News & Events
Prison abolition, racial justice and anti-female genital mutilation activists join the RFC community
Blog Post
We’re in the midst of awarding our first grants of 2017 at the RFC. To date, four new grantees have joined the RFC community this spring and additional new applications are pending. So far, the new... Read More
Protecting Kids by Protecting Prison Visits
Blog Post
One of things I’ve found fascinating about working in social justice organizations are the moments when an issue arises with so many implications for your work that information explodes from multiple... Read More
Honoring Lynne Stewart
Blog Post
Radical attorney and former political prisoner Lynne Stewart died Tuesday, March 7th at the age of 77 following an extended battle with cancer. In her lengthy career, this “people’s lawyer” defended... Read More
"The most exciting weekend ever!"
Newsletter
We’re thrilled to announce that the next RFC Carry it Forward Gathering will be August 3-6, 2017. Held over a four-day period in western Massachusetts, Gatherings offer RFC beneficiary families and... Read More
Exoneration Campaign Comes to an End
Newsletter
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,... Read More
Thank You
Newsletter
It’s been an extraordinary year since we announced the campaign to exonerate my grandmother in our spring 2016 newsletter.
Building Community Across Generations
Newsletter
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
A Message from Ethel's Sons
Blog Post
Like many of you, my family watched the clock tick down to the end of Barack Obama's presidency, hoping that in his final hours he would act to exonerate my grandmother, Ethel Rosenberg. Though that... Read More
President Obama did not exonerate Ethel Rosenberg
Press Coverage
To the disappointment of many, thousands of individuals and organizations who supported the appeal to President Obama’s conscience in an effort to move him to exonerate Ethel Rosenberg, Obama did not... Read More
Exiting Obama does not act on request to exonerate Ethel Rosenberg
Press Coverage
EASTHAMPTON - The sons of accused spy Ethel Rosenberg say they will not give up on their quest to have their mother exonerated, after President Obama left office without acting on their bid.
Sons of Ethel Rosenberg grateful for support, even without a pardon
Press Coverage
EASTHAMPTON — A nearly yearlong campaign by Robert and Michael Meeropol urging President Barack Obama to exonerate their mother, Ethel Rosenberg, ended with Obama’s presidency Friday.
2 Weeks Left: Help us Convince President Obama to Exonerate Ethel
Blog Post
Around the December holidays, the campaign to exonerate my grandmother, Ethel Rosenberg, got a huge boost:
Sons of Julius & Ethel Rosenberg Ask Obama to Exonerate Their Mother in Nuclear Spy Case
Press Coverage
December 30, 2016
Feds used Ethel Rosenberg as leverage against Soviet spy husband, executed her with insufficient evidence: report
Press Coverage
The U.S. government used convicted Soviet spy Ethel Rosenberg as a “pawn” in the case against her atomic-secret-stealing husband despite a lack of evidence, a new inquiry into the execution of the... Read More
Legal scholars claim new evidence shows Ethel Rosenberg was innocent in infamous spy case
Press Coverage
By Brooke Singman, Published December 21, 2016
Son Of Julius And Ethel Rosenberg Seeks Exoneration From Obama
Press Coverage
December 13, 2016, Updated 12/14/2016 9:11 AM
Among the last orders of business for outgoing presidents are the presidential pardons, exonerations and sentence commutations.