by Resource Generation | Jul 25, 2017 | Blog, Giving, Money Stories, Personal Transformation, Stories, Wealth Redistribution in Action
What guidance would you give to a room full of fundraisers about how to ask you for money? That was the question I tried to answer on a “#RealTalk with Major Donors” panel at the recent Allied Media Conference in Detroit. AMC is a conference led by people of...
by Resource Generation | May 3, 2017 | Blog, Money Stories, Navigating Family, Personal Transformation, Stories, Wealth Redistribution in Action
Act I: Family Philanthropy = Bad? My siblings and I found out that we were on the board of a family foundation six years ago over Christmas dinner. “Surprise! We are now the Pink House Foundation!” my parents announced over root vegetables and waning holiday cheer....
by Resource Generation | Apr 26, 2017 | Blog, Money Stories, Movement Moments, Navigating Family, Stories
“If you work hard, people will notice and you will be recognized.” Parts of that tale are true — at least for me as a young person with class privilege and access to wealth. Every week, I churn in a few dozen hours, and twice a month, a paycheck is deposited...
by Resource Generation | Apr 21, 2017 | Money Stories, Movement Moments, Stories
This April 29th, I’ll be in Washington D.C. marching alongside frontline communities — those who are being most directly impacted by climate change — for climate, jobs, and justice as part of the People’s Climate Movement. I’m also marching as someone...
by Resource Generation | Apr 19, 2017 | Money Stories, Movement Moments, Navigating Family, Stories, Young People of Color with Wealth
When you open the door the sound pulls you in like an undertow, humming electric and mechanical. Light seeps in through dented and dirty windows high in the metal ceiling. It smells like sweat and burnt plastic; to anyone else, a strange combination, but to me, this...
by Iimay | Feb 23, 2017 | Money Stories, Stories, Young People of Color with Wealth
When the Muslim ban was implemented, I was with my family during the Lunar New Year holiday practicing ritual, honoring ancestors, and eating dozens of dumplings. I watched in confusion and horror as the news broke in my family’s living room via Chinese satellite TV,...