A group of millennials who hope to wield their privilege and social capital for the “redistribution of land, wealth and power” in Philadelphia and nationwide are holding an organizing meeting in West Philly on Monday, Sept. 8.
The newly formed Philly chapter of Resource Generation, a nationwide non-profit whose mission is to organize young people “with wealth and class privilege in the U.S. to become transformative leaders working toward the equitable redistribution of wealth, land and power,” according to the organization’s website.
The idea is “to convince our elected leaders to tax rich people more, creating and participating in a cross-class giving circle, and giving young, wealthy/class privileged people tools to use their positions to help redistribute land, wealth and power,” said organizer Julia Stone in an e-mail.
Locally the group is pushing for the end of tax breaks to help fund schools. “Tax us rich folks more to fund schools,” a flyer reads.
The meeting, which will include light refreshments at 6:30 p.m. and a presentation at 7 p.m., will be held at location that will be passed along to those who RSVP at RGPhillychapter@gmail.com.
September 4th, 2014 at 2:05 pm
Is this event free to attend? Is there any actual cost for the participants?
September 4th, 2014 at 2:41 pm
The event is free.
September 4th, 2014 at 3:10 pm
SO BRAVE
smdh
September 4th, 2014 at 4:28 pm
Will there be child care provided?
September 4th, 2014 at 4:36 pm
Cant tell if real or satire…
September 5th, 2014 at 8:54 am
Hi guest. If you need child care, mention it when you RSVP and together we can figure out a solution which will work for everyone. Thanks for your interest.
lo: Click through the links and read the news articles. Also, check out the Resource Generation web page. That should help you decide if the event is real or satire. I’d just answer your statement, but a great way to convince someone that something is satire is to tell them that it’s not.