by Resource Generation | Mar 16, 2012 | Donor Organizing, Wealth Redistribution in Action
There were six of us. Katherine Orr, Julia Read, Michelle Rider, Ellie Weiner, Nickerson Hill and myself. We’d formed a group with the expressed purpose of pooling a large amount of money to give away. But why were we doing this? Why was group giving so important to...
by Resource Generation | Dec 6, 2011 | Conferences, Donor Organizing, Featured, Personal Transformation, Social Change
Often people refer to the Resource Generation “community,” roughly defined as young people with wealth who are committed to social justice and are connected on a national level through the RG network. In the past, I’ve found the use of this word a bit problematic and...
by Resource Generation | Sep 23, 2011 | Action, Donor Organizing
Reposted from a September 21st article at Left Turn. RG members have been a driving force in the SOS Campaign in Washington, DC —check it out! Victory: On September 20, 2011, the DC city council voted to increase taxes on residents making over $350,000 a year by...
by Resource Generation | Sep 7, 2011 | Action, Class Privilege, Donor Organizing, Featured, Giving, Social Change
Several members of the Migrant Justice Solidarity Working Group (now renamed Hummingbird Collective) recently attended a fundraising training at RG’s New York office. The training was facilitated by grassroots fundraising smarties Yasmeen Perez and Emily Nepon, both...
by Resource Generation | Aug 1, 2011 | Donor Organizing, Wealth Redistribution in Action
Originally posted at GIFT Exchange. This month I am writing about what cori parrish at North Star Fund calls “the human side of donor programming.” Here I focus on progressive major donor programming, such as donor workshops and conferences. This is something I have...
by Resource Generation | Jun 7, 2011 | Donor Organizing, Family Philanthropy, Featured, RG News
After spending some time at the CCTFP conference, I was blown away by the young people I met. I got to know many participants and RG staff and was so impressed by their energy and commitment to social justice. I thought to myself: this is a serious group with a...