John Hope Bryant http://www.johnhopebryant.com/john_hope_bryant_/Inside the personal life and public world of community leader, business builder, government advisor, author, speaker and advocate for poverty eradication -- John Hope Bryant.enFri, 27 Jan 2012 17:34:10 PSTTypePad http://www.typepad.com/Diversity,financial,literacy,education,economic,empowerment,silver,rights,movement,social,movements,leadership,history,inner,city,inner,cities,poverty,poverty,eradication,emerging,markets,Operation,HOPE,community,partnership,John,Hope,BryaBusinessEducation/Educational TechnologyEducationBusiness/Management & MarketingSociety & Culture/Historyjohn.bryant@operationhope.orgJohn Hope BryantJohn Hope BryantnoDiversity,financial,literacy,education,economic,empowerment,silver,rights,movement,social,movements,leadership,history,inner,city,inner,cities,poverty,poverty,eradication,emerging,markets,Operation,HOPE,community,partnership,John,Hope,BryaJohn Hope Bryant speaking out on his "silver rights" movement, and making capitalism and the free enterprise system relevant to, and work for the poor; both in America and around the world.John Hope Bryant speaking out on his "silver rights" movement, and making capitalism and the free enterprise system relevant to, and work for the poor; both in America and around the world.typepad/johnhopebryant/john_hope_bryant_http://feedburner.google.comWelcome to Mrs. Latresa McLawhorn-Ryan, Esq. as Newest Member of Operation HOPE Family http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/johnhopebryant/john_hope_bryant_/~3/7XqViM52eQw/welcome-to-mrs-latresa-mclawhorn-ryan-esq-as-newest-member-of-operation-hope-family--1.html21st Century African-American AgendaBryant Blogging for the PeopleBryant on HOPE LeadersHOPE Atlanta OfficeHOPE Corps VolunteersHOPE Development GroupHOPE Financial DignityHOPE Financial Literacyesqfinancial dignityfinancial literacyhope development groupjohn hope bryantlatresa mclawhorn-ryanoperation hopesilver rights movementspelman collegejohn.bryant@operationhope.org (John Hope Bryant)Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:34:10 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515f7b69e20168e6362f86970c

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The Operation HOPE family is honored and pleased to welcome Mrs. Latresa McLawhorn-Ryan, Esq., as the new Operation HOPE Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Development.  Latresa will serve as a "foundational builder" of sorts in and around our Operation HOPE Development Group, and has a history of impressive personal and professional achievement behind her.  Amongst other accomplishments, Latresa started and ran her own small business (legal and trust activities) in Washington, D.C. and later Atlanta, Georgia, where she now resides (with her husband Andrew Ryan).

Latresa was also a longstanding HOPE Corps volunteer for Operation HOPE, passionate about financial literacy, financial dignity and silver rights empowerment for all.  Taking her public service seriously, Latresa traveled to South Africa on vacation and even made time to stop into Operation HOPE, South Africa, where she volunteered for us there as well.  

Latresa is a living and breathing example of someone committed to "doing well and doing good too," and we are fortunate and pleased to have her gifts, talents, passion and enthusiasm on our team.   Making her right at home here in Atlanta, Latresa is also a Spelman College graduate. Her legal degree comes from the University of North Carolina School of Law.

Welcome Mrs. Latresa McLawhorn-Ryan, Esq.

 

 

John Hope Bryant is a thought leader, founder, chairman and CEO of Operation HOPE and Bryant Group Companies, Inc. Magazine/CEO READ bestselling business author of LOVE LEADERSHIP: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World (Jossey-Bass) the only African-American bestselling business author in America, and is chairman of the Subcommittee for the Under-Served and Community Empowerment for the U.S. President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability, for President Barack Obama.  Mr. Bryant is the co-founder of the Gallup-HOPE Index, the only national research poll on youth financial dignity and youth economic energy in the U.S. He is also a co-founder of Global Dignity with HRH Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and Professor Pekka Himanen of Finland. Global Dignity is affiliated with the Forum of Young Global Leaders and the World Economic Forum. 

 

 

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Special from the Operation HOPE Blog.


President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability Helps Americans Achieve Financial Security.

