Making Money Make Change

THIS CONFERENCE IS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH WEALTH WHO WANT TO BE PART OF BUILDING A WORLD IN WHICH WEALTH, LAND, AND POWER ARE EQUITABLY SHARED.

Making Money Make Change (MMMC) is a unique multi-day gathering that uses workshops, panels, and storytelling to create a meaningful experience for participants. The conference supports young people with class privilege and wealth to identify their roles in creating a more just future. MMMC is designed with the belief that personal transformation is possible and collective action is necessary. MMMC is open to both people who are just beginning to explore questions related to wealth and social equity, and those who have grappled with these questions for some time. Either way, we invite you to attend and explore these topics in community. MMMC is an excellent way to become involved in RG for the first time or to deepen your involvement.

THROUGHOUT THE CONFERENCE, PARTICIPANTS WILL SUPPORT, CHALLENGE, AND INSPIRE EACH OTHER TO ALIGN THEIR RESOURCES WITH THEIR VALUES.

WHO ATTENDS MMMC?

A whole range of people come to MMMC! Participants are individuals ages 18-35, who have access to current, future, family, or earned wealth. Their wealth comes from a variety of sources and circumstances. 

MMMC is always a multi-class space. The programming is designed for young people (18-35) with wealth and partners of young people with wealth; however, social justice movement leaders, Resource Generation staff, and other presenters from various class backgrounds are present and a vital part of MMMC. It’s a great opportunity to practice healthy cross-class dynamics.

For more information about how we conceptualize “wealth,” click here.

IS THIS GATHERING FOR ME?

MMMC offers a confidential environment to uncover your personal relationship to wealth and be inspired by different ways to take action that are aligned with your values and communities.

  • Do you have, or expect to come into, inherited wealth? Do you have earned wealth? 
  • Are you a person of color with wealth who wants to connect with others who have a shared experience? 
  • Are you the partner of someone with wealth and navigating shared decision-making around wealth redistribution? 
  • Do you want to explore how different aspects of identity affect your relationship and access to wealth, such as race, gender, sexuality, and ability?
  • Do you want to amplify your impact by working collectively with other young people with wealth toward an equitable distribution of wealth, land, and power?
  • Are you ready to stop trying to hide your class privilege and start leveraging it for economic, racial, and social justice?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then MMMC is for you! 

Conference organizers and workshop presenters from various class backgrounds participate in the retreat; however, this is not a gathering designed for those who deal with these issues solely from a professional viewpoint or who work with young donors in a financial or fundraising capacity.

MMMC AND ACCESSIBILITY

Our conferences are always housed at ADA compliant facilities. We strive to keep a low scent environment for those with chemical sensitivities. If you have any specific access needs please be in contact as we strive to accommodate any requests received with time to plan accordingly. 

DO YOU IDENTIFY AS A YOUNG PERSON OF COLOR WITH WEALTH?

People of color with wealth sit at a unique and powerful intersection. There is so much potential to organize together for racial and economic justice. The retreat will host participants from an array of racial and ethnic backgrounds as well as experiences with philanthropy, social entrepreneurship, and movements for change. This is a great space for first-time MMMC participants who are people of color to build community with other people of color. Though participants’ stories and experiences are unique and varied, there is a common interest in using resources in support of progressive social change.

DO YOU IDENTIFY AS A PARTNER OF A YOUNG PERSON WITH WEALTH?

MMMC welcomes partners of people with wealth who were raised poor, working-class, or middle-class. Through their relationships, partners often find themselves as class straddlers with increasing access to wealth. Partners have a powerful and important role to play in working for wealth redistribution and social change. In terms of content, MMMC is most appropriate and relevant for partners who have interdependent finances and, thus, some level of access to wealth, or influence over financial decisions. Chosen family members who are involved in financial decision-making may also benefit from attending MMMC.

For more information about our practices during Making Money Make Change, see our retreat policies.