“You can make more money honestly from a growing economy, than you can steal…from a dying economy.” Ambassador Andrew Young

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“There is a difference between being broke and being poor. Being broke is a temporary economic condition, but being poor is a disabling frame of a mind, and a depressed condition of the spirit, and we must vow to never, ever be poor again.” John Hope Bryant

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Council Member John Hope Bryant applauds Council Chair and Council on release of Final Report

PRESIDENT’S FINANCIAL CAPABILITY COUNCIL COMPLETES WORK, ISSUES FINAL REPORT Report offers recommendations on improving financial capability of youth; members commit to actions to build skills of young people  WASHINGTON — The President’s Advisory Council...

“If you cannot explain something simply to someone, in a way that your old, slightly senile auntie can understand it, then it’s not clear in your own head.”

Hugh Price, former CEO of the National Urban League, talking to John Hope Bryant in 2013.

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John Hope Bryant outlines his vision for Detroit at the Mackinac Policy Conference

John Hope Bryant outlines his vision for Detroit at the Mackinac Policy Conference

  I strongly believe, that “America needs Detroit to win — again.”   Detroit, is part of the American experience. It is part of America’s birth of enterprise, and literally, our middle class. The history of Detroit, is embedded in the DNA...

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