Nonprofit Brings Together Young Wealthy People to Support Wall Street Protesters

A nonprofit that organizes young wealthy people to work for social change has started a Web site featuring young people who are pledging solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street protesters, who are advocating for increased taxes for the wealthy, and more equitable tax laws.

The site, produced by the nonprofit Resource Generation, includes photographs of people holding up signs that say they were born into wealth, and a message about their beliefs that wealthy people should pay higher taxes, or other like-minded messages. The signs all end with the slogan, “I am the 1 percent. I stand with the 99 percent.”

The site is calling itself, “We Are the One Percent,” to play off a similar site called “We Are the 99 Percent,” which was created by the Occupy Wall Street protesters and displays photographs and messages from working people who have struggled in the current economy.