Author Archives: Resource Generation

By Peter Dreier and Chuck Collins This piece was originally posted on boston.com on December 20th After five weeks, Harvard students just evacuated the tents they had pitched on campus as part of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Their protest … Continue reading

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Reposted from a September 21st article at Left Turn. RG members have been a driving force in the SOS Campaign in Washington, DC —check it out! Victory: On September 20, 2011, the DC city council voted to increase taxes on residents making … Continue reading

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Aug
3
2011

Have you checked out the Creating Change Through Family Philanthropy retreat report yet? The CCTFP Retreat is for young people who are engaged in their families’ philanthropy and are committed to social change.This year’s retreat took place in Petaluma, CA … Continue reading

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Jun
2
2011

In June we are trying something a little different! In an effort to pare down the number of emails you receive from Resource Generation we have turned June’s monthly update into a blog post. It’s full of timely information on … Continue reading

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Reposted from the Vassar Alumni Newsletter When Zoe Lloyd Foxley graduated from Vassar in 2001, she set out on a course of service to community, first as an elementary school teacher, and then, after earning a Masters from the University … Continue reading

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Hey there fellow MMMCers! I am real excited to reach out to ya’ll as the new Retreat Director for Making Money Make Change 2011! Last year marked the first time that MMMC was fully lead by Resource Generation, cementing it … Continue reading

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RG’s national organizer, Nicole Lewis, reflects on her experience at the Council on Foundation’s Next Generation Retreat. Reposted from the blog Re: Philanthropy. Simply put, we all want to be heard. But, we don’t always know how best to communicate. … Continue reading

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If you’d like to read more about Felice’s remarkable work, here is a post from Betsy Leondar-Wright at Class Action’s blog. Felice Yeskel, co-founder of Class Action, passed away in her home early this morning after a courageous struggle with cancer. … Continue reading

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Co-Director Mike Gast has a great quote in the new book Generation Earn by Kimberly Palmer. Check out the excerpt below! If you’re lucky enough to know that you’ll have some money coming your way from parents or grandparents, consider … Continue reading

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By Dev Aujla. A shuttle picked us up from the train in Chappaqua, NY. The driver was intent on getting us to the retreat center, racing through several small upper NY townships a tad too fast. It was the opening … Continue reading

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