College Organizing

Students Resource Generation members contribute significant energy and vision toward our social justice work. For many, college is a time of political development and raised class consciousness. We consider it crucial that this growth period connects to people’s real life choices regarding the wealth they have or will have access to. RG is dedicated to developing commitment and leadership among the youngest members of our community because we believe that young people are the catalyst and fuel of social movements.

College RGers have led national student praxis, developed resources to help students organize their families, and have joined hundreds of other RG members in signing the Redistribution Pledge.

IF YOU’RE A STUDENT ON A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY CAMPUS, HERE’S HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED WITH RG:

  • Complete RG’s intake form to receive more information about RG. Make sure to indicate that you’re a student
  • Become a dues-paying Student Member of RG
  • Connect with the RG College community and join RG’s listserv for college students by emailing keithlee spangler, our College Program Manager, at keithlee@resourcegeneration.org
  • Attend RG’s annual retreat Making Money Make Change. This is an ideal place to connect with other young people with wealth, including college students, who are interested in learning about their class privilege and how to leverage their privilege and resources to support economic, racial, and social justice.

IF YOU’RE NOT CURRENTLY A STUDENT, YOU CAN STILL SUPPORT THIS WORK

  • Talk about Resource Generation, class privilege, and our mission with the students in your life. Reach out to siblings, cousins, friends, and acquaintances who might want to know more about RG. 
  • Connect with students, professors, and administrators from your alma mater. Reach out to the student groups you were a part of, the professors that taught relevant courses, or the administrators that worked on social justice-related initiatives at your campus

Write a blog post or opinion piece for your alma mater describing RG and its work. For example, here’s Class Confessions on Campus in the Stanford Daily and To the Rich Kids in the Dartmouth Radical