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Meet danielle west, RG’s new development director!
I’m danielle marilyn west, or danni, the new Development Director at RG! My hope in writing to you is share about my story, my background and orientation to what we are trying to do together: build and be transformative leaders for the redistribution of land, wealth, and power.I’m 32 and have been an organizer for…
As The South Transforms, So Do We All
I was born and raised in North Carolina, and Southern values of community, hospitality, and mutual aid run deep for me… but dismissal of the South is replicated in too many philanthropic spaces.
Outclassed: wealth, the myth of meritocracy, and affirmative action
Universities have a history of compounding wealth, land, and power among the wealthiest Americans. Young wealthy folks, like me, have a role in pushing back.
“As the South goes…” – Our Reflections on Charlottesville
Our reflections on Charlottesville and why organizing young people with wealth toward economic and racial justice is so increasingly critical.
How I Facilitated Conversations About Money with My Extended Family
By Margi, RG memberMy Mini Praxis Group with Aunts and Uncles I grew up in an owning-class family and didn’t know it. My parents chose to live their daily lives within the means of their salaries, but subtly used inherited wealth to assist with big expenses like my education and buying our home. I was…
Reflections and openings
Dear RG community,It’s hard to know what to say in a moment like this. We may be shaken, angry, numb, sad, activated, scared, and more. It may be hard to know what to do. We don’t have all the answers. We only have what is alive in our hearts right now. We want to share…
Part of the web: Tracy and Cara on the RG Mentor Program
by Cara Romanik, RG memberTracy is always in the same place when we talk: her study in West Cornwall, Connecticut, at her desktop computer. There is a cherry-colored wall behind her, a bulletin board covered with mementos and pictures to her left. To the right is a bookshelf, and to the right of that, a…
Supporting Black-led, Black Liberation
It Starts Today*! Young People Investing in a Future Free of Racism A Resource Generation Campaign to Support Black-Led Organizing for Black Liberation We did it! The RG community collectively gave $1.4 million to over 100 Black-led organizing groups around the U.S. We are so proud of the RG community for showing up the way…
Last Day to Register!
I’m writing to share with you about a movement-building delegation in the deep South. As someone who is helping to organize this delegation, I want to invite RG members to join us in Alabama the first week of March. I’m a pretty new Resource Generation member, living in Birmingham, Alabama. I am helping the Alabama…