News & Events
Rep. Jim McGovern issues Ethel Rosenberg apology on the House floor
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Massachusetts Congressman Jim McGovern addressed the House floor on February 10, 2025. A key ally in the effort to clear Ethel Rosenberg's good name, the Representative issued an apology to Ethel's… Read More
Guest Blog: Goldilocks Zone for the Next Four Years: Act Locally, Collectively, and Repeatedly
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I've been thinking a lot recently about January 2017, right after the U.S. presidential elections, when anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant rhetoric was on the rise nationwide. Trump had just imposed a… Read More
Grateful for Our Community
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I was surprised by how disappointed I was when President Biden left office without acting on our request that he exonerate my grandmother, Ethel Roseberg. Despite keeping my expectations low and… Read More
Statement on Biden's Failure to Act
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We are deeply disappointed in President Biden’s failure to exonerate Ethel Rosenberg. This is both a personal disappointment to my family and a political one. Despite overwhelming evidence that Ethel… Read More
2024 Year-End Report from Jennifer Meeropol
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I wish I were writing to you in very different circumstances.
These are dark times. Violent, racist, misogynistic and xenophobic rhetoric has taken hold. We’re faced with the prospect of mass… Read More
Fall Granting Blog: The Road Ahead
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By Cleo Rohn, RFC Granting Coordinator
After awarding over $220,000 in fall grants, we ready ourselves for what comes next.
ACT NOW to Exonerate Ethel Rosenberg
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The National Security Agency (NSA) released a formerly classified document confirming that the U.S. government knew that Ethel Rosenberg was not a spy long before her trial and execution.
Behind the Numbers
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This spring, the RFC reached a new, incredible milestone: we have now awarded over $9 million in grant support since our first modest grants in the spring of 1991. As a small organization, we are… Read More
Fall 2024 Grants: RFC Granting Tops $9 Million
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Already this year the RFC has awarded over $230,000 to almost 200 children as four new families joined our community. Recent grants supported young activists from the Stop Cop City movement, as well… Read More
Executive Director's Report: The Importance of Things
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Executive Director Jenn Meeropol and her father (RFC Founder) Robert Meeropol spent time going through RFC papers and mementoes to get organized and rediscovered some real treasures, like a beautiful… Read More
Upcoming Fall Events
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Sept 13th, Beneath the Mountain: An Anti-Prison Reader Book Release
At Forbes Library (Northampton, MA), featuring co-editors Mumia Abu-Jamal and Jennifer Black & other panelists, plus… Read More
New Developments in Exonerate Ethel Campaign
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In 2022, Rosenberg sons Robert and Michael Meeropol filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request of the National Security Agency (NSA) asking for declassification and release of the agency’s… Read More
The RFC Approves New Strategic Plan
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The RFC spent 18 months in 2023 and 2024 engaged in a strategic planning process. The resulting document identifies key goals, as well as strategies and resources, for the next five years of the RFC… Read More
“Secure in the sure knowledge that others would carry on after us”
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Our community has the power to justify Ethel and Julius' faith in continuing progressive activism by making a bequest to the RFC. Such a gift honors the Rosenbergs' legacy and ensures that we will be… Read More
The RFC office is closed July 1-5
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The RFC office will be closed July 1-5. We will resume our regular hours on Monday, July 8th. Wishing our community a safe and happy holiday!
On the 71st anniversary of my grandparents’ executions
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I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the long struggle for justice and activist parents’ ability to remain committed to their causes knowing they may not see the fruits of their sacrifice in their… Read More
Vote for the RFC! River Valley Coop Change for Change
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Update: The voting period has closed, and we are awaiting results. Thanks to everyone who supported!