by Resource Generation | May 31, 2017 | Blog, RG News, Stories, Wealth Redistribution in Action
On May 20th I attended the North Star Fund’s forum for Resilient New York, a forum to advance grassroots organizing as a key strategy to protect the dignity and rights of all New Yorkers. The event was a call to community members, donors, grantmakers, and organizers...
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 | Dec 20, 2016 | Giving, Movement Moments, Stories, Wealth Redistribution in Action
By Jessie Spector, outgoing Executive Director of Resource GenerationWill you join me and thousands of others to give big and bold to social justice now and for the next 4 years?All around the country and the world, people are feeling a sense of fear and scarcity....
by Resource Generation | Sep 23, 2016 | Giving, Giving Circles, Wealth Redistribution in Action
by Ben Goldstein Photo courtesy Bread and Roses Giving Project What does it mean to be accountable to a cross-class, cross-generational and multi-racial group raising money for grassroots organizing as a young white man with access to wealth? This is the question I...
by Resource Generation | Aug 6, 2016 | Stories, Uncategorized, Wealth Redistribution in Action
I was deep in the new economy and localism scene when I finally connected with Resource Generation in 2013. I had been working on local investment issues, and how to connect local investors with local businesses. Behind the scenes I was working on convincing my family...
by Resource Generation | Jun 30, 2016 | Donor Organizing, Giving, Money Stories, Wealth Redistribution in Action, Young People of Color with Wealth
by Dominque Tan and Rachel Gelman, Bay Area RG Chapter leaders If a group of poor and indigenous people knocked on your door, would you receive them? If they asked whether you would donate your resources to community reparations, would you? This spring, POOR Magazine...