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HOPE Forum Welcomes Surgeon General Regina Benjamin

U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin’s discussion around health and wealth issues drew a positive result last Friday, as a full audience participated in the morning forum. Hosted by Operation HOPE Founder, Chairman and CEO, John Hope Bryant, the crowd took advantage of the opportunity to voice their concerns and raised questions around health and money issues.

Statement of Support from Operation HOPE for the Nomination of Congressman Mel Watt

Washington, D.C. and our nation need strong and effective leadership today more than ever. Congressman Mel Watts seems to fit that description to me. Important to me, one of my key employee’s family was a constituent of the then Congressman in Charlotte, North Carolina, and they uniformly endorse him. I am told that while Congressman, Mr. Watt encouraged the local adoption of our Banking On Our Future, College...

The Stars Align as Actor Hill Harper Recognizes Operation HOPE

Ivy League graduate and successful actor, Hill Harper Founder Manifest Your Destiny Foundation (MYDF) will honor Operation HOPE as benefactor during the organization’s Roaring 20’s event on Saturday, March 2, 2013 at the TCL Chinese Theater in the Graumann Ballroom in Hollywood, California.

John Hope Bryant moves crowd to action at WDC Financial Literacy Council inaugural Town Hall

“Where others see drug dealers, I see young entrepreneurs trapped in environments of joblessness and decay," said John Bryant.

Fed Chair Bernanke, Amb. Andrew Young, Russell Simmons, Global Leaders Join Operation HOPE for Historic Summit in Atlanta

Two-Day Financial Dignity Summit Focused on Community, Character and Responsible Capitalism ATLANTA – November 19, 2012 — Leaders from around the globe gathered in Atlanta last week for Operation HOPE’s Global Financial Dignity Summit to discuss financial dignity and literacy issues and find solutions for the economic problems faced by underserved communities around the world. The Summit, which was held...

We Know How to Save the Best for Last…

There are few things in life more important than making a strong closing argument, and we know how to do just that at Operation HOPE. Less than a week away from our HOPE Global Financial Dignity Summit (GFDS), we’re announcing that entertainment mogul Russell Simmons will be joining Operation HOPE CEO and Chairman John Hope Bryant for the final keynote address of the 2012 HOPE Global Financial Dignity Summit in...

HOPE Global Summit PSAs to Reach Millions of Radio Listeners Starting This Month

As Operation HOPE continues to prepare for its HOPE Global Financial Dignity Summit (HGFDS) next month in Atlanta, HOPE Founder, Chairman and CEO John Hope Bryant has recorded a series of 15, 30 and 60 second public service announcements (PSAs) for Premiere Radio Network (PRN). The PSAs, which will appear all cross the country, will specifically promote the Financial Inclusion Working Group Meetings, which will be...

President of Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank Dennis Lockhart to Cut Ribbon for Ebenezer HOPE Financial Dignity Center

Dennis Lockhart of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta will cut the ribbon on November 14th, opening the doors to the HOPE Financial Dignity Center at Ebenezer (HOPE Center) located in the birthplace of civil rights, Atlanta, GA. The new center will become the 9th in the chain of empowerment centers in America. HOPE’s ribbon cutting ceremony will bring leaders from the banking sector, community, government,...

The HOPE Global Financial Dignity Summit Presents: The Future of Global Jobs – The Local Atlanta Economic Miracle

To kick off the HOPE Global Financial Dignity Summit (November 14th – 15th), Operation HOPE, along with The White House Council on Jobs and Competitiveness will host “An Official Listening and Action Field Session” focused on the global economy and the future of jobs. Headlining this important session will be co-chairs White House Council on Jobs and Competitiveness Executive Director Don Graves, Gallup...

Atlanta’s Carolyn Young Shares a Few Comments About John Hope Bryant

As Operation HOPE celebrates a most historic 20 years of Empowering the Underserved around the world, they celebrate here in metro Atlanta with the grand opening of their flagship HOPE Financial Dignity Center at the Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church and in November by hosting The HOPE Global Financial Dignity Summit with the theme Community, Character and (Responsible) Capitalism.

Mayor Kasim Reed, City of Atlanta Signs on as Honorary Co-Chair for the HOPE Global Financial Dignity Summit

Financial dignity non-profit Operation HOPE today announced that the Honorable Kasim Reed, Mayor of the City of Atlanta, is confirmed as an Honorary Co-Chair for the HOPE Global Financial Dignity Summit scheduled for November 14th-15th, 2012, in Atlanta, Georgia. Kasim Reed was inaugurated as the 59th Mayor of the City of Atlanta on January 4, 2010. Despite beginning his term facing a $48 million budget...

Operation HOPE Opens New Regional Office at Gallup Building in Washington, DC

Operation HOPE is expanding its reach in the Mid-Atlantic Region, securing office space for administrative use at the Gallup Building in Washington, DC. More than a hundred people gathered at the Gallup headquarters on July 16th to celebrate the official Grand Opening.

Operation HOPE Opens New Regional Office at Gallup Building in Washington, DC

When Jeremiah Ojo, a Special Projects Assistant for Operation HOPE Atlanta, came to the Bank Shot Basketball Youth Camp, a kids summer program hosted by retired WNBA star Kiesha Brown, he knew exactly how to make financial dignity both a fun and active sport for the young athletes.

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Operation HOPE is America's leading nonprofit social investment banking and financial literacy empowerment organization.

Through several global initiatives and its three principal programs: Banking on Our Future (teaching school children about money), HOPE Coalition America (financial emergency preparedness and disaster recovery), and the HOPE Center Banking Network (loans, bill pay, computer literacy, understanding banking principles)HOPE is leading the “silver rights” movement towards making free enterprise and capitalism relevant to all underserved communities.

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