Archives of "Carry it Forward"
Carry it Forward, the RFC's newsletter, is published twice a year in March and September. Each edition describes every grant made in the most recent granting cycle, as well as recent events and other RFC news.
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Hope on the Horizon?
We’re 18-months into the global pandemic, and for the first time in a while – we’re hopeful. With the U.S.’s COVID vaccine rollout this spring and summer showing promising results, the RFC began our… Read More
RFC Launches New Website
The RFC finalized a major overhaul of our website! In addition to a full redesign, newly-added content focuses on the Rosenberg case, Art and Activism, and “Strange Fruit,” the anti-lynching protest… Read More
30th Anniversary Report
Though the RFC’s 30th anniversary was in 2020, staff postponed the development of our regularly scheduled anniversary report to 2021 in order to more fully focus on our pandemic response.
RFC Awards Record-Breaking $230,000+ in Grants
Immigrants’ Rights Whistleblower Targeted $6000 for virtual learning supplies for three children, ages nine to 15, whose mother lost her job and faced threats for exposing flagrant disregard for… Read More
New Ethel Rosenberg Biography in 2021
We’re eagerly anticipating St. Martin’s Press’s June publication of New York Times best-selling author, Anne Sebba’s, newest book, Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy. RFC Founder Robert Meeropol… Read More
Stay in Touch
The RFC staff are continuing to work remotely for the start of 2021 and the foreseeable future. Here are the best ways to reach us.
RMD & Bequests for the RFC
By Robert Meeropol, RFC Founder
It’s been over seven years since I retired as RFC Executive Director. Now I’m getting used to being a senior citizen. Like many aging people, especially in this time… Read More
Building a Virtual Community
COVID-19 has drastically changed the way we connect with each other, but building community remains a high priority for the RFC. While we may be unable to host Gatherings and other in-person events… Read More
New Year, New Staff
The end of 2020 saw new faces joining the RFC as we welcomed Tori Montemurro and Rachel Harb to the staff.
Executive Director's Report: Working for Better Days Ahead
We all know that 2020 was a very difficult year. It featured a raging pandemic fueled by inept leadership, endless police brutality directed at Black and Indigenous people and other people of color,… Read More
Record-Breaking Fall for the RFC
In a year of overwhelming need marked by a global pandemic, economic hardship and escalated targeting of progressive activists, the RFC responded by awarding a record-breaking $230,000+ during our… Read More
RFC Loses Staunch Supporters
By Robert Meeropol, RFC Founder
The COVID-19 pandemic has sadly taken the lives of two vibrant, long-time supporters with special ties to the RFC; and a third beloved member of our community died… Read More
Bully. Coward. Victim.: The Story of Roy Cohn Now Available on HBO
Ivy Meeropol’s documentary, “Bully. Coward.
The RFC at 30: Join the Virtual Celebration!
While we wish we it would have been possible to gather safely with members of our community to celebrate the RFC's 30th anniversary, we were thrilled to be able to offer a virtual program to mark… Read More
Goodbye Amber
After more than 20 years on staff, the RFC’s Communications Director, Amber Black, left the organization this summer. Originally hired as the Public Relations Coordinator, Amber was an integral part… Read More
Executive Director's Report: Making Sense of Extraordinary Times
Unprecedented. Extraordinary. Global Crisis. Pandemic. How quickly these terms have become clichés as we all try to capture the current moment. And yet, despite how overused they already are, they… Read More
RFC Granting: A New "Normal"
“Things have been so insane and hectic here,” a parent wrote to us recently. Maybe you can relate.