{"id":229514,"date":"2022-03-08T16:53:46","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T16:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-operationhope-352.pantheonsite.io\/?page_id=229514"},"modified":"2025-01-10T12:02:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T16:02:59","slug":"our-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/about\/our-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"mt-4 mb-4 wp-block-heading\">30 Years of HOPE:<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The History of Operation HOPE<\/h2>\n\n\n<!-- ========= Cool Timeline PRO 4.1.5 ========= --><div style=\"opacity:0;\" \n    data-showposts=\"60\"\n     class=\"cool_timeline cool-timeline-wrapper both-sided-wrapper white-timeline-wrapper main-default\" \n     id=\"tm-default-default-12\"  \n     data-pagination=\"yes\"  \n     data-pagination-position=\"right\"><h2 class=\"timeline-main-title center-block\">Timeline<\/h2><div class=\"cool-timeline ultimate-style  white-timeline\"><div  class=\"filter-preloaders\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/cool-timeline-pro\/\/assets\/images\/clt-compact-preloader.gif\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div data-animations=\"none\"  id=\"timeline-timeline-stories\" class=\"cooltimeline_cont  clearfix icons_no\"><div data-cls=\"sc-nv-default white-timeline\" class=\"timeline-year scrollable-section default-year\" data-section-title=\"2025\" id=\"year-2025\"><span  class=\"ctl-timeline-date\">2025<\/span><\/div><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"0\" id=\"story-249718\" class=\"timeline-post even light-grey-post icons_no post-249718  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">April 4<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix even  full default-content stopanimation animated\"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_self\" title=\"Dream Forward\" href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/timeline\/dream-forward\/\">Dream Forward<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"full-width\">\n            <iframe width=\"100%\" \n            src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vPMr2BV5TPE\" \n            frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"content-details\">On April 4, 2025, Operation HOPE co-hosted <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/dream-forward\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dream Forward<\/a><\/strong>, a Dr. King-inspired virtual working session, held in the very place where Dr. King was assassinated, bringing together some of the most influential leaders from business, finance, technology, policy, faith, and civil society to shape a modern blueprint for inclusive economic empowerment in America.<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><div data-cls=\"sc-nv-default white-timeline\" class=\"timeline-year scrollable-section default-year\" data-section-title=\"2024\" id=\"year-2024\"><span  class=\"ctl-timeline-date\">2024<\/span><\/div><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"1\" id=\"story-241675\" class=\"timeline-post odd light-grey-post icons_no post-241675 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">July 11<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix odd  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"HOPE Announces the American Aspiration Tour\" href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/american-aspiration-tour\/\">HOPE Announces the American Aspiration Tour<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"full-width\"><a title=\"HOPE Announces the American Aspiration Tour\"  href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/HOPE-AATTimeline-e1725996456104.png\" class=\"ctl_prettyPhoto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"767\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/HOPE-AATTimeline-e1725996456104.png\" class=\"story-img wp-post-image\" alt=\"HOPE Announces the American Aspiration Tour\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/HOPE-AATTimeline-e1725996456104.png 767w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/HOPE-AATTimeline-e1725996456104-300x204.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"content-details\"><p>The &#8220;American Aspiration Tour&#8221; aims at ignite a new national dialogue on financial literacy and economic inclusion. Inspired by the best-selling book, Financial Literacy for All, the tour will feature Operation HOPE Founder and CEO John Hope Bryant in a series of hosted conversations with elected officials and corporate leaders across America.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"2\" id=\"story-241671\" class=\"timeline-post even light-grey-post icons_no post-241671 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">July 10<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix even  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"HOPE Announces the Corporate Inclusion Initiative\" href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/initiatives\/corporate-inclusion\/\">HOPE Announces the Corporate Inclusion Initiative<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"full-width\"><a title=\"HOPE Announces the Corporate Inclusion Initiative\"  href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-28.png\" class=\"ctl_prettyPhoto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"787\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-28.png\" class=\"story-img wp-post-image\" alt=\"HOPE Announces the Corporate Inclusion Initiative\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-28.png 787w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-28-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-28-768x580.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 787px) 100vw, 787px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"content-details\"><p><span data-teams=\"true\"><span class=\"ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0The Corporate Inclusion Initiative, which aims to level the representational playing field of corporate America by placing well-qualified minority candidates on company boards of directors, ensuring that the boardrooms reflect the ethnic and gender makeup of the country.