by Resource Generation | Nov 20, 2017 | Blog, Money Stories, Stories
I became a dues-paying member of Resource Generation because a more equitable world is possible and it is our responsibility as young people with wealth to play a part. As a young and wealthy person of color, I have been on a journey for the past five years of...
by Resource Generation | Oct 18, 2017 | Blog, Money Stories, News, Opinion Piece, RG Members in the Media!, Stories
When I was 18, I worked at a restaurant in Valley Junction and attended Des Moines Area Community College. It was a nice period of time. I had a steady routine and the elements of my life felt balanced. I was washing dishes at the restaurant one afternoon when a...
by Resource Generation | Oct 10, 2017 | Blog, Money Stories, Stories, Young People of Color with Wealth
YAHYA ALAZRAK The first year I went to Making Money Make Change (MMMC), my life was changed.I see all too often across communities of color the ways trauma can lead us to use the tools of capitalism, classism, and white supremacy in an attempt to find a sense of...
by Iimay | Aug 30, 2017 | Blog, Money Stories, Personal Transformation, Stories
Universities have long been a political battleground representing some of the United States’ most deeply held beliefs about meritocracy, who belongs, and who is “deserving” of higher education. I’m an Asian American who attended the University of North Carolina at...
by Resource Generation | Aug 29, 2017 | Blog, Money Stories, Stories, Wealth Redistribution in Action
This past June, I made a gift of $80,000 to a social justice foundation in Boston called Haymarket. Simply put, I was able to give away $80,000 because I got it from my parents. The day after I graduated from college, they sat down with me in my half-packed bedroom...
by Resource Generation | Jul 25, 2017 | Blog, Money Stories, Navigating Family, Stories
By Margi, RG member My Mini Praxis Group with Aunts and Uncles I grew up in an owning-class family and didn’t know it. My parents chose to live their daily lives within the means of their salaries, but subtly used inherited wealth to assist with big expenses like my...