by Nicole | Feb 12, 2016 | Money Stories, Movement Moments, Racial Justice, Social Change, Stories, Young People of Color with Wealth
by Nicole LewisBy now you’ve probably read a blog or two or three reacting to Beyoncé’s latest video, Formation. We haven’t seen this much Beyoncé-mania since she dropped her last self-titled album without notice. No matter if you love it or hate it – if you...
by Maggie Heraty | Dec 16, 2015 | Social Change, Wealth Redistribution in Action
By Maggie Heraty and David Roswell of RG North Carolina As Resource Generation North Carolina has grown in numbers and deepened in scope, we have recognized the need to strengthen our base and be more public and active in our community. In Fall 2015 we hosted two...
by Isaac | 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 Margot | Dec 6, 2011 | Conferences, Donor Organizing, Featured, Personal Transformation, Social Change
Often people refer to the Resource Generation “community,” roughly defined as young people with wealth who are committed to social justice and are connected on a national level through the RG network. In the past, I’ve found the use of this word a bit problematic and...
by Abbott | Sep 7, 2011 | Action, Class Privilege, Donor Organizing, Featured, Giving, Social Change
Several members of the Migrant Justice Solidarity Working Group (now renamed Hummingbird Collective) recently attended a fundraising training at RG’s New York office. The training was facilitated by grassroots fundraising smarties Yasmeen Perez and Emily Nepon, both...
by Sonja Swift | Jun 9, 2011 | Family Philanthropy, Featured, Social Change
What is social change philanthropy? What do these broad and ambiguous words really mean? I was once under the assumption that “social change” excluded environmental or economic change. I saw the intrinsic connections, but because I’d grown accustomed to how...