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"3\" id=\"story-241677\" class=\"timeline-post odd light-grey-post icons_no post-241677 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">May 8<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix odd  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Business Plan for America: A Case for the Big Tent\" href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/american-aspiration-tour\/the-business-plan-for-america\/\">Business Plan for America: A Case for the Big Tent<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"full-width\"><a title=\"Business Plan for America: A Case for the Big Tent\"  href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-30.png\" class=\"ctl_prettyPhoto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-30-1024x329.png\" class=\"story-img wp-post-image\" alt=\"Business Plan for America: A Case for the Big Tent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-30-1024x329.png 1024w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-30-300x96.png 300w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-30-768x247.png 768w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-30-1536x494.png 1536w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-30-2048x658.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"content-details\"><p><span data-teams=\"true\"><span class=\"ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\">Announced at the 2024 Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles, CA, <i>The Business Plan for America<\/i> outlines the case that in order for America to continue as a leading economic superpower, we must recognize how critical our diversity is to our success.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"4\" id=\"story-241673\" class=\"timeline-post even light-grey-post icons_no post-241673 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">April 10<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix even  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Financial Literacy for All Published\" href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/american-aspiration-tour\/fl4a-book\/\">Financial Literacy for All Published<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"content-details\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-241674\" src=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-29-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-29-241x300.png 241w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-29-822x1024.png 822w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-29-768x957.png 768w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-29-1232x1536.png 1232w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-29.png 1295w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Publication of \u201c<i>Financial Literacy for All: Disrupting Struggle, Advancing Financial Freedom, and Building a New American Middle Class\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>by John Hope Bryant, Founder &amp; CEO of Operation HOPE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><div data-cls=\"sc-nv-default white-timeline\" class=\"timeline-year scrollable-section default-year\" data-section-title=\"2023\" id=\"year-2023\"><span  class=\"ctl-timeline-date\">2023<\/span><\/div><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"5\" id=\"story-241668\" class=\"timeline-post odd light-grey-post icons_no post-241668 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">December 12<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix odd  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Ai Ethics Council Announced\" href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/initiatives\/ai-ethics-council\/\">Ai Ethics Council Announced<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"full-width\"><a title=\"Ai Ethics Council Announced\"  href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-27.png\" class=\"ctl_prettyPhoto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-27.png\" class=\"story-img wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ai Ethics Council Announced\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-27.png 900w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-27-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-27-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"content-details\"><p><span class=\"ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\">Operation HOPE\u2019s John Hope Bryant and Open AI\u2019s Sam Altman Announce Formation of First-of-Its-Kind AI Ethics Council at 2023 Annual Meeting of the Hope Global Forums in Atlanta.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"6\" id=\"story-241683\" class=\"timeline-post even light-grey-post icons_no post-241683 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">December 10<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix even  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"The HOPE Insider Survey\" href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/impact\/the-hope-insider\/\">The HOPE Insider Survey<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"full-width\"><a title=\"The HOPE Insider Survey\"  href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-34.png\" class=\"ctl_prettyPhoto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-34-1024x726.png\" class=\"story-img wp-post-image\" alt=\"The HOPE Insider Survey\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-34-1024x726.png 1024w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-34-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-34-768x544.png 768w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-34-1536x1088.png 1536w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-34.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"content-details\"><p>The initial HOPE Insider survey received responses from more than 3,500 Operation HOPE clients and provides key insights into American financial sentiment relating to housing, debt, small business ownership, work and general economic optimism, as Americans navigate the complex challenges of the current economic climate.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"7\" id=\"story-241681\" class=\"timeline-post odd light-grey-post icons_no post-241681 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">March 3<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix odd  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"HOPE Launches Community Credit Score Index\" href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/impact\/financial-wellness-index\/\">HOPE Launches Community Credit Score Index<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"full-width\"><a title=\"HOPE Launches Community Credit Score Index\"  href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-33.png\" class=\"ctl_prettyPhoto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"455\" src=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-33.png\" class=\"story-img wp-post-image\" alt=\"HOPE Launches Community Credit Score Index\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-33.png 600w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-33-300x228.