Remembering Your ‘Why’, Ensuring Our Commitment To All Youth
Hasan Davis, known as the Hope Dealer, is a lawyer, juvenile justice advocate,and motivational speaker. He is unwavering in his commitment to improving the lives of young people and the adults who serve them wherever they intersect in government and social systems. Navigating multiple challenges in his early life,including Dyslexia/Dysgraphia/ADHD, a dozen home transitions, 5 elementary school transitions and a pre-teen arrest that led to 7 years of probation.
Hasan's journey from juvenile delinquent to Juris Doctor serves as a powerful testament to the transformative impact that caring adults can have when they actively champion the youth that come into their lives.
As a speaker, Hasan invites audiences on an emotional experience, blending elements of stand-up comedy, storytelling, and statistical insights. His mission is to empower care workers and advocates to become change agents — Hope Dealers and champions for the amazing people that support. Through his work,also wants to ensure that those members of our communities who have too often been left behind have hope, resilience, and the tools they need to thrive.
Hasan has also developed and led trainings and Professional development experiences for formal and informal leaders at all levels from young emerging leaders finding their voice in the professional world to CEO and executive directors who are committed to providing a better outcome for their teams and the communities they serve. His high energy creative engagement style leads to thoughtful and courageous examination of participants ability to activate themselves as an instrument of change.
Hasan an accomplished author, has penned 4 books that inspire and educate in youth and adults. Hasan holds several honors including being named a Rockefeller Foundation Next-Generation-Leadership Fellow, An Annie E. Casey Foundation Children and Family Fellow and a Council of State Governments,Henry Toll Fellow. His work has shaped public policy and influenced reform in Juvenile Justice, Education and Child Welfare systems. His dedication to justice and empowerment has earned him international recognition as a voice for positive change. He is a graduate of Berea College and the University of Kentucky College of Law.
