Posted May 31, 2018 by Resource Generation
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 … Continue reading »
Posted May 31, 2018 by Resource Generation
In one year of Resource Generation membership, I have increased my giving from around $100 to $10,000 a year, which is 5% of my net wealth, and started organizing my family and friends to give.
Even before I learned that … Continue reading »
Posted May 31, 2018 by Resource Generation
Hello RG community! My mother creatively named me Shonettia Monique. Colonization named me Smith. I only ever share my last name when I am forced. Or at times like this, to tell a part of my story. Whenever I find … Continue reading »
Posted February 28, 2018 by Resource Generation
Our giving project cohort. I’m second from the left in the front row of the pic with the pillars in the background.
I got involved with Resource Generation about four years ago when my roommate invited me to an RG … Continue reading »
Posted February 28, 2018 by Resource Generation
Peace RG! My name is Ekundayo (sorrow to joy) Igeleke, the new Chapter Organizing Director. I often do not write about myself, let alone share it with the world but this is my attempt.
RG is new for me in … Continue reading »
Posted January 31, 2018 by Resource Generation
In RG’s 20th anniversary year we are proud to rollout two innovations which will take our work of organizing young people with wealth for the equitable distribution of wealth, land, and power to the next level by being more clear, … Continue reading »
Posted January 31, 2018 by Resource Generation
When I considered writing an outgoing blog post regarding my time at Resource Generation, I was challenged most by narrowing down what to talk about. It was a combination of feeling intimidated that I would have any wisdom or heart … Continue reading »
Posted December 8, 2017 by Resource Generation
I’m writing this in the midst of the reality of the Senate tax bill sinking in. I’m writing this as someone who personally has benefited from tax evasion and wealthy people hoarding wealth. I’m writing this as an anarchist who … Continue reading »
Posted November 30, 2017 by Resource Generation
This year’s Making Money Make Change (MMMC) conference in Stony Point, NY was the largest and best MMMC I’ve attended since I started on staff back in 2014. MMMC is Resource Generation’s signature conference, and is the only conference in … Continue reading »
Posted November 30, 2017 by Resource Generation
Taxes are one of the biggest ways that wealth in this country is redistributed — often aggressively redistributed from poor, working-class, and middle-class communities to the already wealthy as exemplified in the most recent Republican tax bill. As reported in … Continue reading »
Posted November 27, 2017 by Resource Generation
If I’ve learned one thing as a member of Resource Generation, it’s to lean into the uncomfortable feelings that being fundraised brings up for me because they lead me to real action.
And if I’ve learned one thing as a … Continue reading »
Posted November 20, 2017 by Resource Generation
I became a dues-paying member of Resource Generation because a more equitable world is possible and it is our responsibility as young people with wealth to play a part.
As a young and wealthy person of color, I have been … Continue reading »
Posted November 6, 2017 by Resource Generation
Our big fall fundraising and membership goals are to raise $100,000 and get 150 new members by the end of the year.
As Resource Generation (RG), we organize young people(18-35) with class privilege and access to current, earned, or future … Continue reading »
Posted October 18, 2017 by Resource Generation
When I was 18, I worked at a restaurant in Valley Junction and attended Des Moines Area Community College. It was a nice period of time. I had a steady routine and the elements of my life felt balanced.
Posted October 10, 2017 by Resource Generation
The first year I went to Making Money Make Change (MMMC), my life was changed.
I see all too often across communities of color the ways trauma can lead us to use the tools of capitalism, classism, and … Continue reading »
Posted October 10, 2017 by Resource Generation
Have you registered for Making Money Make Change (MMMC) yet?
This year MMMC is November 9-12th outside of NYC. Register here.
Last year’s MMMC happened right after the election. Less than a year later, it’s hard to comprehend how much … Continue reading »
Posted September 5, 2017 by Resource Generation
We stand with the immigrant youth and families that are being targeted by the Trump administration’s announcement to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) in the next six months. No human being is illegal, period.
Today’s announcement is the … Continue reading »
Posted August 29, 2017 by Resource Generation
This past June, I made a gift of $80,000 to a social justice foundation in Boston called Haymarket. Simply put, I was able to give away $80,000 because I got it from my parents. The day after I graduated from … Continue reading »
Posted August 14, 2017 by Resource Generation
We’re sharing with you some reflections on Charlottesville and why organizing young people with wealth toward economic and racial justice is so increasingly critical.
