John Hope Bryant
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My Wedding Song Has a Powerful Message–Are You Ready?
When my husband, John Hope Bryant, and I first started dating, we would play each other songs that expressed how we felt. One of our favorite artists was Alicia Keys. Her songs hit home with us. One being, “Un-thinkable” (“I’m Ready”). For me, it was a song proclaiming a love, a readiness, and a desire…
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The Day That Changed My Life
The day that changed my life… The day that I married my husband, John Hope Bryant, changed my life. The wedding is easy (hence why I wasn’t a bridezilla)…it’s the vows, decluttering your lives and meshing parts of it together, coming together as one, being loving even when you don’t want to, thinking for two…
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Happy Anniversary to my Hubby!
I want to wish my husband, John Hope Bryant, a happy anniversary. Here’s to three years of marriage, six years of love, and a long, bright, bold and adventurous future together. I LOVE YOU! Loving you always, Natasha …
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Honoring and Maintaining the Legacy: U.S. Treasury Department Celebrating the Freedman’s Bank
Almost thirty years ago I first learned about the Freedmen’s Bureau and the Freedman’s Savings Bank (officially known as the Freedman’s Saving and Trust Company). While in college I was able to do further research on the legacy of freed Black slaves in America, and the one thing that stood in the way of their…
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Happy 22nd Anniversary to Operation HOPE
Today marks the 22nd year that Operation HOPE has been serving communities throughout the United States and abroad. It has been both an honor and a privilege to serve with my Operation HOPE family for the past four years as a HOPE Corp volunteer, and now as an Advisory Board co-chair for HOPE Business In…
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My Response to John Hope Bryant’s Article “If Bill Gates Were Black”
By Natasha L. Foreman, MBA I wanted to share my thoughts regarding John Hope Bryant’s brilliant article that was posted on and by Bloomberg BusinessWeek today. I also wanted to have a healthy dialogue with those individuals who showed their lack of critical thinking skills before they reacted, and quickly responded in the negative,…
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My Day With First Lady Michelle Obama and the Ladies of Spelman College
By Natasha L. Foreman Sunday I had the honor and privilege to not only attend the 124th Commencement of Spelman College at the Georgia International Convention Center, but an hour before the commencement I was given an opportunity of a lifetime to meet, speak with, hug, and take pictures with our country’s First Lady, Mrs.…
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John Hope Bryant’s Kaplan University Webinar Now Viewable on YouTube
By Natasha L. Foreman Operation HOPE Founder, CEO and Chairman John Hope Bryant spoke at my alma mater, Kaplan University in April about his vision for leadership in today’s fear-based society. John’s visit to Kaplan University and his discussion was featured during the university’s Visionary Voices webinar,” and highlighted the principal arguments in his best-selling…
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Love Leadership Makes Business Book Bestseller List for 2010
By Natasha L. Foreman I could not wait to post this information, although several months after the initial posting by 800-CEO-READ I still think it is exciting news to share that my dear friend John Hope Bryant’s book Love Leadership: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World came in number four on the…
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A Focus on Dignity and Non-Violence at Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy
By Natasha L. Foreman, MBA On April 15th I was honored to lead a Dignity Day session as a HOPE Corp Volunteer through Operation HOPE (HOPE) at the Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy (CSKYWLA) in Atlanta. What is amazing is how the majority of this class of ninth graders were initially completely turned…
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Rainbows After Storms
By Natasha L. Foreman Two days ago the southern region of the U.S. was tossed, turned, and in some places flattened by tornadoes that destroyed property, took innocent lives, disturbed the livelihood of thousands, and caused sleepless nights for so many. As people try to breathe and take in how to rebuild from this catastrophe…
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