by Dominique Tan | 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...
by Ellie Poley | 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...
by Rachel Adler | 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...
by Ebrahimi | 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...
by Ebrahimi | 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...
by cromanik | 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...
