by Resource Generation | Aug 15, 2014 | Featured, Movement Moments
Post written by RG staff and board members. Special thank you to board member Nakisha Lewis for kicking this into action. We also released a press release titled “Young People with Wealth Stand in Solidarity with Ferguson, Mo.” inspired by this post. At...
by Resource Generation | Apr 23, 2014 | Featured, RG News
Hello Resource Generation! My name is Colette Henderson and I became your new Membership Associate as of the beginning of this month. I come to RG and New York City from down south in Louisville, Kentucky where my passion and commitment for movement building was born....
by Resource Generation | Apr 21, 2014 | Class Privilege, Donor Organizing, Featured, Local Chapter, Money Stories, Social Change
I am writing to open a conversation about what it’s like to live and work rurally and be engaged as an activist with Resource Generation. At this point I have more questions than answers, but I hope telling my story and asking these questions may provoke some...
by Resource Generation | Apr 15, 2014 | Action, Advocacy, Class Privilege, Conferences, Cross-Class, Donor Organizing, Featured, Giving, Giving Circles, Philanthropy, Racial Justice
Three years ago, I decided to go to Making Money Make Change, the annual conference put on by Resource Generation. I know that I will inherit wealth in the future, so I decided to go to the conference to start thinking about this privilege, about my family, and my own...
by Resource Generation | Apr 9, 2014 | Featured, Movement Moments, Resources
Adapted from Classified: How to Stop Hiding Your Privilege and Use It for Social Change To go to Adam’s Buzzfeed article with the above title, click here. Hey all. My name’s Adam, and this is a first time post to the RG blog! I’m excited to...
by Resource Generation | Nov 14, 2013 | Featured, History of RG, Philanthropy, RG News
At RG, we like experiments. Really our whole existence as an organization is an experiment in what’s possible. Can we really organize young wealthy people for justice? What will that take? Can we do it with true cross-class leadership? In accountable, powerful and...