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February 05, 2006

Trooper Sanders Making a Difference

Trooper Sanders, domestic policy advisor to President William J. Clinton and a dear friend to me and my sweetie, as well as the HOPE family, literally proves the theory that you "don't do business with governments or companies, you do business with people."

Trooper, formerly the domestic policy advisor for then Vice President Al Gore, and then the first director of HOPE Coalition America for Operation HOPE, literally proved to be the glue that made everything happen for our historic new partnership with the William Jefferson Clinton Foundation and President Clinton around EITC benefits, for victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Thank you Trooper -- simply for being you; a real leader! Because of you countless Katrina victims around the U.S. will get the help, resources and services they so desperately need!

Onward, with HOPE

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John Hope Bryant Mission Statement

"There is a difference between broke and being poor. Being broke is a temporary economic condition, but being poor is a disabling frame of mind and a depressed condition of your spirit, and you must vow to never, ever be poor again."
My vision for the poor, the under-served, and the wealthless of the world is to help them see themselves -- differently. We can do this by helping to expose, to educate, to empower, and ultimately to inspire them. To help them become "dreamers, with shovels in their own hands," quoting my friend Dr. Dorothy Height.
To see themselves for what and who they truly already are; rich in spirit. Assets, and not liabilities on the world's global balance sheet.
Because, I have seen, time and again, that given an informed choice, the poor do not want a hand out, but simply a hand up. They want the dignity that comes from doing for self.
That education is the ultimate poverty eradication tool, and when you know better, you tend to do better.
Moving from civil rights to silver rights. From integrating the lunch counter, to integrating the dollar too.
That low-wealth communities, the world over, represent future emerging markets waiting to be born. That one person can make a diference, and we are that one person. That we are all accountable and responsible for the world we live in, because it is literally the world we create. A little hope can make the difference.