This week, I’m finding myself moving from confusion, immobilizing panic, and overwhelm into a place of righteous anger, rage, and readiness to fight. Through the news on my phone, I’m seeing the Trump-Musk administration continue to gut social services like Medicaid, Social Security, public education, water and air quality monitoring, postal services, and more. And…
From Resource Generation Board Member, Mac Liman: As I write this, my heart is full picturing the faces and remembering the stories of the many hundreds of RGers I have met since my first MMMC conference in 2005 at age 23. I write to you now, at age 40, as a proud RG alum and…
Table of Contents For a PDF version of our 2021 Annual Report click here. Letter from the Executive Director In my first introduction to our annual report as Executive Director, I can’t help but think about where we were as an organization in 2015, when I joined staff. We didn’t yet have national campaign partners….
Time is weird, it can feel both fast and slow all at once. This has felt especially true over the last two years but has always felt true for me when it comes to Resource Generation. Being in the work, it can feel like it takes so long for an idea to become reality. And…
The plan for this blog post was to share some updates with the RG community about strategic planning, and I still plan on doing that. But not today. Today the people of Ukraine and Russia are living through a war. A war I am so far from geographically, that I don’t understand politically, and yet…
It’s hard to believe that this is my last blog post as the Executive Director of Resource Generation. I have truly been transformed by my RG journey, from joining the DC chapter in 2013 to moving into my Associate Director role in 2014 to becoming the Executive Director in 2017. I have built lifelong friendships,…
It’s a time of transition! Iimay Ho, Executive Director, and Kaitlin Gravitt, Organizing Director will be leaving the RG staff after 7 years of tenure on June 30. Faisal Alam, Deputy Director, will be moving into the Interim Executive Director role as we finalize the search for the next permanent Executive Director, and we are…
We are relieved that a ceasefire has been agreed to in Israel/Palestine and recognize that it is insufficient in transforming the material conditions of Palestinians and challenging the systems that uphold occupation and apartheid. We are grieving the lives lost in past weeks, and remain clear that our community, and young people with wealth, have…
Now is the time to get involved with and fund poor and working-class led organizations doing year-round social justice work and focus on building power with communities who hold our elected officials accountable. Strong poor and working-class led organizations and communities are critical not just to beat back the worst threats but to challenge the…
A note from RG’s board co-chairs: We are writing to inform you that, following an exceptional tenure, Iimay Ho will be leaving the role of Executive Director of Resource Generation in summer of 2021. We are grateful for Iimay’s thoughtfulness in giving the organization plenty of time to plan and implement the hiring process for…
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