It’s hard to believe that this is my last blog post as the Executive Director of Resource Generation. I have truly been transformed by my RG journey, from joining the DC chapter in 2013 to moving into my Associate Director role in 2014 to becoming the Executive Director in 2017. I have built lifelong friendships,…
Content warning (CW): Anti-Asian American violence, racism, sexism Yong A. Yue Suncha Kim Hyun Jung Grant Soon C. Park Delaina Ashley Yaun Paul Andre Michels Xiaojie Tan Daoyou Feng I look into their names and faces and see echoes of my own, and of my mom, aunts, cousins, grandmother, friends, and beloveds. It has been…
I spent most of last weekend in a puddle of sadness and overwhelm. Nothing was okay. Nothing I did mattered. Ominous Election Day countdown emails crowded my inbox (26 days until the apocalypse!). I had a meltdown about accidentally buying chicken sausage instead of pork sausage (true story). Does this sound familiar to you? Perhaps…
*This blog post’s title is from Mary Hooks and the Mandate for Black People in This Time Hello, everyone! I’d like to extend a warm welcome to everyone who has subscribed to this newsletter or joined Resource Generation as a new member in the last couple of weeks. Not only have we’ve noticed an influx of…
I first joined Resource Generation in 2013 because I wanted to be part of ending the harm of racial capitalism. I have been a member ever since. Being a member of Resource Generation over many years has deepened my accountability and commitment to wealth redistribution and helped me feel connected and grounded in this moment where stress…
I’m embarrassed to admit that I’m into the British royal family. It’s one of the things about me that is least aligned with my politics – to be clear, I am not okay with hereditary monarchy or the British Empire. But through The Crown I became fascinated with the family dynamics of multiple generations navigating…
As the first young person of color with wealth to become ED of RG, Iimay will be sharing reflections on living at the intersection of a strange Venn diagram and fighting racism and classism in the Trump era
How can I possibly be a person with integrity and goodness in the world if I’m benefiting from something so terrible?
It’s critical to center class in the work to build a new economy so that we don’t recreate classism in the alternatives we are trying to create.
I had a nagging sense that wealth inequality was at the root of so much violence, but that I, as someone with wealth, wasn’t doing much, if anything, about it.
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