Inspired by his best-selling book, "Financial
Literacy for All," Bryant will join a series of hosted
conversations with elected officials and corporate leaders
throughout the U.S.
ATLANTA, July 11,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Operation HOPE today
announced the "American Aspiration Tour," aimed at igniting a new
national dialogue on financial literacy and economic inclusion.
Inspired by his best-selling book, Financial Literacy for
All, the tour will feature Operation HOPE Founder and
CEO John Hope Bryant in a series of
hosted conversations with elected officials and corporate leaders
across America.
The "American Aspiration Tour" aims
to ignite a new national dialogue on financial literacy and
economic inclusion for all.
"The American Aspiration Tour is about
reconnecting the aspirations of all Americans so that they may
fully thrive in the largest and greatest economy in the world,"
said Mr. Bryant. "Much of the country is living
paycheck-to-paycheck, with little or no savings, increasing debt,
and on the outside looking in at the American Dream of prosperity
and opportunity for everyone. Some Americans never received 'the
memo' on how money, free enterprise, and capitalism work. We're
working to change this trajectory, to reignite aspiration and hope
for all Americans. The new color is not black or white, red or
blue, but green: as in the color of money."
The Tour will begin in Atlanta,
GA - home to Operation HOPE's national headquarters - on
June 25, hosted at City Hall by Mayor
Andre Dickens, followed by a June
30 event with Memphis, TN
Mayor Paul Young. Other civic
leaders committed to hosting events include Birmingham, AL Mayor Randall Woodfin, St. Louis, MO Mayor
Tishaura Jones, Montgomery, AL
Mayor Steven Reed, Union City, GA Mayor Vince Williams, with additional dates to be
announced through the end of the year.
Released in April 2024,
Financial Literacy for All, debuted at #13 on the
USA Today Bestseller List, #9 on
Publisher's Weekly, and has been #1 in multiple categories on
Amazon since its release. It has also spurred a new national
conversation on financial literacy: How can we expand access?
How can the private and public sector help? What can individuals
do? Where can I get assistance?
In response, Mr. Bryant initiated a "Campaign for America,"
outlining how every American can advance financial literacy for
themselves and their communities. The Campaign - which offers six
specific calls to action - is grounded in the belief that everyone
can do something where they live, learn, work, or play, to improve
their own financial future or help someone else along their path to
financial wellness.
Seeking to frame thought leadership on the issue in corporate
America, Mr. Bryant also announced a "Business Plan for America" in
May 2024 at the Milken Global
Conference in Los Angeles. The
Plan emphasizes diversity and opportunity as the cornerstones for
economic growth, sustaining the United
States' position as a global leader, and ensuring our shared
prosperity. In it, Mr. Bryant lays out a blueprint for
inclusivity and prosperity, urging us all to embrace our inherent
strengths — our diverse demographics — as a path to sustained
economic strength. He asserts that the future of this nation
depends on our willingness to "extend the table and add some
chairs" to shift America's economic trajectory.
To inquire about hosting a tour stop in your community, please
contact bill.fair@operatonhope.org.
About Operation HOPE, Inc.
Since 1992, Operation HOPE
has been moving America from civil rights to "silver rights" with
the mission of making free enterprise and capitalism work for the
underserved—disrupting poverty for millions of low and
moderate-income youth and adults across the nation. Through its
community uplift model, HOPE Inside, which received the 2016
Innovator of the Year recognition by American Banker magazine,
Operation HOPE has served more than 4 million individuals and
directed more than $4.2 billion in
economic activity into disenfranchised communities—turning
check-cashing customers into banking customers, renters into
homeowners, small business dreamers into small business owners,
minimum wage workers into living wage consumers, and uncertain
disaster victims into financially empowered disaster survivors. For
more information: OperationHOPE.org. Follow the HOPE
conversation
on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn.
Operation HOPE Contacts:
Kevin Boucher, Operation HOPE
Kevin.boucher@operationhope.org
Lalohni Campbell, Per/Se Media Group
la@persemediagroup.com
404-593-7145
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