by John Hope Bryant | Aug 29, 2014 | Financial Literacy, Global Dignity, HOPE Business-In-A-Box, HOPE Inside, HOW THE POOR CAN SAVE CAPITALISM Book, John Hope Bryant Authored, Silver Rights
If Bill Gates were black, it would be less important that President Barack Obama is black. This is no slight to President Obama. It is an acknowledgment that while the route to success has changed, for too many in the black and minority community, their game plan has...
by John Hope Bryant | Aug 23, 2014 | Global Dignity, HOW THE POOR CAN SAVE CAPITALISM Book, John Hope Bryant Authored
When I was growing up in Compton, California, I could care less about having a bank account, that is until a dapper banker came into my classroom when I was 9 years old and made it relevant to my life. I remember asking this banker — who was dressed in a blue...
by John Hope Bryant | Jun 16, 2014 | Global Dignity, HOW THE POOR CAN SAVE CAPITALISM Book, John Hope Bryant Authored
I recently met Eric McLean, a mobile notary public in Atlanta, who came by my office. As we signed documents I asked him how he became a notary. I assumed this was a part-time source of income for him. That’s what I get for assuming. McLean told me that he sort...
by John Hope Bryant | May 24, 2014 | Global Dignity, HOPE Business-In-A-Box, HOPE Inside, HOPE Inside Certified Plus, HOW THE POOR CAN SAVE CAPITALISM Book
In part three of this series, Black Enterprise speaks with John Hope Bryant to learn more about his efforts to eradicate poverty and increase financial literacy through a partnership with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and by sharing pearls of wisdom...
by John Hope Bryant | May 15, 2014 | Global Dignity
John Hope Bryant, founder and CEO of Operation HOPE, America’s first nonprofit social investment banking organization, will address the Atlanta Technical College class of 2014. The ceremony will be held 11:00 am, Friday, May 16 at the Atlanta...
by John Hope Bryant | Apr 26, 2014 | Global Dignity, HOPE Business-In-A-Box, HOPE Inside, HOW THE POOR CAN SAVE CAPITALISM Book
Civil rights icon, chief lieutenant and senior aide to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., co-chair of the Atlanta Olympic Games, former US Ambasssador and two term mayor of Atlanta, Ambassador Andrew Young — now co-chair for Project 5117 with Dr. Bernice A....