How to Fight with Your Mom About Money
This piece was written by Ingrid Ren. She enjoys being in water, predicting movie plots, and meticulously peeling grapefruits the way her dad taught her to.
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Longing and Looking Ahead
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…
Starting our 2021 Fall Membership and Redistribution Pledge Drive!
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…
Welcome Yahya Alazrak as our new Executive Director!
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…
July 2021 Organizational Slow Down
It’s a time of transition! Iimay Ho, Executive Director, and Kaitlin Gravitt, Organizing Director will be leaving the RG staff after 7 years of tenure on June 30. Faisal Alam, Deputy Director, will be moving into the Interim Executive Director role as we finalize the search for the next permanent Executive Director, and we are…
Atlanta Murders
Content warning (CW): Anti-Asian American violence, racism, sexism Yong A. Yue Suncha Kim Hyun Jung Grant Soon C. Park Delaina Ashley Yaun Paul Andre Michels Xiaojie Tan Daoyou Feng I look into their names and faces and see echoes of my own, and of my mom, aunts, cousins, grandmother, friends, and beloveds. It has been…
Planting the Seeds of the World We Envision: Announcing Resource Generation’s Transformative Investing Principles
By: Emily Duma (RG Board Member) and Taij Kumarie Moteelall (Media Sutra) At a Resource Generation National Membership Council meeting in 2018, we found ourselves in the midst of a generative conflict that planted the seeds for our cross-class and cross-race partnership. Council members and staff formed a human barometer in response to the question:…
Relaunching the National Member Council
From Iimay Ho, Executive Director: Since April 2020 the National Member Phoenix has been hard at work hearing from members and working with staff and board to develop a proposed new member leadership structure. You can learn more about their journey in this blog post. After much discussion, reflection, and gathering feedback, they’re excited to…
Announcing RG’s leadership search and application instructions!
A note from RG’s Board Co-Chairs, Allison Johnson Heist and Emily Duma: 2021 brings both uncertainty and possibility for our movements, our politics, and our world. What we are certain of is that the work of Resource Generation remains relevant and necessary: to mobilize young people with access to wealth and class privilege to become…
Keep up this momentum & commit to movements
Now is the time to get involved with and fund poor and working-class led organizations doing year-round social justice work and focus on building power with communities who hold our elected officials accountable. Strong poor and working-class led organizations and communities are critical not just to beat back the worst threats but to challenge the…