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The HOPE Global Forums | Annual Meeting (HGF), established in 2013 is the largest gathering in the world on behalf of empowering poor and underserved communities.
HOPE GLOBAL FORUMS 2025
“The most important part, as this conversation continues, is how the media owns its responsibility and the right that was granted to us in the U.S. Constitution. Understand who you are and what you are doing. We have to understand our responsibility and not cower.”
“I think the key ingredient to starting a business and excelling in that business is dreaming—and continuing to dream—and going out and making those dreams come true. Somebody has to be successful, somebody has to win. So why not be you?”
“Why are we on this stage and at this table? Because we need radical change and radical purpose today. We need leaders and partners to help us make that happen. This partnership (HOPE AI) is about putting empowerment directly into young people’s hands.”
HOPE GLOBAL FORUMS 2024
“This technology revolution could level the playing field for people. A kid growing up Black in Atlanta or white in Appalachia, might not know how to write a résumé—but with generative AI, they can create a strong one.”
“I do think that’s one of the things we have to really lean into and get back to in America: you can have strongly held views, but I think we need to have strong conversations, respectful conversations.”
“Skills-first is the direction we’re going, whether you embrace it or not; all you have to do is pick up a newspaper and it doesn’t matter what side, this is a very bipartisan direction.”
HOPE GLOBAL FORUMS 2023
“I do think that’s one of the things we have to really lean into and get back to in America: you can have strongly held views, but I think we need to have strong conversations, respectful conversations.”
“Financial literacy is so important it needs to be end to end. So whether you were just opening up a checking or savings account, you’re learning right at that point you have to know it’s possible you can own a home.”
“Seeing how people are using ChatGPT to level up themselves, their communities, the companies they create, and their ideas they have, it seems pretty great.”