Yesterday, Leah and I participated in civil disobedience at the US Capitol to demand a permanent ceasefire and to say “no” to more tax dollars for war and border militarization. We joined youth from organizations like United We Dream, Rising Majority, IfNotNow and more to share a united message from young people in this country….
The following was originally written for the February 2023 edition of our newsletter. To sign up for our mailing list, add your email in the sign-up box in the footer! Many of you will receive a 🔥special mailer🔥 in the next few weeks. All our members with (current) addresses on file will receive a fold-out…
There is a bittersweet beauty to being part of a young people’s organization committed to leadership development. The great part is there are always new people coming in ready to grow their leadership, and with that, we get new ideas and become even bolder with our vision. Leadership development is one of the sweetest joys…
By the Fund Abortion Now! Team As of October 24, 2022, the Fund Abortion Now! team has increased our fundraising goal to $2 million to NNAF and their affiliates over 3 years due to the support of RG members and their communities. Thank you for your continued support! In early 2022 in anticipation of the…
Spring is in full swing in my life right now. The loneliness and isolation of another COVID winter have made way into frantic busyness. In addition to travel plans and gatherings with loved ones, I’m also noticing the dust around my house more than before and I’m taking stock of all that needs mending, or…
February 9, 2022 I have to admit, figuring out what to write about for this month’s newsletter has been a struggle. First of all, this is the first newsletter for us this year and y’all haven’t really gotten to know me yet. But more importantly, there is so much I could share about. Like, my…
Our Fall Redistribution Pledge and Membership Drive begins this week and I’m asking you to commit to three things: Less than 2 months ago in mid-September, I became the Executive Director of Resource Generation, having been a member and on staff for over six years. It’s an exciting time to be moving into this role…
We are excited to welcome Yahya Alazrak as RG’s next Executive Director! After a nationwide search, we are thrilled that Yahya (they/them) moved into this new role as of September 13th, and are confident that they will lead RG with courage and vision as we continue to expand our organizational strength and capacity to work…
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,…
We are relieved that a ceasefire has been agreed to in Israel/Palestine and recognize that it is insufficient in transforming the material conditions of Palestinians and challenging the systems that uphold occupation and apartheid. We are grieving the lives lost in past weeks, and remain clear that our community, and young people with wealth, have…
We hold the liberation of Black and Indigenous people as central to the liberation of all people. We know that attempted genocide and chattel slavery created the initial foundation for massive wealth disparity in the U.S. and that the continued exploitation and criminalization of those communities upholds the racial wealth divide. We believe that well-resourced Black and Native Left organizing is a critical part of how we all get more free.
We believe social justice movements need to be led by communities most directly impacted by injustice. As young people with access to wealth, we choose to undermine the pattern of funders dictating the work and instead choose to follow the leadership of transformative social justice movements and communities, led by people who are: poor, working-class, Black, Indigenous, of color, women, disabled, queer and trans.
We work towards eradicating classism and towards wholeness. We believe that all classes and communities are interconnected and interdependent and that classism has been used to wedge and divide us. We know that much is lost communally in the name of wealth accumulation and that people with wealth have a lot to gain from returning wealth to the collective and transforming our economy. We know that the current economic system is untenable, and we work to build a solidarity economy.
We believe that people ages 18–35, with wealth and class privilege, are at a pivotal stage in life to make a lifelong commitment to social movements. Youth movements and organizing are, and have been bold and visionary. We are building on the legacy of those who came before us, and we are working for a better world for those who will come after. Young people with access to wealth and class privilege need to be organized as protagonists—actively engaging in and seeking out ways that leverage and redistribute our access to power and resources within our control, and redirect resources and power within the networks and institutions we are connected to. We are committed to resisting ageist norms of people acquiring power and holding on to it and constantly doing leadership development to bring about new leadership.
We believe personal and structural change are deeply connected, and every person has the ability to heal and grow. We are committed to working towards transforming ourselves, our organizations, our communities, and society as a whole through our work. We bring our full selves, our experiences, our stake, and our strategic thinking to build cross-class relationships in working for a just and livable world.
We believe in collective and individual growth, groundedness and interdependence. We know that tensions will arise, and we will approach these with curiosity on behalf of our personal and collective wants. We will work to see tensions as generative rather than destructive and finite. We welcome principled disagreement and will strive to keep conflict generative in service of our broader goals and mission.
We believe in the power of collaboration across class, race, and movements. We know that our vision depends on our relationships with communities, organizations and people across our movement ecosystem, with whom we share similarities and differences. Through our organizing work we also seek ways to invite our families, communities, and other people with access to wealth to this work.
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