Sharing our Stories
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Hey wealthy white people, racial justice is for US!
For a long time, I thought that as a white, wealthy woman, there was no role for me in working to end racism and economic…
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First-Timer Reflection on MMMC
Last week, I had the pleasure of spending two days on Bainbridge Island at the beautiful IslandWood retreat center with Resource Generation (RG), a social sector organization…
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Before it’s too late, let us not forget…
Guest blog post from Dr. M. Starita Boyce Ansari from MSB Philanthropy Advisors. Fifty years ago, Americans from community after community came together and committed…
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Why RG organizes partners of young people with wealth? (and some of the reasons it's awesome for rich kids like me!)
This is part II of a set of posts I have been working on with Sarah Schwartz-Sax on our organizing of partners of young people…
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Becoming Wealthy: Cross-class relationships, RG, and my experience straddling the class divide
I grew up in a middle-class household with two working parents, weekly budgeting, coupon-clipping, and a 30-year mortgage on our small house. My brother and…
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Great, Beautiful Metamorphosis: Journey of an organizer of young people of color with wealth
2012 has been a transformative year so far. I moved across the country from Seattle to New York, started a new job at Resource Generation…
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On Tithing, Money and Faith
This is an edited version of a sermon I gave this spring at the Mid-Columbia Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, a congregation I served as minister this…
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Questions for Elders
There are two things that I’ve loved for decades. One, is asking questions. The second is hanging out with old people. Not just old people,…
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Reflections on the 2012 Creating Change Through Family Philanthropy Retreat
This last May 4th-6th, we hosted and coordinated our 6th Creating Change Through Family Philanthropy Retreat (CCTFP). It is specifically for young(ish) people, 18-40, who are involved, or…
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Why Resource Generation is Committed to Racial Justice
Although racial justice has always been an important part of RG’s analysis, until now we haven’t clearly articulated why. In 2007, the CORE advisory committee…
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Historic Tax Justice Debate LIVE!!!!
Oh how I wish that were true! But as so often is the case, the road to historically good options is paved with savvy choices…
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Co-Director Transitions
As the co-chairs of the Resource Generation board, we are pleased to announce a few internal shifts within the RG staff. We thought it would…