by John Hope Bryant | Nov 30, 2005 | Uncategorized
With all the dignitaries coming through the HOPE Center in Anacostia, Washington, D.C., and our work at the White House, and now with Katrina, sometimes it is just nice to walk into the HOPE Center – unannounced – and see this. HOPE…at work, changing...
by John Hope Bryant | Nov 29, 2005 | Bryant Quotes & Bryantisms
"The truth is that there is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else. The only real nobility is in being superior to your former self." Whitney Young, former president of the National Urban League
by John Hope Bryant | Nov 29, 2005 | Bryant Quotes & Bryantisms
"I agree with John Bryant and Ambassador Andrew Young… Education, is poverty’s mortal enemy…" Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco at a recent press conference in her state announcing Project Restore HOPE/Louisiana for the victims of...
by John Hope Bryant | Nov 28, 2005 | Bryant Quotes & Bryantisms
"The Silver Rights Movement is a campaign around direct-action. Direct action economic change; direct-action social change; direct-action educational change — in the lives of real people, living in real communities. Low-wealth communities in America and...
by John Hope Bryant | Nov 28, 2005 | Bryant Quotes & Bryantisms
"Those who lobby against bilingual education or get upset when their children learn about Cinco de Mayo should look at France and realize that multiculturalism is a lot like democracy — it’s the worst system except for all the others."