Sharing our Stories
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Reflections from the Middle Space between Grantmaking and Grantseeking
I had no idea what institutional philanthropy was when I transitioned from working for nonprofits to landing a job at a grantmaker. Once I arrived,…
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Full Circle: RG's first Alumni Retreat
I’m just recently back from a great Alumni RG Retreat! What a wonderful opportunity to get re-engaged! I was active with RG 15 years ago.…
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RG Launches Tax Justice Campaign and Platform!
Dear RG community, Last week the stock market hit record highs–but President Obama still released a budget that would cut Social Security and Medicare by hundreds of…
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Announcing the next Executive Director of RG!
Greetings beloved RG community, As many of you know, after years of service to Resource Generation, Elspeth has decided to transition out of the Executive…
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"Coming Out" as Rich Kids: anna winham
I, anna winham, an undergraduate student at Dartmouth and current RG Bay Area intern, recently wrote this piece in The Dartmouth Radical, identifying my struggles to reconcile my…
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"Coming Out" as Rich Kids: Holly Fetter
Holly Fetter, an undergraduate student at Stanford and praxis group leader, originally wrote this piece in STATIC, a site for Stanford activists to connect and create.Holly writes of…
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"Coming Out" as Rich Kids: Elspeth Gilmore
Re-blogged, due to our partnership with Bolder Giving:Elspeth Gilmore, current executive director of RG, writes in Bolder Giving about coming to terms with class privilege and inheritance.…
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Letters for Tax Justice
On February 20th, Resource Generation members around the country participated in a national day of action to stop “fiscal cliff” cuts to social programs and…
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Thoughts for Foundations and Major Donors
Re-post from The Lucious Satyagraha blog written by Adrienne Maree Brown. in my work as an organizational healer, facilitator, and coach, i regularly support, both formally…
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A Note from Elspeth on Her Transition
A note from Elspeth Gilmore, Resource Generation’s outgoing Executive Director: Hi Friends of Resource Generation, Having been a proud member of the Resource Generation staff…
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access to information: researching inequality is too tricky
let me introduce myself – my name is anna genevieve winham and while my bio on the “About Us” page gives a few more details,…
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Race + class → Justice
Re-post from Interaction Institute for Social Change blog written by Cynthia Silva Parker, reflecting on workshop by Mijo Lee of Social Justice Fund Northwest and…