When I was growing up I wanted to be a writer. I was the kid who brought back stacks of books from the library and then stayed up late, hiding out in the bathroom reading until 4 AM. Throughout high school and college I pursued creative writing, and wrote a chapbook’s worth of poetry and…
Will we hide our inheritances and trust funds away in overseas bank accounts and repressed fears? Or will we heed the call of the marginalized everywhere to live into our responsibility and support the creation of a just world?
If we want to start taking wealth redistribution seriously, talking to each other about wealth and putting our assumptions on the table is a necessary step.
I come from a radical Black tradition of organizing similar to SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) and the Pan African Movement. Since I was 16, I knew I wanted to be a changemaker like Malcolm X, Ella Baker, and Kwame Ture.
As a non-wealthy staff member, RG is unique to me because I don’t know any entity where highly privileged folks gather to attempt to change some of the most challenging social issues facing our country. No matter how messy it has been, this work is a necessity.
The Senate tax bill makes me mad with waves of heat in my body. I’m calling on people like me, young folks with wealth, to move more to the grassroots.
Spaces like this aren’t supposed to exist under capitalism. Making Money Make Change is precious and powerful.
If you, like me, are 18-35 and have access to wealth, you *will* benefit financially from the #TrumpTaxScam. How are you stepping up for economic justice right now?
In RG, I found community to talk through complicated feelings about inheriting wealth, particularly guilt, shame, & secrecy. Now I’m redistributing my wealth.
Instead of choosing to embrace my class or race as separate identities, RG helped me to see why understanding this intersection makes the social justice movement stronger.
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