Archives of "Carry it Forward"
Carry it Forward, the RFC's newsletter, is published twice a year in March and September. Each edition describes every grant made in the most recent granting cycle, as well as recent events and other RFC news.
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Family Separations Hit Close to Home
by Executive Director Jenn MeeropolImages of small children in cages, crying for their parents or holding signs protesting a parent’s detention or deportation flooded my email and social media this… Read More
Kathleen Chalfant Joins the Advisory Board
We’re thrilled to welcome the newest member of our Advisory Board, actress Kathleen Chalfant. Among her many honors and notable roles in theater and television, Kathleen was nominated for a Tony… Read More
See You Soon!
The RFC will be on the road in 2018, hosting events around the country. Once again we’re teaming up with generous activist artists to raise funds while we entertain and educate about our work. [Check… Read More
Uncertainty Ahead
2017 was a painful, exhausting year. Wide-spread resistance beat back some of the more egregious assaults on human and civil rights—challenging the Muslim ban, stopping attempts to repeal the… Read More
A Beautiful, Woke, Full of Love Weekend
With generous funding support from the Fineshriber Family Foundation and several anonymous donors, the RFC convened the latest Carry it Forward Gathering last August. Twenty-three of our college age… Read More
Bequests Can Help Fund Our Future
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.
Seven New Families Join the RFC Community
NEW GRANTS
Mother Harassed for Giving Prisoners A Voice $6000 for sports activities for the four siblings, ages 14 to 18, whose mother spoke out against inhumane treatment of prisoners while she was… Read More
Upcoming Art & Activism Events
We hope you can join us at our art & activism events coming up this fall. Visit www.rfc.org/events for more details on the programs below.
Sat, Sep 9th:
"Hip Hop and Activism" workshop with… Read More
Farewell Alli, Welcome Sophie
Our prior Granting Coordinator, Alli Langley, left the Rosenberg Fund for Children in August. She’s headed to law school, where she plans to continue to serve the progressive community. “I am honored… Read More
Executive Director's Report: 10 Years at the RFC
This summer marks my 10th year as a staff member at the Rosenberg Fund for Children. While I no longer feel like a new employee, it’s hard to believe I’ve worked here for a decade. I joined the RFC… Read More
The Art of Resistance
As RFC Advisory Board member Angela Davis has noted, “Artists are an integral part of any movement for justice.” Artists were among the most prominent supporters of the fight to save Ethel and Julius… Read More
"The most exciting weekend ever!"
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
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
It’s been an extraordinary year since we announced the campaign to exonerate my grandmother in our spring 2016 newsletter.
Building Community Across Generations
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