As Southerners from different class backgrounds, Iimay Ho, our Executive Director, and Jes Kelley, our Retreat … Continue reading »
Posted July 25, 2017 by Resource Generation
By Margi, RG member
My Mini Praxis Group with Aunts and Uncles
I grew up in an owning-class family and didn’t know it. My parents chose to live their daily lives within the means of their salaries, but subtly used … Continue reading »
Posted July 25, 2017 by Resource Generation
By Emily Bookstein
RG member and RG Portland chapter leader
What guidance would you give to a room full of fundraisers about how to ask you for money?
That was the question I tried to answer on a “#RealTalk with … Continue reading »
Posted June 30, 2017 by Resource Generation
By Samantha Waxman,
RG chapter leader and member of RG’s National Campaign Team
Yes, Congress is trying to snatch healthcare away from 21 million people — again. They almost succeeded this week but for the tenuous objections of a few … Continue reading »
Posted June 30, 2017 by Resource Generation
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, … Continue reading »
Posted June 29, 2017 by Resource Generation
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 … Continue reading »
Posted June 9, 2017 by Resource Generation
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 … Continue reading »
Posted May 31, 2017 by Resource Generation
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 … Continue reading »
Posted May 31, 2017 by Resource Generation
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 … Continue reading »
Posted May 3, 2017 by Resource Generation
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 … Continue reading »
Posted April 26, 2017 by Resource Generation
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 … Continue reading »
Posted April 26, 2017 by Resource Generation
“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 … Continue reading »
Posted April 19, 2017 by Resource Generation
When you open the door the sound pulls you in like an undertow, humming electric and mechanical. Light seeps in through dented and dirty windows high in the metal ceiling. It smells like sweat and burnt plastic; to anyone else, … Continue reading »
Posted April 14, 2017 by Resource Generation
By Ross Chapman
Campaigning for tax justice is a no-brainer when you see the math — which I did recently (and serendipitously in time for tax season and oncoming protests). The effective tax rates for the rich and poor … Continue reading »
Posted April 14, 2017 by Resource Generation
By Samantha Waxman
Many of the ways that I’ve been thinking and feeling about taxes, wealth, and the recent election crystallized during the recent healthcare debate—the fiasco in which Paul Ryan and Trump tried to “repeal and replace” the Affordable … Continue reading »
Posted April 13, 2017 by Resource Generation
“As a young person with inherited wealth, I am proud to march on National Tax Day because wealthy people like myself benefit unjustly from our inequitable tax system, which is based on the exploitation of the working class. I just … Continue reading »
Posted March 17, 2017 by Resource Generation
We recently got a glimpse into Trump’s 2005 tax returns. The returns don’t tell us a lot about Trump’s current financial situation, but they do foreshadow how the Republicans are planning to continue gutting social programs and advance unprecedented … Continue reading »
Posted February 22, 2017 by Resource Generation
In a moment of potentially revolutionary activism and mobilization, don’t let classism undermine your efforts.
The past few weeks have been both terrifying and inspiring. In the midst of ascending totalitarianism and the drastic, likely unconstitutional roll-backs of basic rights, … Continue reading »
Posted February 6, 2017 by Resource Generation
Posted January 9, 2017 by Resource Generation
Resource Generation organizes young people with wealth and class privilege in the U.S. to become transformative leaders working towards the equitable distribution of wealth, land, and power. Those of us with class privilege and wealth have many roles to play … Continue reading »
Posted December 14, 2016 by Resource Generation
On behalf of the Resource Generation Board of Directors, we are thrilled to announce our unanimous decision to hire Iimay Ho as RG’s new Executive Director. This decision is the culmination of months of work by the board, including consultation … Continue reading »
Posted December 14, 2016 by Resource Generation
The plenary, Redistributing Wealth, Land and Power: Leveraging Privilege Towards Collective Liberation, from our retreat, Making Money Make Change, is available to listen to on SoundCloud.
Panelists: Dominique Tan (RG member), Margi (RG member), Rye Young … Continue reading »
Posted December 7, 2016 by Resource Generation
At Resource Generation, we organize young people with wealth and class privilege in the U.S. to become transformative leaders working towards the equitable distribution of wealth, land, and power. In the coming months and years ahead, social justice organizations … Continue reading »
Posted August 25, 2015 by Resource Generation
Each generation must, out of its relative obscurity, discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it.
-Frantz Fanon
I’m part of a generation (I’m 27) in North America that grew up being told that everyone should be born equal and … Continue reading »
