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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.

The Silver Rights Movement and the Good Samaritan

Pulling from the famed lesson by the Good Samaritan who on the historic Jericho Road, stopped to help when no one else would, this pamphlet discusses the - incomplete, please edit in admin section

The Silver Rights Movement and the Good Samaritan (2007)

Banking on Our Future: The Promise for America's Unbanked (2003)

This pamphlet is made up of testimony given before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services on “Serving the Underserved: Initiativess to Broaden Access to the Financial Mainstream”.

Racism and the Silver Rights Movement (2005)

This pamphlet is based on keynote remarks given before the National Summit on Economic and Financial Education on March 3, 2005.

The Ownership Society and America's First Silver Right, Financial Literacy (2005)

This pamphlet is based on keynote remarks given before the National Summit on Economic and Financial Education on March 3, 2005.

Africa and the Silver Rights Movement (2006)

Adapted from keynote remarks before the VII Leon H. Sullivan Summit in Abuja, Nigeria on July 17, 2006.

The Wealthless Power (2005)

The Wealthless Power directly addresses the divergence of Black America’s effect on and stake in the American economy.