Reposted from the Social Justice Fund Northwest’s justice journal. In the few weeks leading up to the first meeting of this year’s Next Generation Giving Project, it became clear to me that I have felt something missing since last year’s project ended. I realized I have no space in my life quite like a giving…
Here’s a story for all you communication geeks, you appreciators of learning moments, you RG members looking to use your privilege to fight for equity as budget cuts rage across the country. Yesterday we headed out of the Resource Generation office on East 23rd street, poster board signs tucked under our arms, and boarded the…
Dear friends, RGers, and MMMCers, It’s been quite a month of organizing and discussion! The core Arizona funding group that grew out of Puente’s presentation at MMMC is working on a number of interesting projects, the highlights of which I am so very excited to share with you. Firstly, we have decided to travel to…
Last summer I sat with Mike G eating burgers and talking about RG while watching the World Cup. It was hot, we were in Detroit, and folks on the streets were in full effect. I left the conversation with the idea that all we needed was to organize the wealth of RG members into the…
From the moment I read Pam Pompey’s blog post about an experience with her organization The Ujamaa Institute on the Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training’s (GIFT) blog, I could not stop thinking about it. Three months later, it is still my favorite piece of writing on philanthropy. My first thought reading it was, “this should really be on the RG blog,” so it is an honor to present it to you all with some of my thoughts.
During the opening plenary at the 2011 Council on Foundations Family Philanthropy Conference, Agnes Gund said (and I’m paraphrasing), “It might not be proper to say, but most of my giving has been motivated by guilt.” Her comment was honest, it was real, and it came from a older women who had clearly done so much…
I just read an email that Felice Yeskel, the former Executive Director and co-founder of Class Action and an inspiring activist for justice and against oppression, has passed away. Reading the note, I was struck by the real impact Felice has made on my life despite the few times we met or talked in the…
I was home yesterday with an awful cold, watching television and feeling grumpy, when I got sucked into an old episode of Gilmore Girls. Here’s the part where I admit my pet project of analyzing pop culture portrayals of rich kids. It comes with a disclaimer—I know how painful these stereotypes can be, and, what’s…
By Dev Aujla A shuttle picked us up from the train in Chappaqua, NY. The driver was intent on getting us to the retreat center, racing through several small upper NY townships a tad too fast. It was the opening of the Creating Change Through Family Philanthropy Retreat run by Resource Generation, and to the…
“Freedom is what you do with what’s been done to you.” – Jean-Paul Sartre There’s a new book about freedom. It’s called Freedom. It’s not a political book. It’s a novel, written by Jonathan Franzen, who last month’s Time magazine cover proclaimed to be the “Great American Novelist.” (Who knew that there were still novels?…
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