{"id":157,"date":"2022-02-25T16:28:43","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T16:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/localhost:1337\/?page_id=157"},"modified":"2026-02-26T15:29:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T19:29:58","slug":"our-founder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/about\/our-founder\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Founder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 wp-block-heading\">BRINGING HOPE TO LIFE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ceo_john_hope_bryant_30s_wide-720p.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>John\u2019s vision of creating a whole new approach to community uplift, rooted in economic empowerment, combating financial illiteracy, restoring dignity, offering redemption, and addressing the critical issues facing corporations and financial institutions today, has driven Operation HOPE since its inception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThe most dangerous person in the world is one with no hope.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>His life work has been to help realize equity of opportunity for all; to equip people in underserved communities with the financial tools and training needed to take ownership of their lives and create a secure financial future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Clinton_Global_Initiative_2022_Closing_Plenary_Taking_Action_Together.mp4.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BRINGING HOPE TO LIFE John\u2019s vision of creating a whole new approach to community uplift, rooted in economic empowerment, combating financial illiteracy, restoring dignity, offering redemption, and addressing the critical &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":9,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"views\/template-initiatives.blade.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-157","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/157"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157"}],"version-history":[{"count":123,"href":"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":254744,"href":"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/157\/revisions\/254744"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}