Entrepreneur John Hope Bryant
The HOPE Global Forum 2015 convened in Atlanta along with numerous other milestone events on Saturday, Ja. 17. The HOPE Global Forum annual meeting assembled diverse leaders from private sector, federal government, state government, local government, and various communities. The forum was a think-tank meeting to outline a vision for the world’s modern day global economy. That vision includes all people no matter their socioeconomic status. Thousands of change agents filled the Omni Hotel Downtown. The change agents gathered for the common theme: “Reimagining the Global Economy: Expanding Free Enterprise for All.” Participants came from as far away as Abu Dhabi to attend the notable conference.
Brent Nieser
Brent Neiser of National Endowment for Financial Education described The Global Forum as “A place where thoughtful activism challenges opportunity with personal finance. It keeps people up at night on all levels, fusing, public policy, business, entreprenurship and financial capabilities. The forum is a unique powerful combination that is absolutely necessary in today’s society.
Conference participants pray
Prior to starting the opening session Dr. Raphael Gamaliel Warnock of Ebenezer Baptist Church asked everyone to join hands in prayer. Passionate amens riveted throughout the crowd as hands were clasped and heads were humbly bowed. After prayer, Dennis Lockhart, the 14th president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta delivered opening remarks followed by the keynote address by Julian Castro.
Castro’s top quotes on our youth and home ownership:
“ No child should be limited by the zip code they are born into.”
“ Home ownership is the cornerstone of the American dream.”
“It strengthens communities and fuels growth in the overall economy. Homeownership is a win all around when done responsibility. “
Erica Pittman, Blue Flame Agency
Then a panel of powerful women took the stage to discuss “Gains of Women and Girls: How to prosper in the Global Economy.” The women discussed the hardships women face in an unfair world. After the participants listened to the panel, they took part in a power break to network then they set off to join the working groups to engaged in meaningful dialogue. The topics of the working sessions ranged from “Technology as a tool: Scaling Financial Services” to the “Power of the Credit Score: Changing Lives and Changing Communities.”
After the participants listened to the panel, they took part in a power break to network then they set off to join the working groups to engaged in meaningful dialogue. The topics of the working sessions ranged from “Technology as a tool: Scaling Financial Services” to the “Power of the Credit Score: Changing Lives and Changing Communities.
Operation Hope was founded by a natural entrepreneur John Hope Bryant. He began his business enterprise with a modest, but life changing $40 investment he borrowed from his mother in his very first business idea, at the age of 10 in Compton, California. On Feb. 26, 2014, Bryant was appointed by President Obama to serve on his new U.S. President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans.
The event’s keynote speaker, the 42nd President of the United States, William Bill Clinton said that greatest thing about being out of the presidential seat is having free reign on expressing himself within his speeches. He did throw the crowd of subliminal hint. He said, “If you’re not in office, you can say whatever you want. Unless your wife might run for something, then you’ve got to be more careful.” Bill was interrupted by a thundering crowd of applause and cheers.
The most memorable quotes for the 42nd President in his keynote speech:
“Inclusive economics is the key to America and the world’s future. Everyone makes more money.”
“When somebody leaves prison there is somebody there waiting for them or there’s not.”
“I told everybody during the last campaign that I was pretty useless because I’m not mad at anybody.”
The former president talked mostly about taking a stance on creating an inclusive economy. He also discussed how the Clinton Foundation assisted with the reduction of HIV/AIDs generic medicine and improving healthy food consumption in Africa.
Clinton said, “the idea of private citizens doing public good is very important.”
Jessica Norwood of www.emergechange.org said,
“ President Clinton reminded the room that NGOs like Operation Hope and mine, Emerging Changemakers Network, are necessary to “ step in the gap” to bridge where private and public will do for the economy. His message was really the message for the future and the present because he called for inclusive economics and called us to see that together we are great and that our money has to honor that value.”
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