Sharing our Stories
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Are you RG’s next Chapter Organizing Director?
We are excited to announce we are launching our search for our next Chapter Organizing Director! The heart of our organizing is community, and one…
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Unquantifiable Data
I am a bit of a gambler. Had you asked me at any point what are the odds that you’ll work for an organization that…
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Bridging the Gap
On May 20th I attended the North Star Fund’s forum for Resilient New York, a forum to advance grassroots organizing as a key strategy to…
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My story of race, class, and why I organize rich kids
I’ve spent the last eight years in various fundraising and grantmaking roles in support of social justice movements. When I talk about my work, after…
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Blog, Money Stories, Navigating Family, Personal Transformation, Stories, Wealth Redistribution in Action
How I Learned to Embrace Family Philanthropy’s Contradictions (And Why This Matters in Today’s Urgent Social Justice Moment)
Act I: Family Philanthropy = Bad? My siblings and I found out that we were on the board of a family foundation six years ago…
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The Best Insurance Against Climate Disaster – #WhyIMarch
Like many working mothers, my mom’s office doubled as a daycare center. Much of my childhood was spent in my mom’s office, filing folders, stamping brochures,…
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The Real Invisible Hand(s)
“If you work hard, people will notice and you will be recognized.” Parts of that tale are true — at least for me as a…
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Protect Our Communities; Our Planet, Not Private Wealth
This April 29th, I’ll be in Washington D.C. marching alongside frontline communities — those who are being most directly impacted by climate change — for…
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Factories and Families – #WhyIMarch
When you open the door the sound pulls you in like an undertow, humming electric and mechanical. Light seeps in through dented and dirty windows…
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Tax deductions on yachts? I can’t.
By Ross Chapman Campaigning for tax justice is a no-brainer when you see the math — which I did recently (and serendipitously in time for…
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Why I [Tax] March
By Samantha Waxman Many of the ways that I’ve been thinking and feeling about taxes, wealth, and the recent election crystallized during the recent healthcare…
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Why Resource Generation Members are Joining the Tax March
“As a young person with inherited wealth, I am proud to march on National Tax Day because wealthy people like myself benefit unjustly from our…