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 Jes | Apr 27, 2018 | Blog, Stories, Wealth Redistribution in Action
What is a “meaningful gift,” what is an antidote to shame, and why support sex worker organizing in this time? To answer these questions (and spark others), I want to write about sex work, about sex workers getting a seat at the table, and about funding sex worker...
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 | Nov 6, 2017 | Blog, RG News, Stories, Wealth Redistribution in Action
Our big fall fundraising and membership goals are to raise $100,000 and get 150 new members by the end of the year. As Resource Generation (RG), we organize young people(18-35) with class privilege and access to current, earned, or future wealth to become...
by Resource Generation | Aug 29, 2017 | Blog, Money Stories, Stories, Wealth Redistribution in Action
This past June, I made a gift of $80,000 to a social justice foundation in Boston called Haymarket. Simply put, I was able to give away $80,000 because I got it from my parents. The day after I graduated from college, they sat down with me in my half-packed bedroom...
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...