By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
The entrepreneurial skills I developed producing 25 motion pictures in 25 years are the same as those needed to solve a gigantic social ill: our collective failure to ensure that foster youth receive the support they need to succeed. I wouldn’ t dare have...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
I was a World War II baby born to a prominent Harlem minister. Times were tough and money was scarce, but I remember hearing the gospel choir and soloists at church. I used to clap so long and loud that my hands became bright red. Singing with the choir made me feel...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
After a meteoric rise in the advertising industry and running one of the top advertising agencies, I shuttered my doors to build a small consultancy with a big purpose. That is for business to save the world. BrightHouse specializes in articulating and activating...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
When I was 60, in 2005, I was at a community organizing meeting in Los Angeles with organizers from all over the country. Sister Pearl Caeser, an organizer from Texas, was telling us how teachers there were doing home visits with extraordinary results. Reading scores,...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
In 1997, I was the director of an emergency night shelter for homeless families, securing evening lodging for families in church basements. I was very focused on making sure families were well-kept at night, and I doubled the capacity of the program. Each day after...
