When a book helps to remind us our shared, lost history.  The Freedman’s Bank.

by | Dec 17, 2015 | Financial Literacy, HOPE Inside, HOPE Project 5117, HOW THE POOR CAN SAVE CAPITALISM Book, John Hope Bryant Authored, Operation HOPE, Silver Rights

When I sat down with my editor Neal Maillet at Berrett-Koehler Publishing in San Francisco in late 2013, to frame out the vision for what would later become the bestseller “How The Poor Can Save Capitalism: Rebuilding the Path to the Middle Class. A Solution for...

Secretary Lew,

100 Black Men of America, Inc. supports and commends you and the U.S. Department of Treasury for recognizing how important the Freedman’s Bank was to our nation’s history. The Freedman’s Bank was a symbol of hope to newly freed slaves and renaming the Treasury Annex to the Freedman’s Bank Building can once again serve as a symbol of hope for Americans in underserved communities across the country. Your actions are consistent with The 100’s commitment to its Mentoring, Education and Economic Empowerment pillars and is a reminder to all that we must continue our efforts to attain greater financial inclusion for all Americans. 

 

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“We applaud the decision to rename the Treasury Annex as the Freedman’s Bank Building, as it will serve as a reminder of the progress in our industry and an encouragement to continue the practice of inclusion,” said Bill Rogers, chairman and CEO of SunTrust Banks, Inc.

  

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Mayor Kasim Reed and the City of Atlanta partner with Operation HOPE for its HOPE Global Forum, Annual Meeting 2016

by | Dec 11, 2015 | Financial Literacy, HOPE Global Forum, HOPE Global Forums, HOPE Global Initiatives, HOPE Project 5117, HOW THE POOR CAN SAVE CAPITALISM Book, John Hope Bryant Authored, Operation HOPE, Silver Rights

A special thank you to my friend, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and his Reed Administration for agreeing to partner with Operation HOPE around the HOPE Global Forum Annual Meeting, scheduled for January 13-15, 2016, in Atlanta, Georgia. Mayor Reed also serves as one of...

Operation HOPE brings its ‘silver rights movement’ back home to Atlanta. Partnering with City of Atlanta

by | Dec 11, 2015 | Financial Literacy, HOPE 700 Credit Score Communities, HOPE Global Forums, HOPE Inside, HOPE Office of Government Relations and Public Policy, HOPE Project 5117, HOW THE POOR CAN SAVE CAPITALISM Book, John Hope Bryant Authored, Operation HOPE, Silver Rights

  Every since the day we opened HOPE Inside @Ebenezer in Atlanta, across from the King Center, Operation HOPE has been busy expanding the delivery platform of our empowerment work in underserved communities throughout the nation.  The downside of our robust and...

“The historic renaming of the Treasury Annex to the Freedman’s Bank Building could not have come at a better time. As a community, we are more focused than ever on economic mobility and opportunity. Thank you US Treasury and Secretary Jack Lew for recognizing the achievements of the past, and providing us with a symbol of hope for the future.”   

Vanessa De Luca, Editor-In-Chief, Essence Magazine

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