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Door-Knocking for Reparations–as a Rich Kid

by Resource Generation | Jun 30, 2016 | Donor Organizing, Giving, Money Stories, Wealth Redistribution in Action, Young People of Color with Wealth

by Dominque Tan and Rachel Gelman, Bay Area RG Chapter leaders If a group of poor and indigenous people knocked on your door, would you receive them? If they asked whether you would donate your resources to community reparations, would you? This spring, POOR Magazine...

How to Give Boldly from Earned Income: A Guide for Techies and Others Who Don't Come From Wealthy Backgrounds

by Resource Generation | Jun 5, 2016 | Giving, Local Chapter

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...

Setting Money Free! (with a low-stakes Giving Party)

by Resource Generation | May 23, 2016 | Giving, Stories

by Rachel Adler, RG MemberEvery few months, I’ll make up a batch of my famous caramel corn and invite the Philly chapter of Resource Generation to my house for an hour or so on a weekday evening.  A few of them will show up, and we’ll sit on the couch and catch up for...

What We’ve Learned After a Decade of Climate Funding, and What We’re Doing Instead

by Resource Generation | Dec 9, 2015 | Giving, Stories, Wealth Redistribution in Action

Farhad Ebrahimi – RG alumni member and long-time major supporter of RG – on strategy and movement-building with his  foundation. Lots of juicy nuggets and modeling of social justice values and transparency in philanthropy. This post originally appeared at...

Meet the 1 percenters finding solace in wealth redistribution

by Resource Generation | Nov 4, 2015 | Giving, Movement Moments, Personal Transformation, Stories, Wealth Redistribution in Action

This article was originally posted at Waging Nonviolence. By Kate Aronoff In a political and economic system seemingly tailor-made for the 1 percent, backlash against “wealth therapy” — the trend of moneyed Americans seeking counsel through their Occupy-induced...

"Recovery" and Possibility for Philanthropy

by Resource Generation | Sep 2, 2015 | Giving, Local Chapter, Movement Moments

 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...
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