During my seminars, I have received a lot of questions about the direction of the real estate market. An article I read in the Wall Street Journal on December 26, 2012 captured how I respond and why this is the best time to buy a home and not wait. The article depicted real estate trends from the peak of the market in 2004, the bottom of the market in 2008 and the present direction of the market.
Andy Bardach, a HOPE Corps Volunteer from Fannie Mae, recently lead a Banking on Our Future session for students at Gunter High school in Dallas, Texas. He describes the workshop and shares his reasons for being a HOPE Corps volunteer
The newly-launched HOPE Office of Small Business and Entrepreneurship will seek to harness America's untapped economic energy by stimulating youth entrepreneurship and creating communities of economic opportunity.
Continuing with its faith based initiative, Operation HOPE in Atlanta participated as an exhibitor this past weekend at the 2011 Economic Empowerment Conference hosted by Word of Faith Family Church in Austell, GA.
Earlier last month, one of our volunteers from Citi South Africa sent us a letter expressing how she felt after teaching a session of our Banking on Our Future curriculum to students in South Africa's Alex highschool. Check out her testimonial below:
Operation HOPE Founder, Chairman and CEO John Hope Bryant speaks about the power of Financial Literacy and urban entrepreneurship at the White House Urban Entrepreneurship Summit held on Monday, June 6th, 2011, in Newark, New Jersey.
Never before have skills been as central to the prosperity of nations and better life chances for individuals as today. Skills contribute to greater productivity and sustainable economic growth. Being skilled improves individuals’ chances in the labour market and likelihood to engage in further learning later in life.
Please join us Monday, June 6, for an exclusive live web broadcast of the White House Urban Entrepreneurship Summit, hosted by the Obama administration and the Rutgers Business School’s Center for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development.
Earlier in May, two classes of students at Foshay Learning Center in Los Angeles went through Banking on Our Future and then used their knowledge to teach other students in their school about the principles of Dignity, Banking, Budgeting, Checking & Savings Accounts, and Credit.
Last month, Operation HOPE’s Founder, Chairman and CEO John Hope Bryant delivered a passionate keynote address during a leadership summit at the Kansas City Federal Reserve in which he makes the case for his bold approach to leadership in today's corporate, economic, nonprofit and public environments.
Banking on Our Future Detroit will host a financial literacy workshop on May 14, focusing on "Home Buyer Education and Foreclosure Prevention." The event is being organized with the Urban Financial Services Coalition of Detroit and will take place at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American history (315 E. Warren Ave. Detroit, MIC 48201.
Operation HOPE and Financial Beginning’s will be hosting on May 24 a volunteer and educator recognition event in Portland to acknowledge community activists who've helped provide essential financial literacy education to youth throughout the Pacific Northwest.
Operation HOPE is proud to announce today the launch of the New OperationHOPE.org—a redesigned, re-imagined digital portal to the world of Financial Literacy.