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"content-details\"><p>The HOPE Community Credit Score Index, an extension to the Financial Wellness Index, take a closer look by overlaying resident credit score data with other critical information on education, homeownership, income, life expectancy, and crime to identify the neighborhoods most in need. These statistics help inform policy, program and service offerings, and provide residents a greater understanding of their specific community\u2019s financial health.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><div data-cls=\"sc-nv-default white-timeline\" class=\"timeline-year scrollable-section default-year\" data-section-title=\"2022\" id=\"year-2022\"><span  class=\"ctl-timeline-date\">2022<\/span><\/div><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"8\" id=\"story-232582\" class=\"timeline-post even light-grey-post icons_no post-232582 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">April 5<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix even  full default-content stopanimation animated\"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"FL4A Joins Nasdaq Stock Market for Opening Bell Ceremony\" href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/timeline\/financial-literacy-for-all-rings-nasdaq-stock-market-opening-bell\/\">FL4A Joins Nasdaq Stock Market for Opening Bell Ceremony<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"full-width\">\n            <iframe width=\"100%\" \n            src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_IMqTcOXl7c\" \n            frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"content-details\"><p>Financial Literacy for All joins Nasdaq to kick off National Financial Literacy Month<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"9\" id=\"story-231742\" class=\"timeline-post odd light-grey-post icons_no post-231742 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">March 31<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix odd  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"SBA adds 1MBB to strategic alliance\" href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/timeline\/sba-adds-1mbb-to-strategic-alliance\/\">SBA adds 1MBB to strategic alliance<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"content-details\"><p>U.S. Small Business Administration revises and renews strategic alliance with HOPE to include 1MBB programing for small businesses<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"10\" id=\"story-230820\" class=\"timeline-post even light-grey-post icons_no post-230820 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">January 12<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix even  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"FDIC collaborates with HOPE\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fdic.gov\/news\/press-releases\/2022\/pr22005.html\">FDIC collaborates with HOPE<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"content-details\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation launches new collaboration with Operation HOPE to incorporate an extension of financial education activity with HOPE\u2019s 1MBB and Small Business Programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><div data-cls=\"sc-nv-default white-timeline\" class=\"timeline-year scrollable-section default-year\" data-section-title=\"2021\" id=\"year-2021\"><span  class=\"ctl-timeline-date\">2021<\/span><\/div><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"11\" id=\"story-241666\" class=\"timeline-post odd light-grey-post icons_no post-241666 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">November 15<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix odd  full default-content stopanimation animated\"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Atlanta Child Savings Account Program launches\" href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/timeline\/hope-launches-the-atlanta-child-savings-account-program-in-partnership-with-the-city-of-atlanta\/\">Atlanta Child Savings Account Program launches<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"full-width\">\n            <iframe width=\"100%\" \n            src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-W5UGeUeGr0\" \n            frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"content-details\"><p>The Atlanta Child Savings Account Program, launched in partnership with the City of Atlanta, provides qualifying Atlanta Public Schools (APS) kindergartners with a free savings account and a one-time deposit of $50. The savings account, managed by Operation HOPE, will be a starting point for savings, reserved for expenses related to post-secondary education.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"12\" id=\"story-231058\" class=\"timeline-post even light-grey-post icons_no post-231058 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">November 8<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix even  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"FICO joins the growing number of FL4A partners\" href=\"http:\/\/FICO%20joins%20Mastercard,%20BlackRock,%20TIME%20for%20Kids,%20Nextdoor,%20US%20Bank,%20Santander,%20Truist%20and%20First%20Horizon%20Bank%20along%20with%20FL4A%20founding%20members%20Walmart,%20Disney,%20NFL,%20NBA,%20Delta%20Air%20Lines,%20Walgreens,%20Bank%20of%20America,%20Khan%20Academy%20and%20Ares%20Management%20as%20part%20of%20this%20first-of-its-kind%20coalition.%20FICO\u2019s%20involvement%20complements%20FL4A\u2019s%20existing%20efforts%20to%20promote%20greater%20financial%20well-being%20among%20American%20working%20adults%20and%20young%20people.\">FICO joins the growing number of FL4A partners<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"content-details\"><p>FICO joins Mastercard, BlackRock, TIME for Kids, Nextdoor, US Bank, Santander, Truist and First Horizon Bank along with FL4A founding members Walmart, Disney, NFL, NBA, Delta Air Lines, Walgreens, Bank of America, Khan Academy and Ares Management as part of this first-of-its-kind coalition. FICO\u2019s involvement complements FL4A\u2019s existing efforts to promote greater financial well-being among American working adults and young people.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"13\" id=\"story-230833\" class=\"timeline-post odd light-grey-post icons_no post-230833 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">October 19<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix odd  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"1st hybrid HOPE Global Forum\" href=\"https:\/\/hopeglobalforums.org\/annual-meeting-2021\/\">1st hybrid HOPE Global Forum<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"full-width\"><a title=\"1st hybrid HOPE Global Forum\"  href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2021-HGF-TD-Jakes.jpg\" class=\"ctl_prettyPhoto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2021-HGF-TD-Jakes-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"story-img wp-post-image\" alt=\"1st hybrid HOPE Global Forum\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2021-HGF-TD-Jakes-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2021-HGF-TD-Jakes-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2021-HGF-TD-Jakes-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2021-HGF-TD-Jakes.