by Resource Generation | Aug 2, 2018 | Action, Media Hits & Reposts, Money Stories, News, RG Members in the Media!, Stories, Young People of Color with Wealth
Top Rank is a Brooklyn-based print publication created by, for, and about women of diverse backgrounds who are driving and shaping creative, activist, and intellectual fields. Resource Generation member-leaders Dominique Tan and Holly Fetter talk about showing up for...
by Resource Generation | Jul 31, 2018 | Blog, Local Chapter, Money Stories, Personal Transformation, Wealth Redistribution in Action
Over the last few months, images of children in cages triggered a lot of us into facing the awfulness of the U.S. immigration enforcement machine. The attention paid to separating families at the U.S.-Mexico border has also brought to light how ICE has been...
by Resource Generation | Jul 11, 2018 | Blog, Giving, Money Stories, Stories, Wealth Redistribution in Action
At my second wedding ceremony, the octogenarian vicar said to the guests, “Let’s be honest, this couple’s initial wedding was quite lacking.” Pretty bold, right? But he was right. My first wedding was for legal purposes only — my spouse is a citizen of the...
by Resource Generation | Feb 28, 2018 | Blog, Money Stories, Personal Transformation, Stories, Wealth Redistribution in Action
Our giving project cohort. I’m second from the left in the front row of the pic with the pillars in the background. I got involved with Resource Generation about four years ago when my roommate invited me to an RG open house. The generational wealth in my family comes...
by Resource Generation | Dec 8, 2017 | Blog, Money Stories, Navigating Family, Stories
I’m writing this in the midst of the reality of the Senate tax bill sinking in. I’m writing this as someone who personally has benefited from tax evasion and wealthy people hoarding wealth. I’m writing this as an anarchist who doesn’t believe...
by Resource Generation | Nov 27, 2017 | Blog, Money Stories, Stories
If I’ve learned one thing as a member of Resource Generation, it’s to lean into the uncomfortable feelings that being fundraised brings up for me because they lead me to real action. And if I’ve learned one thing as a fundraiser, it’s to make your intentions really...