Healthcare Not Wealthcare — A note from RG member Sam Waxman
When elected officials put wealth-hoarding of the rich over the most basic human needs of the many, young people with wealth have a critical role in pushing back.
Author: Resource Generation
RG at AMC!
So many Resource Generation members came out to the Allied Media Conference in Detroit on June 15 – 18! Among them was Emily Bookstein of RG’s Portland Chapter — she spoke to a packed room as part of the panel, Real Talk with Major Donors, that we organized as part of AMC’s Resourcing and Sustaining…
Will you join RG today?
Friday is the last day of Resource Generation’s spring membership drive. We’re 31 members away from meeting our goal of 50 new members this spring! Ready to become a member of RG? Get started here. Why does RG membership matter in this critical moment? Donald Trump was once a young person with wealth. Now he is…
Are you RG’s next Chapter Organizing Director?
We are excited to announce we are launching our search for our next Chapter Organizing Director! The heart of our organizing is community, and one of the primary ways we build this community together is through our chapters! Can you imagine Resource Generation before chapters? In our early years, RG focused on national retreats, and…
Bridging the Gap
On May 20th I attended the North Star Fund’s forum for Resilient New York, a forum to advance grassroots organizing as a key strategy to protect the dignity and rights of all New Yorkers. The event was a call to community members, donors, grantmakers, and organizers to unite around a proactive shared vision to support…
My story of race, class, and why I organize rich kids
I’ve spent the last eight years in various fundraising and grantmaking roles in support of social justice movements. When I talk about my work, after pushing through the looks of confusion and clarifying questions, I often get asked how I ended up at this intersection of money and movements that is full of contradictions and…
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How I Learned to Embrace Family Philanthropy’s Contradictions (And Why This Matters in Today’s Urgent Social Justice Moment)
Act I: Family Philanthropy = Bad? My siblings and I found out that we were on the board of a family foundation six years ago over Christmas dinner. “Surprise! We are now the Pink House Foundation!” my parents announced over root vegetables and waning holiday cheer. (Our house in Northwest Washington, DC was bright pink.)…
The Best Insurance Against Climate Disaster – #WhyIMarch
Like many working mothers, my mom’s office doubled as a daycare center. Much of my childhood was spent in my mom’s office, filing folders, stamping brochures, folding policies, and hiding underneath the table in the breakroom and playing fort with my younger brother. We “worked” with the constant sound of my mom’s voice in the background,…
The Real Invisible Hand(s)
“If you work hard, people will notice and you will be recognized.” Parts of that tale are true — at least for me as a young person with class privilege and access to wealth. Every week, I churn in a few dozen hours, and twice a month, a paycheck is deposited into my checking account….
Protect Our Communities; Our Planet, Not Private Wealth
This April 29th, I’ll be in Washington D.C. marching alongside frontline communities — those who are being most directly impacted by climate change — for climate, jobs, and justice as part of the People’s Climate Movement. I’m also marching as someone whose family has profited directly off the fossil fuel economy, and has a personal…