Making Money Make Change

Making Money Make Change 2009: Community Alternatives For Economic Transformation

November 12-15, 2009
Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center, Falls Village, CT

We are thrilled to announce that registration is open for the 2009 Making Money Make Change retreat – and that the keynote speaker will be Adrienne Maree Brown, Executive Director of The Ruckus Society.

Please help spread the word about the Making Money Make Change (MMMC) 2009 gathering by spreading the word to your networks.

You can help young people with wealth move from isolation to community, inaction to action, and help increase their giving of money, time and energy toward social justice.

Register now! To register for this year’s MMMC, go here.


MMMC 2009 will offer 3 program areas:

Transforming Ourselves as Part of Transforming the World (_Personal Development_). Encourages participants to look inward at their values, identity, relationships and personal stories in relation to class, wealth and giving.

Managing and Moving Money (_Tools and Technical Assistance_). The ins and outs of financial management, investing and accountable philanthropy. This track explores how to understand assets, develop a giving plan, and understanding various methods for giving.

Please note: There will be a separate panel or panels on Socially Responsible Investing and philanthropic services please contact sydconsulting@gmail.com if you are interested in participating.

Connecting with Social Justice Movements (_Political Education_). This track explores social justice philanthropy within the context of social justice movement building, provides examples of how young people with wealth can be allies to activists, organizations and movements, and shares best practices in building relationships across race and class to create social, racial and economic justice.

Workshop Proposal Instructions & Application can be found here.

“Am I an activist or am I a donor? I am both.”

Third Wave co-founded the Making Money Make Change conference in 1998 and now co-sponsors the annual gathering with Funding Exchange, Tides Foundation, and Resource Generation.

Each year, this unique gathering brings together 60 young progressive people with wealth from across the country. Through community-building activities, workshops, and discussions, participants inform, support, inspire, challenge and share ideas with each other about personal wealth and social change philanthropy.

MMMC is a safe and confidential environment to talk freely about challenged and opportunities related to having financial wealth. From the personal to the political, participants connect with each other to uncover their challenges around wealth.