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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New Named Fund Supports Prison Visits
As my father and I shared in The RFC at 30, this year is the RFC’s 30th anniversary. That means it’s also the 25th anniversary of one of our signature granting programs, our Attica Prison Visits,… Read More
Twelve New Families Join RFC Community
NEW GRANTS
Suspicious Fire at Social Justice Organization $5000 for a group grant for 19 kids from seven families to attend programming focused on leadership, justice and equity. Their parents are… Read More
Redesigned Website Adds New Features
We’re busy working on the final stages of a completely redesigned website.
Bequest & "RMD" Support Critical
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.
Spring Grants Bring Total Awarded to More than $7 Million
NEW GRANTS
Pipeline Protestor Imprisoned $4500 for school tuition for four children, ages seven to 13, whose environmental activist father shut down a pipeline to bring attention to the harm… Read More
Sales of Limited Edition Photo of Pete Seeger Benefit RFC
In celebration of the 2019 centennial of Pete Seeger's birth, fine art photographer Robert Floyd has produced a limited edition of nine, 13” x 19” prints of his candid 1979 photo of Pete Seeger at a… Read More
Welcome on Board!
During the past year, three new members joined the RFC Board. Claudia Quintero came to us last fall.
Group Grants Support Multi-Generational Activism
The RFC turns 30 next year. Many of our supporters have been with us for most, if not all, of the past three decades but I bet even some of them may not know about a small but vital grant program:… Read More
Follow the Strange Fruit & Rosenberg Mentions of the Day
If you follow us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, we invite you to look for the Strange Fruit and Rosenberg Mentions of the Day (#StrangeFruitMOTD and #RosenbergMOTD).
Help us Exonerate Ethel Rosenberg
Earlier this year, the Rosenberg Fund for Children – in concert with the Meeropol family – launched a petition at www.rfc.org/ethel calling on President Obama to exonerate Ethel Rosenberg… 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
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
Coming Attractions
As we put the finishing touches on this newsletter, the RFC is just days away from welcoming close to 50 parents and RFC beneficiary children from 12 families to a college campus in western MA for… Read More
Welcome New Advisory Board Members!
The past year or so has brought many changes to the RFC’s Advisory Board, a group comprised of artists, activists, academics and various other experts who endorse the Fund’s mission, offer guidance,… Read More
RFC Sponsors Seeger Fest
From July 17th-21st, thousands of people came together at locations around New York City and NY state to take part in Seeger Fest (www.seegerfest.org), a celebration of the lives, work, activism and… Read More