Image provided by Resource Generation Philly chapter.

The local chapter of Resource Generation, a group of 18- to 35-year-olds who have pledged to leverage their wealth or class privilege for social justice, is holding an open house on Thursday, Oct. 15.

Over the past year the group has committed to providing more than $27,000 in funding to promote racial justice, splitting the money between the Organization for Black Struggle in Ferguson and the Bread and Roses Racial and Economic Justice Fund in Philadelphia. Its members have also hosted meetings on radical investing and regenerative finance, transferring capital and resources to communities impacted by economic inequality. 

The local group has also begun to form alliances with various organizations around the city to become more involved in public school funding. This opinion piece published a couple of years ago on Newsworks provides some details of what the group is thinking.

Resource Generation is 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.

Those interested in attending the open house which will begin at 6:30 p.m. are asked to contact the local Resource Generation group at rgphillychapter – at – gmail.com for the exact location.