Use Your Privilege For Social Change

About Me

The fight for economic justice can draw some stark battle lines. It's often painted as an "Us versus Them" war, with the rich in the role of "Them," and everyone else cast as "Us." So where does that leave young people with wealth who believe in social change? Afraid of being branded the enemy, yet deeply committed to social justice, they're left in a confusing no-man's land. This conflict can lead most young people with wealth to keep their privilege hiddenâ€”making it impossible for them to bring their resources, access, and connections to the struggle for social change.
Classified by Karen Pittelman and Resource Generation is a resource guide for those who are tired of the cover-ups and ready to figure out how their privilege really works. Complete with comics, exercises, and personal stories, this book gives readers the tools they need to put their privilege to work for social change.You can also check out more about the book at www.classifiedbook.com.

My Interests

Does your family have a foundation? Learn more about how to work together to transform your giving and move more money to social change at www.changephilanthropy.org

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Everyone who believes in building a cross-class movement for social justice. And all you secret radical rich kids out there, c'mon!

My Blog

Publicity

Getting publicity for this work can be tricky. Sure, everyone loves a story about some crazy rich girl--that's an easy sell. But talk about power, class and privilege, and they'll immediately cut to...
Posted by Use Your Privilege For Social Change on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 09:48:00 PST

What Does Using Access and Connections for Social Justice Look Like?

A big part of using privilege for social change has to do with using your access and connectionsthings that come with class privilege whether or not you've got control over any cash. Here's an examp...
Posted by Use Your Privilege For Social Change on Wed, 02 May 2007 10:10:00 PST

Top Ten Ways To Hide Being Rich

This is from the book. And, no, these don't work. But if you're a secret rich kid they may ring true. Sometimes we just gotta stop and laugh at ourselves...1. " I'll just have water." The trick to ...
Posted by Use Your Privilege For Social Change on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:23:00 PST

More Stuff

I'm turning over a new myspace leaf today. That means I'm going to do my best to start posting and networking and being a busy myspace bee in general. If you've got any ideas about how to get this b...
Posted by Use Your Privilege For Social Change on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:16:00 PST