Rosenberg Fund for Children
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Rosenberg Fund for Children is an organization started by Robert Meeropol (whose parents Ethel Rosenberg and Julius Rosenberg were executed at the height of the McCarthy Era) in 1990 as an effort to " repay the progressive community that helped him survive." The organization aims to help children of "targeted activists" in the progressive movements.[1]
Advisory Board
The following are members of the Advisory Board, as of November 19, 2009:[2]
- Ed Asner
- Harry Belafonte
- Angela Davis
- Hon.Ron Dellums
- Martin Espada
- Ronnie Gilbert
- Suheir Hammad
- Richie Havens
- Richard Healey
- Si Kahn
- Michael Meeropol
- Rachel Meeropol
- Janice Mirikitani
- Holly Near
- Mandy Patinkin
- Leonard Peltier
- Michael Ratner
- Adrienne Rich
- Susan Sarandon
- Pete Seeger
- Toshi Seeger
- Rabbi Sheila Weinberg
- Haskell Wexler
- Robert Zevin
- Gilda Zwerman
Board of Directors
- Jose Ayerve - Musician, Recording Engineer, Producer
- Rose Bookbinder - Labor Activist
- Karen Brandow- Musician
- Deborah Cohen - Dancer, Teacher, Activist
- Nina-Alani Lessin-Joseph - Teacher, Activist
- David Maisey - Therapist
- Ellen Meeropol - Writer
- Robert Meeropol - Executive Director, Rosenberg Fund for Children
- Bruce Miller - Professor of Constitutional Law
- William Newman - Director Western Office, Civil Liberties Union of Mass.
- Rafael Rodriguez - Legal Services Attorney
- Ruth Trujillo - ESL Teacher, Activist
- Robert Winston - Executive Director, Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center
Staff
- Amber Black - Public Relations Coordinator
- Jenn Meeropol - Grantmaking Coordinator
- Robert Meeropol - Executive Director
- Jane Miller - Financial Coordinator
