By CHRISTOPHER QUINN The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Tuesday, February 03, 2009 Millard Fuller, the visionary Christian with a single-minded, some say stubborn, focus that resulted in more than 300,000 houses built for the poor, died unexpectedly Monday night. Fuller, 74, was the driving force in f...

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 ...

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...

By John Hope BryantSpecial to the World Economic Forum Leaders in the 21st century have to make a decision; light a candle, or curse the darkness. I choose to light a candle, and I also believe that there is a genuine hope for a family reunion of sorts, between the Middle East and the West. Dr. Mart...

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...

Mary Hagerty, our global chief of financial literacy for Operation HOPE and my liaison for HOPE Global Initiatives, hard at work five hours outside of Johannesburg, South Africa in one of our rural Operation HOPE-Peace Corps of South Africa partnership sites. Mary did a fantastic job coordinating th...

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 ...

A Report from the Desk of the Vice Chairman, John Hope Bryant January 22nd, 2008, for me was a dream come true. After years of advocating on behalf of the poor and the under-served, encouraging the President of the United States to act, on behalf of all Americans, the President called a first ever W...

By John Hope Bryant Co-founder, Global Dignity Founder, Operation HOPE Written Saturday, March 29, 2008 "When faced with challenges, we must decide whether we are going to curse the darkness or light a candle. The youth of First Vienna Bilingual Middle School we visited this week chose to light a ca...