Sharing our Stories
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Rich Kids on TV: Watching Gilmore Girls
I was home yesterday with an awful cold, watching television and feeling grumpy, when I got sucked into an old episode of Gilmore Girls. Here’s…
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Tales of a New Co-Director, Part 1
Holy cow. It’s been a little over a month since I became Interim Co-Director of Resource Generation, and just a few short weeks since Elspeth…
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A Few Minutes with Farhad
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,…
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The Responsibility of Freedom, the Freedom of Responsibility
“Freedom is what you do with what’s been done to you.” – Jean-Paul Sartre There’s a new book about freedom. It’s called Freedom. It’s not…
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Questioning Money from the Inside Out
My name is Sarah and I am a 22-year-old owning-class white queer womyn. When I turned 21 I inherited around $600,000 from my parents. It…
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Organizing Your Privilege
Check out this new article from RG board member Dev Aujla! Reposted from Wednesday’s Huffington Post. Close to three years ago, I stumbled into the organizing…
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I Learned So Much
I remember thinking that I had been hired to teach them something. I was a sophomore in college and I had been hired to be…
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Learning from History: Freedom Summer, Current Summer
two things have been on my mind a lot lately. one, the US Social Forum- particularly the conversations, workshops, and organizing around funding and being…
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USSF and Biking
I stepped off the plane from the US Social Forum (USSF) in Detroit, and onto a luxury bicycle tour with my family. I never expected…
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Introducing Spaulding Court
I was reading over the notes from Resource Generation’s final delegation meeting at the US Social Forum 2010 this morning and one question seemed apropos…
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The Smooth Life
My friend sent me a link to a podcast a few months ago from The Moth, a series that features true stories told live. The…
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48 Days of History in Arizona (48 Equals #7w-1)
Post from Chad Jones, who has been on the Resource Generation board since 2005 and his work in philanthropy expands access for those historically excluded…