Currently Browsing: Entrepreneurship
Operation HOPE is a proud participant of the, TICKETS Fore CHARITY fundraising program which helps raise money for promoting ticket sales to the Northern Trust Open, which will be held from February 12 to 17, 2013. All the money raised by the program goes directly to charity. Follow this link and a portion of your ticket sales will directly support Operation HOPE.
Operation HOPE will receive 80...
Saturday, November 17, 2012, the United Black Student Unions of California (UBSUC), Northern Region, held its annual Professional Leadership & Election conference with the theme of ‘Loving, Empowering, Restoring and Advancing People’, at California State University San Francisco. Over 250 high school attendees from central and Northern California regions, as far as Modesto to Sacramento.
It...
Mr. Leufray made his way into the New Orleans HOPE Center during the end of October 2012 and he was referred to seek HOPE services by the Mayor’s office of New Orleans. Looking for a new start and new sense of HOPE, Mr. Leufray is proudly one of the newest members of the HOPE family.
Mr. Leufray wrote the following testimonial to the HOPE family:
“I have been using Operation HOPE’s services for...
Taggart, a graduate and alumni of Operation HOPE’s 2011 small business empowerment program launched his business in August 2012 called Do 4 Self, a bookstore and community gathering center in East Oakland.
Taggart is an Oakland native and activist who recently lost his job as a former city employee who worked as a re-entry program coordinator under the former Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums. Taggart worked several years...
HOPE Financial Dignity Center (HOPE Center) in DC welcomed the Third Cohort Class of the 12-week Entrepreneurial Training Program early this September. To help the entrepreneurs discover their inner dreams and desires about their business, the training team offered a special Vision Board Workshop.
During the workshop, Cynthia Wynn-Young, experienced life coach and business owner of Prosperian Life Coach Company,...
With the recent new reports on the U.S. unemployment rate – an all-time low in the last four years – it’s clear that Americans are entering a new stage of economic life marked by productivity and energy. As a nation, we’re taking huge leaps towards recovery and it feels good. We can take a collective sigh of relief and start looking towards growth rather than relief and...
The September Atlanta Entrepreneurship Training Graduation told us why Atlanta's the place to be if you want to throw a Global Financial Dignity Summit.
Join Prince George’s County Economic Development Corporation and Startup Maryland, a statewide initiative to highlight and support entrepreneurs, at a rally celebrating startups and giving entrepreneurs an opportunity to network and possibly land a spot at a statewide business competition.
The rally will take place on Monday, Sept. 24, 2012 from 9 am to 11 am at the National Harbor. During the rally, the...
While books and classes can teach the fundamentals of business operations, a true entrepreneur learns most from the mentors and peers that make a unique footprint on his or her approach to successful business. We learn most from the business heroes in our surrounding communities – a fact which is fundamental in HOPE’s goal to transform inner city neighborhoods into emerging markets. During the August...
We have heard of the steps the government plans to take to reduce the dropout rate, we have also heard of the economic and social consequences for someone without a high school diploma, however my question to you is, are you aware of the numbers?
Every international development specialist knows that true, sustainable growth – for both an individual and a community – must come from within. Authentic development roots from a growth in capabilities and support amongst citizens.
Operation HOPE South Africa has recently partnered with Afrika Tikkun, an NGO that uses a Holistic Development Model to nurture the younger generation into productive...
‘Tickets Fore Charity’ Benefiting Operation HOPE
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...Oakland HOPE Center Teaches Emergency Financial First Aid Kit Workshop to Members of The United Black Student Unions of California
Testimonial From A HOPE Center New Orleans Client
Stories of HOPE: Oakland Small Biz Graduate Creates Community Book Center
DC HOPE Center Helps Motivate Future Entrepreneurs with Vision Boards
Low Unemployment and High Entrepreneurship – Signs of a 21st Century Economy
Global Financial Dignity Summit Celebrates Spirit of HOPE and Entrepreneurship in Atlanta
You’re Invited: Startup Maryland is Coming to Prince George’s County
Oakland HOPE Center Graduation – Teaching Entrepreneurship Through Inspiration
Stories of HOPE Live!: Yvonne Cooper Shares Her Story of Entrepreneurship
Ms. Yvonne Cooper, a graduate of the NY Financial Dignity Center's Entrepreneurial Training Program, discusses the various ways she has been helped by the Center in her own video testimonial of the New York HOPE Center, Ms. Cooper recently became certified in child care, and owns and operates a child care business out of her home.HOPE Business In A Box: Reflection from a HOPE Summer Fellow
Operation HOPE and Africa Tikkun Cultivate Capabilities through Banking on Our Future
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.
