Happy New Years World. Introducing 2016

Happy New Years World. Introducing 2016

   I just like that ring — brining in 2016. The clock has not yet formally turned past midnight here on the east coast, but to all of our west coast friends, and those friends and colleagues around the world, where the clock has already turned past...
Top 50 Books on Amazon: How The Poor Can Save Capitalism

Top 50 Books on Amazon: How The Poor Can Save Capitalism

I just wanted to thank everyone over these holidays, for choosing my most recent bestselling book, “How The Poor Can Save Capitalism: Rebuilding the Path to the Middle Class,” as a gift to yourself, a loved one, or a business associate.  The result of...

“The Freedmen’s Bank served as an important part of the Reconstruction effort, as Lincoln’s vision included the need for newly freed slaves to learn about money. Today, as the Treasury Department renames the Treasury Annex Building the Freedmen’s Bank Building, we must acknowledge that money, banking and credit, and access to it on fair terms , are integral to today’s civil rights agenda.  The National Urban League, as the civil rights community’s economic empowerment champion, congratulates Treasury Secretary Lew on this important step.”    

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“Hope, and justice, are the only things separating a rational society from chaos.”  John Hope Bryant

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“I am proud to support the U.S Treasury Department’s decision to rename the Treasury Annex Building the Freedman’s Bank Building, an institution established by President Lincoln to develop the economic potential of freed slaves.

As former director of African-American and Minority Business outreach for President Obama, I want to extend personal thanks to Secretary Jack Lew for prioritizing this important renaming. I would also like to praise the tireless efforts of my good friend John Hope Bryant in raising awareness and making this a reality. We must reorient our historically divisive racial narrative with symbols of hope, freedom, and unity. Renaming the Freedman’s Bank accomplishes this imperative.

As New York State Assemblyman for the 79th district in the Bronx, my vision has been predicated on a 3,2,1 strategy: the three E’s of Economic Development Education, and Equality for All, the two ways of achieving this, by strengthening minority and women owned business enterprises and focusing on creating a career-oriented education vision, and the one vision of changing the socioeconomics of the South Bronx to transform it into the urban metropolis of the world. We are committed to changing the dynamic in a tangible way, elevating our minority and women entrepreneurs as an example of the economic and social strides experienced in our community.

With the symbolic renaming of the Treasury Annex Building to the Freedman’s Bank, we are making clear steps towards changing old perceptions and forging a future for our children that is both more unified and understanding.”

Assemblyman Michael Blake

Assembly District 79, State of New York

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