by Louis Deas | Nov 28, 2025 | Money and Wealth Podcast
HOPE Global Forums, where the conversation about capitalism for all happens every year. Most of the arguments Americans have about capitalism are arguments about two different things wearing the same name. Capitalism is not greed. It is not a bailout for the...
by Louis Deas | Nov 27, 2025 | Money and Wealth Podcast
Being broke is economic. Being poor is a disabling frame of mind, a depressed condition of the spirit. I have carried that truth since the earliest days of Operation HOPE, and in this Thanksgiving bonus episode I connect it to something you won’t hear on Wall...
by Louis Deas | Nov 20, 2025 | Money and Wealth Podcast
Picture a nine-year-old in Compton walking into elementary school in a purple crushed-velvet three-piece suit, carrying a briefcase with nothing inside but order forms and big dreams. That was me, and my classmates had plenty to say about it. I didn’t care. A...
by Louis Deas | Nov 19, 2025 | Events & Appearances, HOPE AI
Image: University of South Carolina Upstate The University of South Carolina Upstate invited me to give the 2025 Johnson Innovation Speaker Series talk at the George Dean Johnson, Jr. College of Business and Economics. My topic was Making America AI-Ready: Literacy...
by Louis Deas | Nov 14, 2025 | Bryant Speaks, Events & Appearances
Atlanta is building its next generation of global leaders, and on November 14, 2025, John Hope Bryant spent an afternoon helping to shape them. Operation HOPE’s Founder, Chairman, and CEO joined the World Affairs Council of Atlanta’s Global Leadership...
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