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Guest Blog: Exonerate Ethel

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by Robert Meeropol originally published on Robert Meeropol's blog, Still Out on a Limb In March the Rosenberg Fund for Children launched an online petition campaign to exonerate my mother, Ethel. I… Read More

Activists, Artists & Parents: the Revolution Starts at Home

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It might be hard to imagine a music video that shows a young father singing about love and hopes for his toddler son, behind scenes of the family changing diapers, break dancing, and marching with… Read More

RFC at RebLaw

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Last week I presented at the 2016 Rebellious Lawyering Conference at Yale University. The largest student-run public interest law conference in the country, RebLaw “seeks to build a community of law… Read More

Four New Families Join the RFC

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Meet Our New Staff

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If you interact with the RFC around grants, you’ll soon be communicating with a new staff member (if you haven’t already). After five years of dedicated service, Julie Johnson left the RFC at the end… Read More

Liz Fink: Crusading Lawyer, RFC Inspiration

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by RFC Founder, Robert Meeropol(photo credit Shiloh Crawford III)

Gina Belafonte Joins Advisory Board

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(photo credit joshreynoldsphoto.com)We’re thrilled to welcome the newest member of our Advisory Board, Gina Belafonte, who co-directs Sankofa.org, and was one of three activist artists who headlined… Read More

Celebrating Art & Activism

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This past October, 300 members of the RFC community from around the country - donors, beneficiaries, Board, staff, and volunteers - gathered in the RFC’s home town of Easthampton, MA to celebrate 25… Read More

Exonerate Ethel

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By Executive Director, Jennifer Meeropol(photo credit: Bud Korotzer, Desertpeace)

"Dear RFC,"

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I recently received two striking letters at the RFC. Although they are very different in almost every regard - tone, content, and the personal histories of the authors - taken together I believe they… Read More

Beneficiary Guest Post: Retreat, Come Forth

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My name is Jacob Rivas, I’m a graduate of Oberlin College and a proud grant recipient of the Rosenberg Fund For Children. I’d like to share my story to thank the RFC for everything they’ve done for… Read More

The RFC Turns 25!

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I am thrilled to report that the RFC’s 25th anniversary celebration on Saturday, October 17th, was a huge success.

Ethel at 100 (part 6): Lessons for Supporting the Children of Today's Targeted Activists

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This is the sixth and final blog in this series which uses "Unknown Secrets," a collage by Martha Rosler*, as an organizing principle to explore how the popular press, the prosecution, the defense,… Read More

Activist Artists Join the RFC's Advisory Board

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As we gear up for our 25th anniversary celebration of Artists as Activists on October 17th, I am thrilled to announce two exciting additions to the Rosenberg Fund for Children’s Advisory Board who… Read More

A New Look for the RFC at 25

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As you hopefully already noticed, we updated our materials this fall. As part of our year-long 25th anniversary celebration, we created a new logo (below), updated this website and redesigned the… Read More

Thank You!

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In our two and a half decades, the generosity of our donors, volunteers, and members of our Board of Directors and Advisory Board, has allowed us to help thousands of children and youth by providing… Read More

Bequests Can Help Fund Our Next 25 Years

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In their final letter to my father and uncle, my grandparents wrote that they were comforted in the sure knowledge that others would carry on after them.