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 | Oct 6, 2011 | Action, Class Privilege, Featured, RG News
In the last 18 days since the occupation of Wall Street, the Occupy movement has spread across the country. Boston, DC, San Francisco, Chicago, Portland, Atlanta, and many other cities are now coming together to stand up as, for, and with the 99%. This includes many...
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 | Jun 9, 2011 | Family Philanthropy, Featured, Social Change
What is social change philanthropy? What do these broad and ambiguous words really mean? I was once under the assumption that “social change” excluded environmental or economic change. I saw the intrinsic connections, but because I’d grown accustomed to how...
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...
by Resource Generation | Jun 2, 2011 | Featured, RG News
In June we are trying something a little different! In an effort to pare down the number of emails you receive from Resource Generation we have turned June’s monthly update into a blog post. It’s full of timely information on RG’s events, events from our partner...