by Resource Generation | Jun 30, 2017 | Blog, Movement Moments, Stories, Uncategorized
By Samantha Waxman, RG chapter leader and member of RG’s National Campaign Team Yes, Congress is trying to snatch healthcare away from 21 million people — again. They almost succeeded this week but for the tenuous objections of a few moderate Republican...
by Resource Generation | Jun 30, 2017 | Blog, Movement Moments, RG News
So many Resource Generation members came out to the Allied Media Conference in Detroit on June 15 – 18! Among them was Emily Bookstein of RG’s Portland Chapter — she spoke to a packed room as part of the panel, Real Talk with Major Donors, that we...
by Resource Generation | Apr 26, 2017 | Blog, Movement Moments, Stories
Like many working mothers, my mom’s office doubled as a daycare center. Much of my childhood was spent in my mom’s office, filing folders, stamping brochures, folding policies, and hiding underneath the table in the breakroom and playing fort with my younger brother....
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...