I am a new member of Resource Generation, and a constituent: a young person with wealth. I got involved in conference calls for “RG supports black led organizing” in response to feelings of isolation and powerlessness, and a strong desire to support the resistance to anti-black racism and police violence in cities like Ferguson. Leaders at…
We are all at Resource Generation’s Making Money Make Change conference! Wish you were here. For those of you who had to miss it, here’s a throw back Thursday post for you by our summer intern Maddie Reichman. Beginning in February of this year, RG NY began dedicating its tax team to the fight for…
A Low Interest Loan for the Puente Human Rights Campus Margi lives in Colorado, she discovered RG a year ago and attended the 2013 MMMC. Margi works as an environmental educator, and her focus on education access stems from an overarching desire to align her money with her values. As a young person with access to…
At last year’s MMMC, Jay Saper, Adam Roberts and I hung out for hours in a hallway talking about the impact of (science) fiction in imagining our future and our shared enthusiasm for storytelling through zines. Adam asked me if I’d like to work with him on a zine connecting the framework of the Zen parable “Taming…
A great piece by our summer intern Maddie Reichman for throw back Thursday on an Op Ed by leaders in the DC Chapter. This spring the DC chapter of Resource Generation worked with other community groups for fair tax policy. There was a proposal for a tax package that included large tax cuts for wealthy…
By Katherine Wolf I joined Springboard Giving Circle (in part) because of a New Year’s resolution. Risk-taking in all the ways – political, social, interpersonal, creative – was going to determine my attitude towards new endeavors and potential opportunities in 2014. Since MMMC, the desire to become more involved with RG had also snowballed into…
One thing is for sure- the people who work at RG have a lot of good ideas, and sometimes too many. A couple months back, Mike sent me this sprawling document (9 pages long!) that various staff members had worked on. It was called “Leveraging our Resources for Change: 55” Ways to Take Action (need…
We at Resource Generation stand proudly in solidarity with all the actions happening this week in the name of climate justice, and extend our gratitude and support to the incredible amount of labor and organizing that has made it possible. Several RG leaders were on the front lines of civil disobedience today at Flood Wall Street, calling…
by Ari Sahagun I don’t know about you, but for me, dedicating my life to environmental justice while holding investments in fossil fuels just doesn’t add up. As an RG member, actively looking to leverage my class privilege for justice and other values I believe in, I was encouraged to learn about the Divest/Invest Philanthropy…
When I first heard about Resource Generation, I had two reactions. The first was skeptical. I don’t know about this…social justice organizing by young people with wealth? The second was grateful. Holy crap — I have been looking for this for YEARS. That’s because I am a young person with wealth1. In my early twenties,…
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