by Resource Generation | Aug 7, 2014 | Local Chapter, RG News
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...
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 | Dec 5, 2013 | Local Chapter
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...
by Resource Generation | Oct 24, 2013 | Local Chapter, Tax Justice
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...
by Resource Generation | Oct 2, 2013 | Local Chapter, Money Stories
This post is written by Emily Duma and Joe Kruse, two members of the RG Leadership Team in Minneapolis, MN. EMILY : Living in an intentional community, I get a lot of strange looks from relatives when I explain what I’m doing with my life. And when I tell them that I...
by Resource Generation | Jul 29, 2013 | Local Chapter, RG News
My goal for the summer (besides finishing the first season of Orange is the New Black) is to connect college students to Resource Generation. And here’s why. First of all, college campuses are teeming with rich kids. 70% of students at the top 80 schools come from the...