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"content-details\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Launch of the 1st hybrid (in person &amp; virtual) HOPE Global Forum which reaches over 4.2 million social media impressions and was covered by more than 950 news outlets.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"14\" id=\"story-241679\" class=\"timeline-post even light-grey-post icons_no post-241679 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">September 8<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix even  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"HOPE Financial Wellness Index\" href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/impact\/financial-wellness-index\/\">HOPE Financial Wellness Index<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"full-width\"><a title=\"HOPE Financial Wellness Index\"  href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-32.png\" class=\"ctl_prettyPhoto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"773\" src=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-32-1024x773.png\" class=\"story-img wp-post-image\" alt=\"HOPE Financial Wellness Index\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-32-1024x773.png 1024w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-32-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-32-768x580.png 768w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-32.png 1240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"content-details\"><p>HOPE&#8217;s Financial Wellness Index, launched in partnership with Experian, utilizes credit data to build a Community Credit Score Index.<br \/>\nThe Index highlights high- and low-credit score zip codes in the same city by showcasing discrepancies in earnings, social mobility, housing, education and longevity.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"15\" id=\"story-229513\" class=\"timeline-post odd light-grey-post icons_no post-229513 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">August 25<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix odd  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Robinhood Markets signs Investors&#8217; Bill of Rights\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/robinhood-becomes-first-company-to-sign-operation-hopes-investors-bill-of-rights-301362322.html\">Robinhood Markets signs Investors&#8217; Bill of Rights<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"content-details\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-230617\" src=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Logo-Robinhood-300x61.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"48\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Logo-Robinhood-300x61.png 300w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Logo-Robinhood-1024x210.png 1024w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Logo-Robinhood-768x157.png 768w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Logo-Robinhood-1536x315.png 1536w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Logo-Robinhood-2048x420.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/>Operation HOPE announced that Robinhood Markets is the first company to sign onto its Investors\u2019 Bill of Rights.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"16\" id=\"story-229511\" class=\"timeline-post even light-grey-post icons_no post-229511 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">May 20<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix even  full default-content stopanimation animated\"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Financial Literacy for All (FL4A) launched\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20210520005594\/en\/Top-Business-Leaders-Launch-Movement-to-Embed-Financial-Literacy-Into-American-Culture\">Financial Literacy for All (FL4A) launched<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"full-width\">\n            <iframe width=\"100%\" \n            src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BieIAuZLW80\" \n            frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"content-details\"><p>Operation HOPE launches the Financial Literacy for All movement in partnership with CEO\u2019s of companies such as Walmart, Delta Air Lines, the NBA and NFL, Walgreens, Bank of America, and Disney to infuse this initiative in their business plans for the next 10 years to help people with financial literacy and generational wealth.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"17\" id=\"story-230834\" class=\"timeline-post odd light-grey-post icons_no post-230834 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">March 16<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix odd  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"\" title=\"Third Reconstruction Launched\" href=\"https:\/\/www.milkenreview.org\/articles\/the-third-reconstruction\">Third Reconstruction Launched<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"content-details\"><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThird Reconstruction: A 3-Point plan to make Financial Literacy the Civil Issue of this Generation<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d published in the Milken Review.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"18\" id=\"story-229512\" class=\"timeline-post even light-grey-post icons_no post-229512 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">February 9<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix even  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Investors&#8217; Bill of Rights launched\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20210209006125\/en\/Operation-HOPE-Announces-Investors%E2%80%99-Bill-of-Rights-to-Address-the-Greater-Need-for-Individual-Investor-Protections\">Investors&#8217; Bill of Rights launched<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"content-details\"><p>Operation HOPE announced its Investors\u2019 Bill of Rights to address the greater need for individual investor protections. The Investors\u2019 Bill of Rights was created by Operation HOPE\u2019s Chairman and CEO, John Hope Bryant, with input from a variety of organizations and leaders in the US financial markets.