by Resource Generation | May 6, 2011 | Donor Organizing, Featured, Social Change, Wealth Redistribution in Action
When I started working on building a partnership between Social Justice Fund and the Seattle chapter of Resource Generation, I had no idea that we would end up raising $135,000 and transforming the way SJF makes grants. We moved forward with this partnership, called...
by Resource Generation | Apr 13, 2011 | Donor Organizing, Featured, Wealth Redistribution in Action
Reposted from the Social Justice Fund Northwest’s justice journal. In the few weeks leading up to the first meeting of this year’s Next Generation Giving Project, it became clear to me that I have felt something missing since last year’s project ended. I...
by Resource Generation | Apr 4, 2011 | Donor Organizing, Featured
Update: On April 1 DC Mayor Vince Gray proposed a new tax bracket of 8.9% for household income over $200,000 a year, a modest increase and a small victory for Save Our Safety Net and coalition partners who have pushed for progressive taxes to fund safety net...
by Resource Generation | Mar 4, 2011 | Donor Organizing, Featured, Wealth Redistribution in Action
Dear friends, RGers, and MMMCers, It’s been quite a month of organizing and discussion! The core Arizona funding group that grew out of Puente’s presentation at MMMC is working on a number of interesting projects, the highlights of which I am so very...
by Resource Generation | Feb 18, 2011 | Class Privilege, Donor Organizing, Featured, Giving, Social Change
Last summer I sat with Mike G eating burgers and talking about RG while watching the World Cup. It was hot, we were in Detroit, and folks on the streets were in full effect. I left the conversation with the idea that all we needed was to organize the wealth of RG...
by Resource Generation | Feb 16, 2011 | Donor Organizing, Featured, History of RG, Movement History, Social Change, Wealth Redistribution in Action
This post is a response to Pam Pompey’s blog post of October 12, 2010, entitled “Donors of Color Not Needed for the Movement?” on the Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training blog. From the moment I read Pam Pompey’s blog post about an...