John Hope Bryant

Images of Operation HOPE's Banking on Our Future 500K and Over the Years

 

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Operation HOPE’s Financial Literacy Empowerment Educational Program Banking on Our Future Reaches 500K Youth

LOS ANGELES – August 26, 2010 – Operation HOPE (HOPE) Chairman, Founder and CEO John Hope Bryant announced this week that their Financial Literacy Empowerment Educational Program Banking on Our Future (BOOF), the nation's leading urban delivery system for financial literacy empowerment, reached a momentous milestone by surpassing the 500K youth educated mark in the U.S. and South Africa. Since creating the program in 1996, HOPE has educated and empowered 501,726 youth in dignity, the real wealth of an individual, and the basics of banking, credit, and investments through their award-winning financial literacy curriculum.

“The Banking on Our Future program is the cornerstone of what we do at HOPE,” said HOPE founder and business bestselling author John Hope Bryant. “Post global economic crisis, financial literacy is the new civil rights issue for all people, not just the poor and underserved. Reaching young people before their financial habits, virtues and values are formed is an investment in the future.”

Reflections on BBDO NY CEO John Osborn visiting the Harlem HOPE Center

 

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Good memories never grow old.  The Operation HOPE family was honored to host my fellow YGL (Forum of Young Global Leader), friend and CEO of BBDO New York, John Osborn, for a CEO Leadership Discussion at our Operation HOPE Financial Literacy Empowerment Center in Harlem. John did an incredible job that evening, and was well received by all who attended.  Thank you John for all that you do to "bridge the gaps" that needlessly separate our society.

John Osborn and his team at BBDO NY are a walking, talking, living example of Love Leadership in action.  Thanks for all you do.

Operation HOPE Client Testimonial: Mortgage HOPE Crisis Hotline

Hi Diane

My husband and I couldn't be more happier that we contact Operation Hope to help us to make the Home loan Modification affordable to us.

Working with Clemen Mendoza was absolutely reward , she handle our case so professionally that with out her help we wouldn't be able to prevent the house from FORECLOSURE. We want to let you  know how happy we are that we  were able to count with such a great person with excellent people skills. We have a deep appreciation for Clemen Mendoza for her excellent job.

Sincerely,

Mr. and Mrs. Munoz

U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Member, U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka and Operation HOPE Founder John Bryant Discuss the Promotion of Financial Literacy as a National Issue

Meeting focused on ensuring Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act  works with the American consumer in moving out of financial crisis  Washington, D.C. – August 18, 2010 -- U.S. Senator Daniel Kahikina Akaka and John Hope Bryant, the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Operation HOPE, America’s leading financial literacy empowerment nonprofit, met earlier this month to discuss ways to encourage the development of financial literacy as a mainstream issue.  The Senator from Hawaii expressed his support of Operation HOPE and the Financial Services Roundtable’s Framework Agreement and noted their first year’s successes that benefited millions of Americans.

A HOPE Poem from a former HOPE Leader

Operation HOPE Poem

 

They come to Operation HOPE from many diverse locations

They all come to Operation HOPE sometimes with complex financial situations

 

They come after finding out there is no other place to go

Others come mainly due to the Chairman’s prolific social discourse on the TV and Radio

 

Some live in close proximity and others live far away

Just as sure as darkness melts to light, they come to Operation HOPE every single day

 

They come seeking economic advice and positive direction

They come in large crowds, because they have a voracious appetite to partake in an educational Seminar

HRH Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, Professor Pekka Himanen of Finland and John Hope Bryant present Global Dignity at ONE YOUNG WORLD, London 2010

 

Three Young Global Leaders (YGLs) for the World Economic Forum present Global Dignity earlier this year at the ONE YOUNG WORLD conference in London, England.

 

LOVE LEADERSHIP Climbs Six Spots on Inc. Magazine-CEO READ Business Bestseller Top 25 List in July

 
Book Makes Record 10^th Appearance on the List as Popularity for Bryant’s Business Principles Continues to Ring True in Current Economic and Political Climate

August 10, 2010 02:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time 

LOS ANGELES--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--LOVE LEADERSHIP: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World (Jossey-Bass), makes the Inc. Magazine 800CEOREAD bestsellers list, climbing six spots landing at #11. Written by Operation HOPE Founder, Chairman and CEO John Hope Bryant, this month marks the record tenth time the book has made the list since its release in August 2009.

LOVE LEADERSHIP continues to attract an international audience as principles from the book have been the focus of discussions at the Roland Berger Strategy Challenge Club Meeting in Solna, Sweden, the FORTUNE/TIME/CNN Global Forum in Cape Town, South Africa, the World Economic Forum regional meeting in Tanzania, and the international OECD Forum in Paris.

 

 

New From the Atlanta Journal Constitution: Operation HOPE launches metro Atlanta mortgage, credit hotlines

 

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Operation HOPE launches metro Atlanta mortgage, credit hotlines

7:00 am August 5, 2010, by Rana Cash

Considering the huge footprint of the nonprofit organization CredAbility, it seemed unusual that national player Operation HOPE would launch regional mortgage and consumer credit crisis hotlines here.

That was, until founder John Hope Bryant put things in sobering perspective: “There’s enough poverty to go around.”

Less of a competitor and more of a complement to the services provided by CredAbility and others, Operation HOPE will target both the financially strapped and those too emotionally downtrodden to fight back. The California-based organization recently rolled out a slate of services to be provided to disenfranchised local residents. A permanent home office is being built near Ebenezer Baptist Church, Bryant said.

Read the complete story (and even comment on it) at the AJC here.

 

5MK Factoid

1.2 million youth in America drop out of high school every year.