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"19\" id=\"story-249905\" class=\"timeline-post odd light-grey-post icons_no post-249905 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">February 1<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix odd  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Minority Small Business Index\" href=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/app\/profile\/surveymonkey\/viz\/OperationHOPEIndex\/OperationHOPE\">Minority Small Business Index<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"full-width\"><a title=\"Minority Small Business Index\"  href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Minority-Report.png\" class=\"ctl_prettyPhoto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"509\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Minority-Report.png\" class=\"story-img wp-post-image\" alt=\"Minority Small Business Index\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Minority-Report.png 509w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Minority-Report-300x267.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"content-details\"><p>In February 2021, Operation HOPE launched, in partnership with Momentive, a new <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/app\/profile\/surveymonkey\/viz\/OperationHOPEIndex\/OperationHOPE\">Minority Small Business Index<\/a><\/span> to quantify the experiences and hopefulness of minority small business owners and entrepreneurs. Each question of the Index touched on a different aspect of entrepreneurship \u2013 from hope for business success, to having a trusted mentor, to risk tolerance, to access to capital, and finally, to future outlook on systemic issues that impede success for minority small business owners.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><div data-cls=\"sc-nv-default white-timeline\" class=\"timeline-year scrollable-section default-year\" data-section-title=\"2020\" id=\"year-2020\"><span  class=\"ctl-timeline-date\">2020<\/span><\/div><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"20\" id=\"story-229510\" class=\"timeline-post even light-grey-post icons_no post-229510 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">November 12<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix even  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Twitter partners with HOPE\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/twitter-to-invest-100-million-in-new-finance-justice-fund-managed-by-opportunity-finance-network-301171485.html\">Twitter partners with HOPE<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"content-details\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-232623 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Twitter-300x242.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"117\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Twitter-300x242.png 300w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Twitter-1024x825.png 1024w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Twitter-768x618.png 768w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Twitter-1536x1237.png 1536w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Twitter.png 1690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 117px) 100vw, 117px\" \/>Twitter agrees to invest $100 million in lenders promoting racial equality by reinvesting interest it earns from loans into Operation HOPE.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"21\" id=\"story-229509\" class=\"timeline-post odd light-grey-post icons_no post-229509 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">October 20<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix odd  full default-content stopanimation animated\"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"\" title=\"1MBB Launched\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20201020005715\/en\/Operation-HOPE-and-Shopify-Join-Forces-to-Help-Create-One-Million-Black-Owned-Businesses-by-2030\">1MBB Launched<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"full-width\">\n            <iframe width=\"100%\" \n            src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PT-XvK5xC7k\" \n            frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"content-details\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/1mbb\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One Million Black Business<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Entrepreneurship Initiative is launched, in partnership with Shopify, to create, scale or grow one million Black businesses by 2030 at the HOPE Global Forum, conducted virtually in response to COVID-19.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"22\" id=\"story-230835\" class=\"timeline-post even light-grey-post icons_no post-230835 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">October 6<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix even  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"\" title=\"Up From Nothing published\" href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/about\/our-founder#book1\">Up From Nothing published<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"content-details\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/about\/our-founder\/#book1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-222959 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/up_from_nothing_3d-1-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"178\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/up_from_nothing_3d-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/up_from_nothing_3d-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/up_from_nothing_3d-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/up_from_nothing_3d-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/up_from_nothing_3d-1.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\" \/><\/a>Publication of \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Up From Nothing: The Untold Story of How We (All) Succeed\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"23\" id=\"story-230836\" class=\"timeline-post odd light-grey-post icons_no post-230836 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">March 3<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix odd  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Treasury Secretary Mnuchin hosts Freedman&#8217;s Bank Forum\" href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/system\/files\/136\/Agenda_for_Printing.pdf\">Treasury Secretary Mnuchin hosts Freedman&#8217;s Bank Forum<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"full-width\"><a title=\"Treasury Secretary Mnuchin hosts Freedman&#8217;s Bank Forum\"  href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/JHB-Mnuchin.jpg\" class=\"ctl_prettyPhoto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/JHB-Mnuchin.jpg\" class=\"story-img wp-post-image\" alt=\"Treasury Secretary Mnuchin hosts Freedman&#8217;s Bank Forum\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/JHB-Mnuchin.jpg 800w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/JHB-Mnuchin-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/JHB-Mnuchin-768x509.