Rolling Out — Getting the Story Right.

by | Jan 12, 2016 | Financial Literacy, HOPE 700 Credit Score Communities, HOPE B- Business Compact, HOPE Business-In-A-Box, HOPE Global Forums, HOPE Global Initiatives, HOPE Inside, HOPE Project 5117, HOW THE POOR CAN SAVE CAPITALISM Book, John Hope Bryant Authored, Operation HOPE, Silver Rights

I am a difficult man to figure, I admit.  It does not help that I am not ‘trying’ to fit into some pre-defined stereotype or pre-defined ‘box’ of understanding.  I am not trying to ‘master an existing game.’ I am genuinely trying...

More than 2800 Delegates Confirmed for HOPE Global Forum, 2016 Annual Meeting of Operation HOPE

by | Jan 12, 2016 | Financial Literacy, Global Dignity, HOPE Global Forums, HOPE Global Initiatives, HOPE Project 5117, HOW THE POOR CAN SAVE CAPITALISM Book, John Hope Bryant Authored, Operation HOPE, Silver Rights

  This photo is accurate, except for one thing — registration is now closed, because we reached more than 2800 confirmed delegates registered as of this morning.  We are now officially, ‘over subscribed’ for the Annual Meeting. A special thank...

Detroit Regional Chamber commends U.S. Treasury, Operation HOPE, on Freedman’s Bank Building Renaming in Washington, D.C.

by | Jan 9, 2016 | Financial Literacy, HOPE 700 Credit Score Communities, HOPE B- Business Compact, HOPE Business-In-A-Box, HOPE Global Forums, HOPE Inside, HOPE Inside Certified Plus, HOPE Project 5117, HOW THE POOR CAN SAVE CAPITALISM Book, John Hope Bryant Authored, Operation HOPE, Silver Rights

I am honored to be partnering with Sandy Baruah, CEO of the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce, Mayor Mike Duggan and other leaders in Detroit around our Detroit Uplift 2020 initiative, focused on bringing a partnered network of more than 60 HOPE Inside and HOPE...

Freedman’s Bank Renaming Ceremony: Full Text Remarks by U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew

by | Jan 8, 2016 | Bryant in Remembrance, Bryant Traveling Man, Financial Literacy, HOPE 700 Credit Score Communities, HOPE Global Forums, HOPE Inside, HOPE Project 5117, HOW THE POOR CAN SAVE CAPITALISM Book, John Hope Bryant Authored, Operation HOPE, Silver Rights

I was without words yesterday at the formal ceremony for the formal renaming of the Freedman’s Bank Building in Washington, D.C., across from the U.S. Treasury Department and the White House. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and his team could not have been more...

“We applaud and thank Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew for his wisdom in renaming the Treasury Annex in honor of the historic Freedman’s Bank Building that once sat in its footprint and provided a pathway for economic opportunity for newly freed slaves. The renaming of the building is profoundly important because of its power to keep our national attention focused on the need that continues to this day for advancing the bank’s mission and legacy of promoting economic prosperity for all.” 

— Tom McInerney, President and CEO, Genworth Financial

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Ambassador Andrew Young and Rev. C.T. Vivian traveling with John Hope Bryant to Washington, D.C. today

by | Jan 6, 2016 | Bryant Traveling Man, Financial Literacy, HOPE Global Forums, HOPE Inside, HOPE Project 5117, HOW THE POOR CAN SAVE CAPITALISM Book, John Hope Bryant Authored, Operation HOPE, Silver Rights

Today I am honored to travel with two civil rights icons, Presidential Medal of Freedom award recipients and friends, Ambassador Andrew Young and Reverend C.T. Vivian, to Washington, D.C. for media interviews and the formal ceremony surrounding the renaming of the...