News & Events

Robert Meeropol, one of the sons of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, shared his parents' story with Marshall University students and the Huntington community during a Rosenberg trial seminar sponsored by... Read More

[guest post by RFC Communications Director, Amber Black]Pete Seeger, David Amram, Chuck D, Anti-Flag, Holly Near, Guy Davis:  these musicians span multiple generations and wildly disparate... Read More

Last week I attended the opening of the new exhibit of my grandparents’ prison correspondence at Boston University’s Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center.

Oct 7, 2014 - In 1951, the Cold War was at a fever pitch. War raged in Korea. The iron curtain had fallen across Europe. And in the Nevada desert, the U.S. military held training exercises for... Read More

[guest post by RFC Communications Director, Amber Black] "Idle no more! We will stand together forever. Stand up for what is right. We will unite! Sing, dance and pray. Idle no more."

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

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

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

[guest post by Julie Johnson, RFC Granting Coordinator]

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... 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