by Resource Generation | May 31, 2018 | Blog, Giving, Personal Transformation, Stories, Wealth Redistribution in Action
In one year of Resource Generation membership, I have increased my giving from around $100 to $10,000 a year, which is 5% of my net wealth, and started organizing my family and friends to give. Even before I learned that my inheritance was a direct result of economic...
by Iimay | May 11, 2018 | Blog, Movement Moments, Personal Transformation, Stories, Wealth Redistribution in Action
Imagine a world in which thousands and thousands of young people with access to current, earned, future or family wealth have joined us as members of Resource Generation. We’re moving millions and millions to grassroots movements, organizing our families,...
by Iimay | Apr 30, 2018 | Blog, Personal Transformation, Stories
Actual photo of Iimay’s ‘both/and’ collar chain you’ll find her sporting in public at various social justice events Since the Trump election there has been a sharp increase in the activation and mobilization of hundreds of thousands of people into movements —...
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 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 | 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...