]]>Special from the Operation HOPE Blog. President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability Helps Americans Achieve Financial Security.http://www.johnhopebryant.com/john_hope_bryant_/2012/01/presidents-advisory-council-on-financial-capability-helps-americans-achieve-financial-security.htmlFrom Gallup.Com: Europeans See Poor Job Markethttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/johnhopebryant/john_hope_bryant_/~3/1Svi1MV-AAk/from-gallupcom-europeans-see-poor-job-market.htmlBryant Factoidjohn.bryant@operationhope.org (John Hope Bryant)Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:42:37 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515f7b69e20163003ab951970d

A median of 12% of EU residents in 2011 said it was a good time to find a job where they live, while a median of 80% said it was a bad time. Residents of Greece were most pessimistic, while Germans were most optimistic.
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]]>A median of 12% of EU residents in 2011 said it was a good time to find a job where they live, while a median of 80% said it was a bad time. Residents of Greece were most pessimistic, while...http://www.johnhopebryant.com/john_hope_bryant_/2012/01/from-gallupcom-europeans-see-poor-job-market.htmlFrom Gallup.Com: Majority of Americans Want Gov't to Help Stop Foreclosureshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/johnhopebryant/john_hope_bryant_/~3/HizbMbNvbKQ/from-gallupcom-majority-of-americans-want-govt-to-help-stop-foreclosures.htmlBryant Factoidjohn.bryant@operationhope.org (John Hope Bryant)Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:22:59 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515f7b69e2016761271386970b
At a time when the majority of homeowners are worried about home values, Democrats and independents tend to favor government action to mitigate foreclosures, while Republicans prefer the housing market resolve its problems on its own.
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]]>At a time when the majority of homeowners are worried about home values, Democrats and independents tend to favor government action to mitigate foreclosures, while Republicans prefer the housing market resolve its problems on its own. Read more at GALLUP.com.http://www.johnhopebryant.com/john_hope_bryant_/2012/01/from-gallupcom-majority-of-americans-want-govt-to-help-stop-foreclosures.htmlJohn Hope Bryant meets with Federal Consumer Protection Bureau in Washington, D.C. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/johnhopebryant/john_hope_bryant_/~3/f_OKOou4RIU/john-hope-bryant-meets-with-federal-consumer-protection-bureau-in-washington-dc.html21st Century Low Wealth Agenda21st Century Mainstream AgendaBryant and his Vision for Operation HOPEBryant Blogging for the PeopleBryant on a Vision for the FutureBryant on Bi-Partisan Public PolicyBryant on Civil RightsBryant on the EconomyBryant on the Global Economic Crisis and ResponseBryant Traveling ManHOPE and the Silver Rights MovementHOPE Economic EducationHOPE Financial DignityHOPE Financial LiteracyHOPE Office of Government Relations and Public PolicyHOPE-Gallup IndexPartnership with Governmentjohn.bryant@operationhope.org (John Hope Bryant)Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:16:28 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515f7b69e20167612152cf970b







I was pleased to meet today with two new friends in the silver rights movement for financial dignity -- Camille M. Busette, Ph. D, assistant director, Consumer Education & Engagement, Office of Financial Education, and Cassandra E. McConnell, deputy assistant director, within the Federal Consumer Protection Bureau in Washington, D.C. Jena Roscoe from my team also joined us. It was a very substantive meeting with a great deal of common ground present between my agenda, and theirs. This is a movement for financial dignity and silver rights, here and around the world.


John Hope Bryant is founder, chairman and CEO of Operation HOPE and bestselling author of LOVE LEADERSHIP: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World (Jossey-Bass).

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Today I was honored to meet with friend of HOPE and friend to underserved communities everywhere -- U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke at the Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C.

Meeting with the Chairman reminded me of why we gave him our HOPE Award in the first place, when he came to speak at our last HOPE Global Financial Literacy Summit in Anacostia. The Chairman has been a big supporter of financial literacy in the past, and today I formally briefed him on what I believe comes next in the silver rights movement, or financial dignity for all. We spoke about HOPE's 20th Anniversary (May 5th, 2012), our domestic and global work, our Gallup-HOPE Index results, the Gallup-HOPE Index Cities Initiative, the new HOPE Office of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, HOPE Business-In-A-Box, the Wikia-HOPE Global Money Initiative, and our on- the-ground results. Separately, I discussed my new role as chairman of the new Subcommittee on the Underserved and Community Empowerment for the US President's Advisory Council on Financial Capability, a Council chaired by John Rogers. Specifically, I briefed him around our coming Local Financial Literacy Council efforts.

