The following is amended text from a letter I recently sent to a pre-imminent leader on the global stage, about "what I believe comes next." It is now an open letter to you, the pre-imminent leader in your own life. By John Hope Bryant These days people feel, rightly so, increasingly burned by what ...

Dear friends of HOPE,   "How did we get here," you might be asking yourself about right now. Well, it is a rather simple explanation. Here it goes.   "If you are financially illiterate, and you didn't understand the language of money, then in good times 'no problem;' the prosperity will paper ove...

Financial literacy (understanding the language of money) is absolutely essential to living a successful and independent life. That is what we are all learning as a result of a global economic crisis. It is what what comes to be obvious, when you recognize that the U.S. economy, the largest in the wo...

AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM THEPRESIDENT’S ADVISORY COUNCIL ON FINANCIAL LITERACY November 25, 2008 “We believe that the current economic crisis underscores the need to increase financial literacy among all Americans.  The President formed this Advisory Council for expressly that purpose.  We ar...

The Imperative for Innovation: International Perspectives on How Financial Education Can Change the World I am once again honored to be here in Beijing, China, speaking before the Citi-FT Global Financial Education Summit. The Chinese people I have encountered here have been warm and welcoming. I am...

The Future of Responsible Sub-prime Lending and Financial Literacy Remarks given by John Hope Bryant Before the FDIC Forum on Mortgage Lending for Low and Moderate-Income Households Tuesday, July 8, 2008 FDIC Seidman Center Arlington, Virginia I am honored to be here today with the likes of U.S. Tre...

  Financial literacy becomes latest innovative "capital plan" designed to maximize the potential of HBCUs LOS ANGELES, CA – June 17, 2008 – Leading national financial literacy nonprofit, Operation HOPE (HOPE), announced today a new initiative with the White House Initiative (WHI) ...

Forty prominent Angelenos and Southern Californians sound off about policing, illegal immigrants and the LAPD. April 21, 2008 If "Special Order 40" sounds vaguely like a term from a spy or science fiction thriller, that's in keeping with the surreal conversation that is raging around the 1979 Los An...

A global crusade is under way to teach personal finance to the masses As published in the April 3rd, 2008 edition of The Economist. “EVERYBODY wants it. Nobody understands it. Money is the great taboo. People just won't talk about it. And that is what leads you to subprime. Take the greed and the ...

By Kimberly Palmer Posted April 2, 2008. Read original U.S. News & World Report story here. John Hope Bryant has dedicated his life to promoting financial literacy and ending poverty. As founder of the nonprofit Operation Hope, he works on bringing minority and poor communities into the financia...