by John Hope Bryant | Mar 25, 2022 | Bryant in Remembrance, John Hope Bryant Authored, Operation HOPE, Uncategorized
Madam Secretary of State, the Honorable Madeleine Albright, you will be dearly missed. I was honored to receive the Distinguished Citizen Award, side by side with you, from The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. @chaitradalton Bryant and I were deeply honored to...
by John Hope Bryant | Feb 27, 2022 | Bryant in Remembrance, John Hope Bryant Authored
Bill Yarbro had a college degree in social work, and from the time I met him, until my last interaction with him as he reached out to me to help yet someone else to ‘life themselves up,’ he absolutely lived up to his life’s work — nurturing, linking and lifting other...
by John Hope Bryant | Feb 5, 2022 | Bryant in Remembrance, John Hope Bryant Authored
Today, February 6, 2022, is my birthday. Honored to have circled the sun one more time, and lived life to the fullest while doing it. Giving, hopefully, at least as much as I took, along the way. Traditionally the individual celebrating their birthday receives gifts...
by John Hope Bryant | Jan 27, 2020 | Bryant in Remembrance, John Hope Bryant Authored, Love Leadership Book, Operation HOPE
Earlier today I received a notice that I just assumed was wrong, and could not be right — Basketball Legend Kobe Bryant was dead. Killed in a helicopter crash in California. And then it only got worse, as I heard of the simultaneous loss of his young daughter, and...
by anembhard | Apr 4, 2019 | Bryant in Remembrance, Silver Rights
Today marks 51 years since the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. At the time of his death, he was working to push the message of financial inclusion, through the Poor People’s Campaign. We must continue on with that legacy, under the banner of...
by | Dec 1, 2018 | Bryant in Remembrance, John Hope Bryant Authored, Love Leadership Book, Operation HOPE
I remember meeting President George H.W. Bush first, when he recognized me and my efforts to advance ‘community,’ well before the founding of Operation HOPE, on the South Lawn of the White House. As a result of his recognition, I built relationships with...