The Chairman has breathed confidence and a sense of stability in these times, in America and around the world. I wanted to thank him, personally. I also told him to remember that "no good deed shall go unpunished." To keep on moving forward, serving, helping.

Stay tuned for more to come from my meeting with the Chairman, and his team. Jena Roscoe, HOPE Government Relations Chief, staffed me for this important meeting.


John Hope Bryant is founder, chairman and CEO of Operation HOPE and bestselling author of LOVE LEADERSHIP: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World (Jossey-Bass).

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]]>Today I was honored to meet with friend of HOPE and friend to underserved communities everywhere -- U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke at the Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C. Meeting with the Chairman reminded me of why we gave...http://www.johnhopebryant.com/john_hope_bryant_/2012/01/john-hope-bryant-and-operation-hope-meets-with-federal-chairman-ben-bernanke.htmlFrom Gallup.Com: U.S. Financial Worries Rival Those of 1992http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/johnhopebryant/john_hope_bryant_/~3/QH1ERk2abno/from-gallupcom-us-financial-worries-rival-those-of-1992.htmlBryant Factoidjohn.bryant@operationhope.org (John Hope Bryant)Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:56:08 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515f7b69e20168e61ef6f9970c
Americans' worries about losing a job, maintaining their standard of living, and paying medical bills are near the highs Gallup has measured in the last two decades, and similar to what they were during the 1991-1992 economic downturn.
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]]>Americans' worries about losing a job, maintaining their standard of living, and paying medical bills are near the highs Gallup has measured in the last two decades, and similar to what they were during the 1991-1992 economic downturn. Read more...http://www.johnhopebryant.com/john_hope_bryant_/2012/01/from-gallupcom-us-financial-worries-rival-those-of-1992.htmlFrom Gallup.Com: Post-State of the Union Analysishttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/johnhopebryant/john_hope_bryant_/~3/6EmYbJAHsiQ/from-gallupcom-post-state-of-the-union-analysisfrom-economic-fairness-to-energy-exploration-pride-in.htmlBryant Factoidjohn.bryant@operationhope.org (John Hope Bryant)Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:40:20 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515f7b69e20168e61e4218970c
From economic fairness to energy exploration, pride in the military, and trade with China, Gallup reviews where Americans stand on 16 major policy issues and statements President Obama made in his 2012 State of the Union address.
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]]>From economic fairness to energy exploration, pride in the military, and trade with China, Gallup reviews where Americans stand on 16 major policy issues and statements President Obama made in his 2012 State of the Union address. Read more at...http://www.johnhopebryant.com/john_hope_bryant_/2012/01/from-gallupcom-post-state-of-the-union-analysisfrom-economic-fairness-to-energy-exploration-pride-in.htmlFrom Gallup.Com: Americans Divided on Whether U.S. Economic System Is Unfairhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/johnhopebryant/john_hope_bryant_/~3/yX0HH3w3miY/from-gallupcom-americans-divided-on-whether-us-economic-system-is-unfair.htmlBryant Factoidjohn.bryant@operationhope.org (John Hope Bryant)Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:00:52 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515f7b69e201630022ad14970d

About half (49%) of Americans agree with President Obama's claim that the U.S. economic system is unfair, while 45% say it is fair. At the same time, 62% say the U.S. economic system is fair to them personally.
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]]>About half (49%) of Americans agree with President Obama's claim that the U.S. economic system is unfair, while 45% say it is fair. At the same time, 62% say the U.S. economic system is fair to them personally. Read more...http://www.johnhopebryant.com/john_hope_bryant_/2012/01/from-gallupcom-americans-divided-on-whether-us-economic-system-is-unfair.htmlMichael Dunn Quote of he Dayhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/johnhopebryant/john_hope_bryant_/~3/gS9ivqqBbng/michael-dunn-quote-of-he-day.htmlBryant and FriendsBryant Quotes & Bryantismsjohn.bryant@operationhope.org (John Hope Bryant)Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:09:28 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515f7b69e2016761107270970b"It's our time John. It's your time, and it's my time too. We need to claim it and talk it into the universe."

My friend Michael Dunn of Delta, in our conversation earlier today.


John Hope Bryant is an entrepreneur, thought leader, founder, chairman and CEO of Operation HOPE and Bryant Group Companies, Inc. Magazine/CEO READ bestselling business author of LOVE LEADERSHIP: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World (Jossey-Bass), the sole African-American bestselling business author in America, and a Member of the U.S. President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability for President Barack Obama.

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