It will include dramatic reading, poetry, and song honoring children whose parents have struggled to balance their desires to work towards social and economic justice, with their desires to raise their children in safe, secure, and loving environments. Danny Glover and Janice Mirikitani will portray Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, and will read from the letters the Rosenbergs wrote to their sons and to each other while on death row in Sing Sing prison. Another section of the performance will feature correspondence from the families of the RFC's beneficiaries, who have also suffered because of their progressive actions. This moving section will include statements read by Mazi Jamal and Lisa Bari about their own experiences as the children of targeted activists. The coming together on stage of different generations of artists collaborating in drama and song, will be mirrored in the joining together and sharing of this event by the different generations of activists among the members of the audience.
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The event is wheelchair accessible, and will be interpreted for the deaf and hard of hearing. The performance is not recommended for children under the age of 10. The Rosenberg Fund for Children is a non-profit foundation providing financial assistance to support the educational and emotional needs of children whose parents have been targeted as a result of their progressive activities. The RFC was founded by Robert Meeropol, the younger son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were executed when Robert was 6, after being convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage. The Middle East Children's Alliance is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping bring peace to the Middle East and insuring that the rights of all the children are respected and protected.