by Louis Deas | Feb 21, 2026 | Bryant | Media Interview, Events & Appearances, Media Interview
Image: Black Enterprise Black Enterprise named me an XCEL honoree, and Earl “Butch” Graves Jr. sat down with me for an hour-long fireside chat about the financial freedom movement. Black Enterprise has been telling the story of Black business and wealth...
by Louis Deas | Dec 3, 2025 | Events & Appearances, HOPE AI, HOPE Global Forums, Operation HOPE
Image: Rolling Out Every December, HOPE Global Forums brings leaders from business, government, faith and community to Atlanta. Our 2025 Annual Meeting was built around one idea: future proofing. By 2030, the biggest issue in most people’s lives will be...
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...
by Louis Deas | Oct 23, 2025 | Events & Appearances
Image: The Good Soil Movement The Good Soil Forum asked me to give its morning keynote on the Transformation Agenda. I spoke about faith, financial literacy and what it will take to rebuild our communities in what I call the third reconstruction. Faith and capital...
by Louis Deas | Oct 23, 2025 | Events & Appearances, Financial Literacy
Photo: Lee Eric Smith / Tri-State Defender The Memphis Area Minority Contractors Association asked me to keynote its gala at the Cadre Building, and I brought the most practical message I have. Move your credit score 100 points. Nothing outside of God and the law will...
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