http://www.resourcegeneration.com/blog Organizing young people with financial wealth to leverage resources and privilege for social change. Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:44:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1.2 http://www.resourcegeneration.com/blog/2012/04/18/getting-to-know-giving-circles-in-rg/ http://www.resourcegeneration.com/blog/2012/04/18/getting-to-know-giving-circles-in-rg/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:43:08 +0000 Amy Warner http://resourcegeneration.org/blog/?p=1893
Have you ever wondered about giving circles? What are they? How do they work? How do you start one? Are you in a giving circle and wondering how others are doing it? In these interviews, RG folks share their experiences with and … Continue reading →]]> http://www.resourcegeneration.com/blog/2012/04/18/getting-to-know-giving-circles-in-rg/feed/ 0 http://www.resourcegeneration.com/blog/2012/04/03/reflecting-on-a-first-year-with-rg/ http://www.resourcegeneration.com/blog/2012/04/03/reflecting-on-a-first-year-with-rg/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:42:53 +0000 Sarah Carter http://resourcegeneration.org/blog/?p=1886
Here’s something great: I realized on Tuesday at RG Office Hours that it was my one-year anniversary with RG! Or at least, one year since I met Mike Gast for coffee and I really started thinking about diving into this … Continue reading →]]> http://www.resourcegeneration.com/blog/2012/04/03/reflecting-on-a-first-year-with-rg/feed/ 0 http://www.resourcegeneration.com/blog/2012/03/28/take-the-rg-survey/ http://www.resourcegeneration.com/blog/2012/03/28/take-the-rg-survey/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:38:41 +0000 Jessie Spector http://techforpeople.net/~resourcegen/blog/?p=1846 Continue reading →]]> http://www.resourcegeneration.com/blog/2012/03/28/take-the-rg-survey/feed/ 0 http://www.resourcegeneration.com/blog/2012/03/26/introducing-nitika-rgs-newest-organizer/ http://www.resourcegeneration.com/blog/2012/03/26/introducing-nitika-rgs-newest-organizer/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:01:19 +0000 Nitika Raj http://techforpeople.net/~resourcegen/blog/?p=1850
Hi RG community, I am thrilled to join the staff of Resource Generation, at this particular moment, to organize young people of color with wealth. I just moved to New York City after 6+ years in Seattle and I’m grateful … Continue reading →]]> http://www.resourcegeneration.com/blog/2012/03/26/introducing-nitika-rgs-newest-organizer/feed/ 2 http://www.resourcegeneration.com/blog/2012/03/16/revive-diary-of-a-giving-circle-part-2/ http://www.resourcegeneration.com/blog/2012/03/16/revive-diary-of-a-giving-circle-part-2/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:03:56 +0000 Chris Heavener http://resourcegeneration.org/blog/?p=1795
There were six of us. Katherine Orr, Julia Read, Michelle Rider, Ellie Weiner, Nickerson Hill and myself. We’d formed a group with the expressed purpose of pooling a large amount of money to give away. But why were we doing … Continue reading →]]> http://www.resourcegeneration.com/blog/2012/03/16/revive-diary-of-a-giving-circle-part-2/feed/ 0 http://www.resourcegeneration.com/blog/2012/03/08/open-letter-to-guys-in-rg/ http://www.resourcegeneration.com/blog/2012/03/08/open-letter-to-guys-in-rg/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:07:24 +0000 Michael http://techforpeople.net/~resourcegen/blog/?p=1802
Dear RG (Resource Generation) guys, This is gonna be awkward. No two ways about it. Im gonna be writing about feelings, money, our relationships, and how I want us (you and me!) to be closer. I wish it could be … Continue reading →]]> http://www.resourcegeneration.com/blog/2012/03/08/open-letter-to-guys-in-rg/feed/ 0 http://www.resourcegeneration.com/blog/2012/03/06/untitled/ http://www.resourcegeneration.com/blog/2012/03/06/untitled/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 02:22:35 +0000 Ariana Milman http://resourcegeneration.org/blog/?p=1786
When I saw the tumblr site “We are the 1%. We stand with the 99%,” I thought about $140,050 sitting in a bank account in my name at the Permaculture Credit Union, money I’d received in distribution payments from my … Continue reading →]]> http://www.resourcegeneration.com/blog/2012/03/06/untitled/feed/ 0 http://www.resourcegeneration.com/blog/2012/03/06/lies-on-safety/ http://www.resourcegeneration.com/blog/2012/03/06/lies-on-safety/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:01:50 +0000 Isaac Lev Szmonko http://resourcegeneration.org/blog/?p=1777
It is spring of 2008, and I am giving a workshop on prison industrial complex abolition at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. We start by asking participants, “What makes you feel safe?" There is a wide range of answers, from “my … Continue reading →]]> http://www.resourcegeneration.com/blog/2012/03/06/lies-on-safety/feed/ 0 http://www.resourcegeneration.com/blog/2012/02/28/love-challenge-and-insights-organizing-wealthy-folks/ http://www.resourcegeneration.com/blog/2012/02/28/love-challenge-and-insights-organizing-wealthy-folks/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:14:33 +0000 Jessie Spector http://resourcegeneration.org/blog/?p=1769
I love the crap out of rich people. RG has helped show me that. Meeting dozens and dozens of wealthy people, each and every one who is smart, thoughtful, and wanting so badly to do right by the world—time and … Continue reading →]]> http://www.resourcegeneration.com/blog/2012/02/28/love-challenge-and-insights-organizing-wealthy-folks/feed/ 4 http://www.resourcegeneration.com/blog/2012/02/20/aapip-promotes-democratic-philanthropy-through-queer-justice-funds-missed-opportunities-report-and-new-giving-circles/ http://www.resourcegeneration.com/blog/2012/02/20/aapip-promotes-democratic-philanthropy-through-queer-justice-funds-missed-opportunities-report-and-new-giving-circles/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:13:47 +0000 Theo Yang Copley http://resourcegeneration.org/blog/?p=1757
Another version of this post originally appeared on the AAPIP blog. It is probably no surprise that there is a long-standing need for funding for organizations that support Asian American and Pacific Islander LGBTQ communities, but I was surprised by … Continue reading →]]> http://www.resourcegeneration.com/blog/2012/02/20/aapip-promotes-democratic-philanthropy-through-queer-justice-funds-missed-opportunities-report-and-new-giving-circles/feed/ 0