News & Events

In July 2012, my father wrote a blog about the post-9/11 militarization of the police and the seemingly endless instances of them turning their arsenal on peaceful protestors.

[guest post by RFC founder, Robert Meeropl] For Love and Liberty, a collection of photographs of Tom Manning’s paintings was released last week. I was eager to see the finished product. I have a… Read More

From July 17th-21st, 2014, thousands of people came together at locations around New York City and NY state to take part in Seeger Fest, a celebration of the lives, work, activism and music of… Read More

[guest post by Amber Black, RFC Communications Director]The five-day, multi-city Seeger Fest, honoring Pete and Toshi Seeger and created by their grandson Kitama Cahill-Jackson, with help from Gina… Read More

This June 19th was the first anniversary of my grandparents’ executions I observed as the Executive Director of the RFC. While I’ve been here for other anniversaries, this was the first time… Read More

My grandparents were executed 61 years ago today.  In their final letter to my father and uncle they wrote they “were comforted in the sure knowledge that others would carry on after us.” (Click here… Read More

[guest post by Amber Black, RFC Communications Director] From indigenous artists using hip hop and digital media to fight colonization, to how the War on Terror is criminalizing entire communities;… Read More

I am thrilled to announce that the RFC will co-sponsor Seeger Fest (www.seegerfest.org), a five day celebration (July 17 – 21) of the lives, work, activism and music of Pete and Toshi Seeger.

In the next few weeks, the RFC will bring our CARRY IT FORWARD: Celebrate the Children of Resistance film to both the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City.  Coming up first is the west coast… Read More

By Lu FeorinoApril 18, 2014 EASTHAMPTON — The Massachusetts Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild plans to honor Robert Meeropol, former executive director of the Rosenberg Fund for Children in… Read More

[Guest blog by Rafael Rodríguez Cruz] As I read the Winter/Spring issue of Carry It Forward, I realized that I have been a member of the RFC Board for almost 17 years. I still remember my first… Read More

My book group almost exclusively reads fiction; usually political fiction, often written by women.

This fall the RFC awarded over $165,000 to 62 families to aid 131 children, plus two group grants supporting dozens of additional families and youth. Six are new awards, the remaining 58 are renewal… Read More

2013 was a milestone year at the RFC. In addition to transitioning the leadership of the organization from our founder, my father Robert Meeropol, to me, we also commemorated the 60th anniversary of… Read More

“Riveting…fabulous…informative…moving.” “This film was powerful because it put words to names, faces to words. I felt that we heard the story from the source.” “It made me think about paying more… Read More

I am delighted to announce the creation of the Moish and Lillian Antopol Fund which will provide significant annual support for “the children of targeted activists who face the unintended… Read More

Many RFC beneficiaries and their families are living through heart-wrenching circumstances as the activist parents wage daunting struggles for social and environmental justice. However there are… Read More

Thanks to all who joined us on January 12, 2014, for the premiere screening of CARRY IT FORWARD: Celebrate the Children of Resistance. This 90-minute film presented a condensed version of the June… Read More