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On the 63rd Anniversary of My Grandparents' Executions
Today is the anniversary of my grandparents’ executions. As it approached, I prepared the statement below reflecting on the date’s significance. Many members of the Rosenberg Fund for Children network...
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Prison abolition, racial justice and anti-female genital mutilation activists...
We’re in the midst of awarding our first grants of 2017 at the RFC. To date, four new grantees have joined the RFC community this spring and additional new applications are pending. So far, the new...
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Prisoners' Rights, Racial and Environmental Justice Activists Join the RFC...
We just finished awarding over $190,000 in grants for the first half of 2017. In addition to the four new beneficiaries discussed in my previous blog , three more new families have joined the RFC...
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June 19, 2017: Honoring Ethel and Julius and Anne and Abel
On this 64th anniversary of the execution of my grandparents, I’m struck by a related milestone that passed without fanfare a few months ago: the 60th anniversary of my dad and uncle’s adoption by Anne...
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New Grantees Include Labor and Racial Justice Advocates
We’re in the midst of awarding our fall 2017 grants. To date, six new grantees have joined the RFC community and additional new applications are pending. So far, the new grantees include:Tweet
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On the 65th anniversary of my grandparents' executions
On today’s anniversary of my grandparents’ execution, I’m thinking about two-year-old Angel and his big brother Bryan, who don’t understand why they can’t live with both parents anymore.Tweet
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Update on RFC Spring Granting and 30th Anniversary plans
Everyone at the RFC sends their love and sympathy to those of you who are experiencing hardship or loss related to the current crisis. I also want to thank the many of you who have sent us messages of...
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2020 Spring Grants
This spring the RFC awarded:67 grants totaling $149,610 to support 151 kids from 75 families, including a group grant for a music therapy programAn additional, special grant of up to $18,400 for$200...
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2020 Year-end Report from Jennifer Meeropol
This has felt like the longest, most monumental election of my lifetime. While I am enormously grateful that Trump was defeated, the level of support for him and his hateful, racist, homophobic,...
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Guest blog: Over $200,000 in Spring 2021 grants
By Tori Montemurro, Granting CoordinatorThis spring, six new families received RFC grants, joining 64 families whom the Board funded as renewals, and the Board approved one last grant to fund grocery...
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