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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Join Us For Our "Artists as Activists" 25th Anniversary Celebration
The RFC grew from an idea that led to our first grants for $800 to help two kids go to summer camp, into an organization that 25 years later has a devoted community behind it and has awarded over $5.… Read More
My Mother at 100
By Robert Meeropol
September 2015 marks the 100th anniversary of my mother, Ethel Rosenberg’s, birth.
At the height of the McCarthy period this woman, with two young children, was executed along with… Read More
Major Rosenberg Case News
In July as the print version of this newsletter went to press, the previously-secret grand jury testimony of David Greenglass had just been released to the public. This material shows that David's… Read More
The RFC is 25!
Alot has happened in the past 25 years, in the life of the Rosenberg Fund for Children, and in the lives of the children and activist youth we aid. The kids we funded in our early years are grown up… Read More
Coming in 2015
• September 4: 25th anniversary of the official founding of the RFC. We’ll be updating our logo and creating commemorative materials for release in the fall.
• Events are being planned in New York… Read More
#rfc25
Please join us to celebrate our 25th anniversary!
Saturday, October 17, 2015in Eastworks (116 Pleasant St., Easthampton, MA)
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RFC makes grants to 10 new families and 4 new TAY in 2014!
This fall the RFC awarded 64 grants totaling $169,515 for 134 children from 72 families. Seven are new awards, of which two are for Targeted Activist Youth (TAY); and 57 are renewals, including one… Read More
I’m Finishing What I’ve Started
By Robert Meeropol, Founder
I retired as executive director 18 months ago, but there’s one last encore before my RFC performance is done. I am happy to announce that we have begun a four-year effort… Read More
25 Years!
2015 is shaping up to be a big year for the Rosenberg Fund for Children. This fall marks both our 25th anniversary and what would have been my grandmother, Ethel Rosenberg’s, 100th birthday. We’re… Read More
Family Gathering Builds Community
View a moving video about the event, featuring interviews with participants, at the bottom of this article.
For four days in August, in western Massachusetts, members of the RFC community… Read More
Bequests Fund the 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. The Rosenberg Fund for Children honors that… Read More
Five New Families and Two New TAY Join the RFC Community
This spring the RFC awarded 68 grants totaling just under $188,000. Seven are new awards and 60 are renewal grants. An additional special grant supported the costs of the 2014 Family Gathering that… Read More
Coming Attractions
As we put the finishing touches on this newsletter, the RFC is just days away from welcoming close to 50 parents and RFC beneficiary children from 12 families to a college campus in western MA for… Read More
Executive Director's Report: Almost 20 Years of Prison Visits
While June 19th is an anniversary we always mark at the RFC, last month another significant milestone passed without fanfare. August 1, 1951 was the first time my dad and uncle were able to see their… Read More
Welcome New Advisory Board Members!
The past year or so has brought many changes to the RFC’s Advisory Board, a group comprised of artists, activists, academics and various other experts who endorse the Fund’s mission, offer guidance,… Read More
RFC Sponsors Seeger Fest
From July 17th-21st, thousands of people came together at locations around New York City and NY state to take part in Seeger Fest (www.seegerfest.org), a celebration of the lives, work, activism and… Read More
Grants Top $5 Million!
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