A Rich Kid Visits ICE
How does class privilege inform how we act for immigration justice?
Local Chapter
How to Give Boldly from Earned Income: A Guide for Techies and Others Who Don't Come From Wealthy Backgrounds
By Ellie Poley (member Chicago chapter; former member Seattle chapter) IntroductionWhen my wife and I decided to create a bold, radical giving plan, we had to chart our own course because our money comes from monthly paychecks and annual bonuses, not from an existing fund or wealthy family members. I am sharing my approach to…
"Recovery" and Possibility for Philanthropy
by Willa Conway and Cara Romanik On one of the first hot sticky days of June, a group of RG New Orleans chapter members and local organizers came together for an outdoor meeting to discuss our engagement with the ten-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina as donor-organizers. First we went around the circle sharing what we…
Learning from each other: Racial Justice work in our Chapter Leadership
By: bex kolins Since joining the leadership team of the It Starts Today! campaign to fund Black led organizing work, I’ve been inspired, excited, and energized by the incredible work RGers are doing in not just redistributing our wealth, but redistributing our wealth with a clear priority to support Black led organizing. With the release…
I just did my first one-on-one and it was awesome!
Preparation My interest in building the Philly chapter lead me to participate in a webinar on ‘How to give an excellent one on one.’ I thought I had never “been one-on-oned” going into the webinar and even mentioned that in my intro. Kaitlin, RG’s Campaign and Chapter Organizer, gave a great webinar while Kate, another…
Collective Potential is Greater than Opportunity Cost
A Low Interest Loan for the Puente Human Rights Campus Margi lives in Colorado, she discovered RG a year ago and attended the 2013 MMMC. Margi works as an environmental educator, and her focus on education access stems from an overarching desire to align her money with her values. As a young person with access to…
College Organizing with Resource Generation
When I arrived at Stanford two years ago, I had a pretty naive view of how the world worked. My parents worked hard so that my sister and I could go to good schools and participate in lots of extracurricular activities, and then I worked hard so I could go to a school like Stanford….
Back to the Land: RG Organizing in a Rural Community
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 thoughts, ideas, or dialogue in the community. This…
Moral Mondays and North Carolina’s Attack on the Poor and Working Class
This spring, RG members from North Carolina participated in Moral Mondays—huge weekly gatherings opposing an extreme right wing agenda that successfully cut taxes on the rich and corporations, raised taxes on the bottom 80% of income earners, and drastically limited access to unemployment benefits, Medicaid, food assistance, abortions, and the right to vote. The plan…
Philly RG Chapter: Raise Our Taxes to Save Public Education
The Philadelphia chapter of Resource Generation was recently published in the Non-Profit Quarterly, Philly.com, and Newsworks.org writing about how traditional philanthropy is harming Philly schools. They call for higher taxes on the rich and democratic processes of public school funding to replace private decisions by wealthy individuals. \Read the whole piece below, and listen to…