News & Events
Executive Director’s Report: The Power of Letters
Blog Post
Last winter I read an article online in The American Prospect by Marcia Brown and David Dayen about a pilot program eliminating mail in federal prisons.
Fall grants bring total awarded to over $8 million!
Blog Post
This fall the Rosenberg Fund for Children awarded 78 grants totaling over $200,000. Eleven new families received funding, joining 64 families who received renewal grants. In addition, the RFC Board... Read More
Mailing address for donations by check remains the same
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Are you mailing your year-end donation to the RFC by check? Our mailing address remains the same while we continue to work remotely. We are regularly stopping in to pick up the mail and process... Read More
2021 Year-end Report from Jennifer Meeropol
Blog Post
Looking back on 2021 I am reminded of Charles Dickens’ famous opening line, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” The worsts are unfortunately easy to list and include a violent,... Read More
Guest Blog: My 1-Year Anniversary as the RFC’s Communications Manager
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I started my new job as the RFC’s Communications Manager during the pandemic, exactly one year ago today. I'm feeling supported in my role and am finding the work to be challenging, meaningful, and... Read More
30th Anniversary Report is Live!
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We're very excited to announce that the RFC's 30th Anniversary Report is LIVE and now available as an e-report for the first time in our organization's history. We invite you to flip through it on... Read More
Just released! 30th anniversary video
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A celebratory video compilation of interviews with RFC community members on the founding of the RFC and the importance of supporting activists targeted by oppression and their families. Watch here.
We Lost Our History
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Guest Blog by RFC Founder Robert Meeropol. Earlier this month we lost a major figure in the Rosenberg Case struggle when David Alman died at the age of 102. In 1951, he and his wife, Emily Alman,... Read More
Uncertainty on the Horizon?
Blog Post
In late June, when the staff sat down to write the articles for the RFC fall newsletter, we saw so many reasons to anticipate a brighter fall and winter and, hopefully, a continual decline in COVID... Read More
Guest Blog: Q&A with Michael Meeropol
Blog Post
On August 26th, the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C.
Ten New Beneficiaries Join the RFC
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NEW GRANTS
Hunger Strikers Targeted: $12,750 for therapy, childcare and educational support for eight children, ages two to 12, from four families whose fathers all participated in a hunger strike at... Read More
Executive Director’s Report: Reconnecting
Newsletter
“Reconnecting, and an offer of support,” read the subject line of the innocuous email in my inbox. When I opened it, I found a lovely note from one of the earliest RFC beneficiaries whom we had lost... Read More
Seeking Volunteers for New Fundraising Effort
Newsletter
This spring the RFC launched a new way for community members to support our organization.
News & Events
Newsletter
UPDATE: While we hoped to be able to gather in-person on Sept. 25th, with COVID rates on the rise again, the RFC’s Board and staff have made the difficult decision to cancel the in-person event. We'... Read More
Hope on the Horizon?
Newsletter
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
Newsletter
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
Newsletter
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.
Executive Director’s Report: Reconnecting
Blog Post
“Reconnecting, and an offer of support,” read the subject line of the innocuous email in my inbox. When I opened it, I found a lovely note from one of the earliest RFC beneficiaries whom we had lost... Read More