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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Liz Fink: Crusading Lawyer, RFC Inspiration

by RFC Founder, Robert Meeropol(photo credit Shiloh Crawford III)

Gina Belafonte Joins Advisory Board

(photo credit joshreynoldsphoto.com)We’re thrilled to welcome the newest member of our Advisory Board, Gina Belafonte, who co-directs Sankofa.org, and was one of three activist artists who headlined… Read More

Celebrating Art & Activism

This past October, 300 members of the RFC community from around the country - donors, beneficiaries, Board, staff, and volunteers - gathered in the RFC’s home town of Easthampton, MA to celebrate 25… Read More

Exonerate Ethel

By Executive Director, Jennifer Meeropol(photo credit: Bud Korotzer, Desertpeace)

Thank You!

In our two and a half decades, the generosity of our donors, volunteers, and members of our Board of Directors and Advisory Board, has allowed us to help thousands of children and youth by providing… Read More

Bequests Can Help Fund Our Next 25 Years

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.

Join Us For Our "Artists as Activists" 25th Anniversary Celebration

The RFC grew from an idea that led to our first grants for $800 to help two kids go to summer camp, into an organization that 25 years later has a devoted community behind it and has awarded over $5.… Read More

My Mother at 100

By Robert Meeropol September 2015 marks the 100th anniversary of my mother, Ethel Rosenberg’s, birth. At the height of the McCarthy period this woman, with two young children, was executed along with… Read More

Major Rosenberg Case News

In July as the print version of this newsletter went to press, the previously-secret grand jury testimony of David Greenglass had just been released to the public. This material shows that David's… Read More

A New Look for the RFC at 25

By Executive Director, Jennifer Meeropol

The RFC is 25!

Alot has happened in the past 25 years, in the life of the Rosenberg Fund for Children, and in the lives of the children and activist youth we aid.  The kids we funded in our early years are… Read More

Coming in 2015

• September 4: 25th anniversary of the official founding of the RFC. We’ll be updating our logo and creating commemorative materials for release in the fall. • Events are being planned in New York… Read More

#rfc25

Please join us to celebrate our 25th anniversary! Saturday, October 17, 2015in Eastworks (116 Pleasant St., Easthampton, MA) with

RFC makes grants to 10 new families and 4 new TAY in 2014!

This fall the RFC awarded 64 grants totaling $169,515 for 134 children from 72 families. Seven are new awards, of which two are for Targeted Activist Youth (TAY); and 57 are renewals, including one… Read More

I’m Finishing What I’ve Started

By Robert Meeropol, Founder I retired as executive director 18 months ago, but there’s one last encore before my RFC performance is done. I am happy to announce that we have begun a four-year effort… Read More

25 Years!

2015 is shaping up to be a big year for the Rosenberg Fund for Children. This fall marks both our 25th anniversary and what would have been my grandmother, Ethel Rosenberg’s, 100th birthday. We’re… Read More

Family Gathering Builds Community

View a moving video about the event, featuring interviews with participants, at the bottom of this article. For four days in August, in western Massachusetts, members of the RFC community… Read More