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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Exoneration Campaign Comes to an End

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

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

Building Community Across Generations

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

Bequests Can Help Fund our Future

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.

RFC Grants Top $6 Million!

NEW Mother Attacked In Home $4159 for music and sports activities and summer camp for the three siblings, ages 11 to 17, whose mother organized against government corruption in her home nation. She… Read More

In Memoriam: Michael Ratner

By Robert Meeropol My old friend Michael Ratner died on May 11th at the age of 72. He was the President Emeritus of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR). Their press release summarizes his… Read More

Notes from Our Community

Throughout the course of our work—whether in applications, letters, emails or phone calls—we receive communications from both beneficiaries and their parents about the ongoing impact of the targeting… Read More

Exec. Director's Report: More than 20 Years of Prison Visits

Last year we celebrated the RFC’s 25th anniversary, but another significant milestone passed without fanfare: 20 years of our prison visit grants.

Help us Exonerate Ethel Rosenberg

Earlier this year, the Rosenberg Fund for Children – in concert with the Meeropol family – launched a petition  at www.rfc.org/ethel calling on President Obama to exonerate Ethel Rosenberg before he… Read More

Four New Families Join the RFC

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Meet Our New Staff

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

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

Gina Belafonte Joins Advisory Board

(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

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

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

Thank You!

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

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.