From the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Operation HOPE, John Hope Bryant.

Birmingham opened IMC Financial Freedom Project Week with a Financial Literacy State of the Union at the historic Carver Theatre, and I was glad to share the stage with Mayor Randall Woodfin and Dr. Sullivan.
When a mayor makes financial literacy a citywide priority, it changes what families believe is possible.
Source: Isaac M. Cooper, IMC Financial Freedom Project Week, Birmingham, 2025.