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Operation HOPE this week marked the 20th anniversary of the Rodney King Riots by leading a convoy of investors, community leaders, entrepreneurs and government officials on a tour through South Los Angeles.
Operation HOPE (HOPE) is celebrating 20-years of bringing financial dignity to underserved communities in a big way, launching a new website to keep followers on track of the host of celebratory and empowerment events throughout 2012.
Operation HOPE expresses its heartfelt sympathy to retired NFL linebacker, Chris Draft on the passing of his wife and friend, Lakeasha Monique Rutledge Draft. While no words will compensate for the loss, the joy she brought to so many during her short life cannot be measured.
5 Million Kids Movement (5MK) Celebrity Ambassador GOODING speaks at a recent Financial Literacy Show at the Orpheum Theatre in Wichita, KS. GOODING has been working with and supporting Operation HOPE along side other 5MK Ambassadors such as Quincy Jones through personal appearances and mass media presentations focusing on their 5MK initiative.
Lorin Larason, Asset and Education Coordinator at Anderson Interfaith Ministries (AIM), made a 5MK pledge on behalf of AIM to educate 100 youth and adults in financial literacy, open youth and adult savings accounts, educate adults on how to secure the earned income tax credit, and engage volunteers to spread the message of financial literacy in Anderson, South Carolina.
Emerge Loan made a 5MK pledge to educate 1000 adults in financial literacy and open 1000 adult savings accounts. Emerge Loan is a social mission driven business with the goal to provide better borrowing choices for working people and end predatory lending practices
Margaret Gilbert, Director for the Bradley Savings IDA Program, made a 5MK pledge earlier this month on behalf of the Bradley Initiative for Church and Community to educate adults in financial literacy and open savings accounts for adults in Cleveland, TN.
We are proud to report that Susan Taylor yesterday agreed to become a 5MK Ambassador and signed on her organization, the National CARES Mentoring Movement, to join 100 Black Men of America and Boys and Girls Clubs of America as the third signature national community partner for the 5MK “Make Smart Cool” Tour.
Financial literacy. Education. Entrepreneurship. These three distinct factors share a critical relationship that is vitally important as America presses through its ongoing economic recovery. Watch as Jennifer Thibeaux of Operation HOPE's Office of Innovation, Research, and Assessment makes the case for the interconnectedness of these three factors in America's economic reset.
Talmer Bank and Trust believes in the importance of financial literacy for the well being of our nation. Karen Vergosen is a Community Reinvestment Act Officer for Talmer Bank and Trust headquartered in Troy, MI and on behalf of her branch Karen pledged that the employees of Talmer Bank and Trust would educate 500 youth and 100 adults in financial literacy together.
As part of its ongoing commitment to the communities it serves and to help increase youth financial education, Union Bank has partnered with Operation HOPE and the Boys and Girls Club of Hollywood to educate youth ages 13 – 16 about the basics of personal finance.
As a board member of Financial Beginnings, Brett Trosclair has been a long time advocate of financial literacy in the Oregon community. As a, teacher at Century High School in Hillsboro he has been a actively involved in bringing financial literacy to hundreds of his students, and he once again shows his commitment to make a difference by pledging to bring financial literacy to 285 students. Thank you Brett!
Since officially kicking off our national financial literacy campaign less than two months ago we have seen an amazing response from individuals and organizations around the country who are committed to expanding the impact of financial literacy in their lives and their communities.
Unveiling the Latest Edition of the Banking on Our Future Curriculum at Quincy Jones Elementary in South LA
Operation HOPE Launches New Website Focused on 20th Year Anniversary Events
On the Passing of Keasha Rutledge Draft
5MK Ambassador Gooding and his Financial Literacy Tour
Anderson Interfaith Ministries Makes 5MK Pledge from South Carolina
Emerge Loan Pledges to Financially Educate and Empower 1000 Adults
5MK Receives First Pledge from Tennessee!
Susan Taylor and the National CARES Mentoring Movement Join 5MK
The Critical Link Between Financial Literacy, Education, and Entrepreneurship
Talmer Bank and Trust Pledges to Educate 600 Youth and Adults in Financial Literacy
Union Bank Partners with HOPE to Teach Financial Education to Boys & Girls Club of Hollywood
Century High School Pledges to Educate 285 youth
5MK Reaches the 100 Pledge Milestone!
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.
For more information about Banking on Our Future or other programs, visit us at our website.
