RG NYC organizes young people (18-35) with wealth and class privilege to become transformative leaders working towards the equitable redistribution of wealth, land, and power. 

Our members began gathering for informal dinners in New York City in the early aughts to discuss topics like redistribution plans and organizing family philanthropy, building off conversations sparked at the national Making Money Make Change conference. Our citywide chapter emerged organically from these earlier gatherings. This trend accelerated in 2011 as members were activated by Occupy Wall Street and helped launch the We Stand with the 99% blog. During this same period, we also began to formalize intake structures and incorporate praxis as our core political education program. In 2020, following the national RG adoption of two movement partnerships, RG NYC launched its first local movement partnership with NY Renews through our Climate Justice Circle. This was soon followed by partnerships with movements in housing justice, abolition, indigenous solidarity, immigrant justice, solidarity economy, and Palestine solidarity. Over the last few years, we have added an annual Spring Campaign alongside Praxis as a core component of our new and prospective member intake and leadership development process. This began in 2023 with a housing campaign with Housing Justice for All that engaged approximately 60 participants over several months and raised $181,745. Today, our chapter stands as the largest in Resource Generation, and we continue to organize for collective liberation and the redistribution of power and resources in our local communities.

Chapter Organizing Goals 

New York City has always been a place of incredible wealth disparity, but it’s also a city full of resilient working people with an amazing sense of solidarity!

RG NYC frequently partners with Housing Justice for All in their work to make housing affordable and accessible to all working people. Our work with Housing Justice for All in 2023 and 2024 helped pass the Good Cause Eviction Bill, which prevents landlords from evicting tenants without a good reason, gives tenants of unregulated units a right to renew their lease, and also creates an avenue for fighting unfair rent increases in court. 

We have also worked with Release Aging People in Prison in their fights for parole justice and an end to prison abuse. And we regularly support the Manna-hatta Fund in their mission to demand reparations for the theft of the land that New York City was built on from the Lenape people and other indigenous groups. See the rest of RG NYC’s chapter partners & commit to supporting these organizations here. 

Chapter Programming 

RG NYC runs our programming on a seasonal schedule. Every fall we run Praxis, a four month-long workshop where we strengthen our social justice values and learn how to build a giving plan. In the spring, we run a political campaign with the support of one of our partner organizations. 

In addition to our seasonal programming, we host a bi-monthly meeting where members can learn more about what’s happening in the chapter. During these meetings, we hear updates on ballot initiatives and campaigns that may be circulating in New York City and around the state and discuss how we can strategically organize our families and peers to support these efforts. These meetings also function as opportunities for political education around topics such as classism and anti-racism organizing.

Other opportunities to connect with our chapter include:

• Attending our bi-monthly potluck dinner
• Joining our circles, which are organized around topics such as moving money, the solidarity economy, climate justice, immigrant justice, indigenous solidarity, housing, prison abolition, and Palestine solidarity
• Helping with the work of the chapter by joining one of our internally-facing circles (communications, base-building, political education, etc.)

Ways to Get Connected to RG New York!

• Fill out Resource Generation’s Intake Form and select “New York” 
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