by Resource Generation | Oct 10, 2017 | Blog, Money Stories, Stories, Young People of Color with Wealth
YAHYA ALAZRAK The first year I went to Making Money Make Change (MMMC), my life was changed.I see all too often across communities of color the ways trauma can lead us to use the tools of capitalism, classism, and white supremacy in an attempt to find a sense of...
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...
by Iimay Ho | Feb 23, 2017 | Money Stories, Stories, Young People of Color with Wealth
When the Muslim ban was implemented, I was with my family during the Lunar New Year holiday practicing ritual, honoring ancestors, and eating dozens of dumplings. I watched in confusion and horror as the news broke in my family’s living room via Chinese satellite TV,...
by Dominique Tan | 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...
by Nicole | Feb 12, 2016 | Money Stories, Movement Moments, Racial Justice, Social Change, Stories, Young People of Color with Wealth
by Nicole Lewis By now you’ve probably read a blog or two or three reacting to Beyoncé’s latest video, Formation. We haven’t seen this much Beyoncé-mania since she dropped her last self-titled album without notice. No matter if you love it or hate it – if you...
by Colette | Dec 3, 2015 | Movement Moments, Racial Justice, RG News, Young People of Color with Wealth
In the last couple of weeks (and years), we’ve seen another marked rise in white supremacy – horrific violence against Black communities, and escalation of Islamophobia and fascism (Syrian refugee crisis, Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim plans). We also...
