News & Events

Robert Meeropol, former chief of Rosenberg Fund for Children in Easthampton, to be honored

Press Coverage
By Lu FeorinoApril 18, 2014 EASTHAMPTON — The Massachusetts Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild plans to honor Robert Meeropol, former executive director of the Rosenberg Fund for Children in… Read More

Why I’ve Served on the RFC Board for Almost Two Decades

Blog Post
[Guest blog by Rafael Rodríguez Cruz] As I read the Winter/Spring issue of Carry It Forward, I realized that I have been a member of the RFC Board for almost 17 years. I still remember my first… Read More

Finding Community in Difference

Blog Post
My book group almost exclusively reads fiction; usually political fiction, often written by women.

Grants Top $5 Million!

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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

Executive Director's Report: Long-Term Aid is Vital

Newsletter
2013 was a milestone year at the RFC. In addition to transitioning the leadership of the organization from our founder, my father Robert Meeropol, to me, we also commemorated the 60th anniversary of… Read More

Carry it Forward in YOUR Town

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“Riveting…fabulous…informative…moving.” “This film was powerful because it put words to names, faces to words. I felt that we heard the story from the source.” “It made me think about paying more… Read More

New Named Fund Celebrates Parents' Activism

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I am delighted to announce the creation of the Moish and Lillian Antopol Fund which will provide significant annual support for “the children of targeted activists who face the unintended… Read More

News from Our Community

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Many RFC beneficiaries and their families are living through heart-wrenching circumstances as the activist parents wage daunting struggles for social and environmental justice. However there are… Read More

CARRY IT FORWARD film premiere, January 12th, 2014

Blog Post
Thanks to all who joined us on January 12, 2014, for the premiere screening of CARRY IT FORWARD: Celebrate the Children of Resistance. This 90-minute film presented a condensed version of the June… Read More

The Knowledge That Others Will Carry On

Blog Post
(This guest post by RFC founder and former executive director, Robert Meeropol, originally appeared on his Still Out on a Limb blog at www.robertmeeropol.com/blog.) In her final hours my mother,… Read More

Report-back from 2013 SDS National Convention

Blog Post
(guest post by Students for a Democratic Society)Student activists from across the country convened on the campus of Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee on the weekend of Oct. 11-… Read More

Over $200,000 Awarded in the First Half of 2013!

Newsletter
This spring the RFC awarded grants to 72 families totaling just over $200,000. One is a new special Group Grant, the remaining 71 are renewal grants to aid 145 children. The continuing targeting of… Read More

The Next Generation Steps Up

Newsletter
One of the themes of the CARRY IT FORWARD program was the transmission of progressive values to future generations (see full story here).

Bequests Fund the Future

Newsletter
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.

Executive Director's Report: Hello!

Newsletter
This is my first report as Executive Director of the Rosenberg Fund for Children, a job I assumed on September 1st from the founder and only previous leader of the RFC, my father Robert Meeropol.

New Faces, Changing Roles

Newsletter
Several major moves have happened recently at the RFC office. After six years running our granting program and other duties, Jennifer Meeropol has taken over from her father (the RFC’s founder,… Read More

Granddaughter of Rosenbergs will take over fund

Press Coverage
By James Sullivan, September 3, 2013 EASTHAMPTON — When Jenn Meeropol’s second-grade teacher began introducing her students to social studies, her first question for them was, “What does government… Read More

A kinship with Bradley Manning

Press Coverage
August 12, 2013 - Robert Meeropol considers Bradley Manning a hero, and in an op-ed published in the Los Angeles Times, declared, "...those responsible for the things Manning revealed will go… Read More