Australian Ambassador Honors the Innovative Work of Operation HOPE
Washington, DC– November 13, 2009 –Australian Ambassador to the United States, Dennis Richardson, and his wife Betty Richardson, hosted a private dinner honoring the innovative work of Operation HOPE Founder, Chairman and CEO, John Hope Bryant and the work of Operation HOPE.
The private dinner applauded the organization’s efforts and continued the dialogue started at HOPE’s first Global Financial Literacy Summit held in June 2009. The Summit focused on the importance of teaching the global community a new language – the “language of money.”
Ambassador Richardson attended the Summit held in Anacostia, an economically struggling suburb of Washington, D.C. The theme of the summit was “A Business Case for Financial Literacy.” The event helped bring awareness to financial literacy and HOPE’s mission to move people from civil rights to “silver rights.” The Summit’s dialogue pivoted around the importance of understanding free enterprise and capitalism, and making the “language of money” aspirationally relevant to the poor on a global level.
