Hi John, 

The Redistribution Pledge is a tool to help us show up with personal and collective accountability for the movements fighting for the world that we need. 
As of today, 615 RGers have signed the pledge to move a total of $71.9 million to social justice movements in 2021! In comparison, in 2020, a year of historic Black-led uprisings, growing awareness of wealth inequality laid bare by the COVID19 pandemic, and critically urgent electoral work, our community pledged $68 million over the course of the entire year.  We see our members making bold moves for the equitable distribution of land, wealth, and power and answering the call from so many to fund movements for the long haul, within and beyond moments of mass mobilization and attention. 

Less than 2 months ago, we launched the revamped Redistribution Pledge, calling on our community of young people with access to wealth and class privilege to increase our giving in alignment with our values, make concrete commitments to resource social justice movements, move money off of Wall Street, and show up collectively for wealth redistribution in our lifetimes. As we come to the end of our Spring Redistribution Pledge x Membership Drive, we want to share how you responded, and celebrate our collective commitment to redistribution.

There’s still more work to do. Less than half of our dues-paying members have signed the pledge so far, and we know there’s more of you out there! Make a concrete commitment to wealth redistribution and help us make the majority of RG members signers of the Redistribution Pledge! 

If you haven’t signed the pledge yet, we ask you to prioritize doing that in the next week. Aligning with social justice philanthropy principles means making concrete commitments over a set period of time and doing as much of your giving as possible early in the year. So take some time to make your plan, ask for support from people in your chapter or network, and commit to a number for this year. 

If you need a place to start, check out these recordings of some of our Spring Drive events:

• Redistribution Pledge Launch Webinar, including a powerful redistribution storytelling panel featuring some of our members
• Transformative Fundraising training, including how to incorporate the Transformative Investment Principles into your fundraising
• Power in Place Webinar (access passcode: RGlovesCPD2021!), featuring our campaign partners from the Center for Popular Democracy sharing about their work
• You can also take a look at our developing redistribution stories library and share your story!

Let’s continue to throw down and resource social justice movement work like we want us all to win. 

Onward,
Adam, Caroline, Iimay, Nicole, Nora, and the rest of the RG team