by Resource Generation | Oct 30, 2011 | RG News
With the Occupy Wall Street protests ongoing, the movement for re-aligning investments with social change values is more relevant than ever. While corporations essentially own the US government, it is the stockholders—i.e. foundations and the “1%”— who own...
by Resource Generation | Oct 27, 2011 | Action, Wealth Redistribution in Action
It’s early wintertime outside. A collection of soaked boots crowd the tiny vestibule. The cat is buried underneath a small hill of coats on the bed. The apartment smells like cayenne and tomatoes, warm broth and buttery onions. Barely eaten containers of hummus,...
by Resource Generation | Oct 19, 2011 | RG News
Have you seen RG’s new tumblr account, We are the 1 percent, We stand with the 99 percent? Or maybe this picture of RG’s co-director, Elspeth, that’s been making the rounds on the internet? Lets rewind for a minute. Resource Generation’s Tax Organizing Team came...
by Resource Generation | Oct 18, 2011 | Wealth Redistribution in Action
We’re writing with updates from the RG Migrant Justice Solidarity Working Group, recently renamed the Hummingbird Collective. (Much less of a mouthful, right?) This funding project was born out of an idea at last year’s Making Money Make Change, and has grown...
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...