December 23, 20165:07 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition

Legal scholars claim new evidence shows Ethel Rosenberg was innocent in infamous spy case

Press Coverage
By Brooke Singman, Published December 21, 2016

Son Of Julius And Ethel Rosenberg Seeks Exoneration From Obama

Press Coverage
December 13, 2016, Updated 12/14/2016 9:11 AM Among the last orders of business for outgoing presidents are the presidential pardons, exonerations and sentence commutations.

Michael Dukakis Asks Obama to Exonerate Ethel Rosenberg

Press Coverage
Rosenberg was executed with her husband in 1953, but mounting evidence indicates she was not a Soviet spy.

How The Feds Executed My Parents: Michael Meeropol, Son of The Rosenbergs

Press Coverage
Dec 9, 2016 - "We speak this week to Michael Meeropol, whose parents, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, were executed by the US government in 1953. We talk about his efforts to clear his mother's name and… Read More