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"content-details\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U.S. Treasury hosts Freedman\u2019s Bank Forum with Secretary Mnuchin with Operation HOPE<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><div data-cls=\"sc-nv-default white-timeline\" class=\"timeline-year scrollable-section default-year\" data-section-title=\"2019\" id=\"year-2019\"><span  class=\"ctl-timeline-date\">2019<\/span><\/div><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"24\" id=\"story-230837\" class=\"timeline-post even light-grey-post icons_no post-230837 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">October 15<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix even  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"HOPE Global Advisory Board established\" href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/timeline\/hope-global-advisory-board-established\/\">HOPE Global Advisory Board established<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"content-details\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Established the HOPE Global Advisory Board with preeminent corporate and social leaders.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><div data-cls=\"sc-nv-default white-timeline\" class=\"timeline-year scrollable-section default-year\" data-section-title=\"2018\" id=\"year-2018\"><span  class=\"ctl-timeline-date\">2018<\/span><\/div><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"25\" id=\"story-229508\" class=\"timeline-post odd light-grey-post icons_no post-229508 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">October 26<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix odd  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Columbus, GA gives HOPE Key to the City\" href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/timeline\/october-2018\/\">Columbus, GA gives HOPE Key to the City<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"content-details\"><p>John Hope Bryant and Operation HOPE receive Key to the City from Mayor of Columbus, Ga and Congressional Recognition at keynote for Columbus Urban League.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><div data-cls=\"sc-nv-default white-timeline\" class=\"timeline-year scrollable-section default-year\" data-section-title=\"2017\" id=\"year-2017\"><span  class=\"ctl-timeline-date\">2017<\/span><\/div><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"26\" id=\"story-230880\" class=\"timeline-post even light-grey-post icons_no post-230880 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">September 13<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix even  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"100th HOPE Inside location opens\" href=\"https:\/\/johnhopebryant.com\/2017\/09\/operation-location-national.html\">100th HOPE Inside location opens<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"content-details\"><p>HOPE&#8217;s 100th location opened in Baltimore, Maryland, in partnership with The Columbia Bank to deliver Operation HOPE\u2019s core programming to residents of Baltimore and communities in the surrounding area.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"27\" id=\"story-230832\" class=\"timeline-post odd light-grey-post icons_no post-230832 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">August 29<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix odd  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"\" title=\"The Memo published\" href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/about\/our-founder\/#book2\">The Memo published<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"content-details\"><p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/about\/our-founder\/#book2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-232588 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/The-Memo-239x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/The-Memo-239x300.png 239w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/The-Memo.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/a>August 2017<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Publication of \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Memo<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Five Rules for Your Economic Liberation\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><div data-cls=\"sc-nv-default white-timeline\" class=\"timeline-year scrollable-section default-year\" data-section-title=\"2016\" id=\"year-2016\"><span  class=\"ctl-timeline-date\">2016<\/span><\/div><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"28\" id=\"story-229507\" class=\"timeline-post even light-grey-post icons_no post-229507 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">December 1<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix even  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"\" title=\"Innovator of the Year\" href=\"https:\/\/www.americanbanker.com\/news\/innovator-of-the-year-operation-hopes-john-hope-bryant\">Innovator of the Year<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"full-width\"><a title=\"Innovator of the Year\"  href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Innovator-of-the-year-2016-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"ctl_prettyPhoto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Innovator-of-the-year-2016-1024x545.jpeg\" class=\"story-img wp-post-image\" alt=\"Innovator of the Year\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Innovator-of-the-year-2016-1024x545.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Innovator-of-the-year-2016-300x160.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Innovator-of-the-year-2016-768x409.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Innovator-of-the-year-2016-1536x817.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Innovator-of-the-year-2016-2048x1090.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"content-details\"><p>American Banker Magazine names Chairman Bryant 2016 &#8220;Innovator of the Year&#8221; for developing the HOPE Inside model that promotes financial inclusion and generates business for banks.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><div data-cls=\"sc-nv-default white-timeline\" class=\"timeline-year scrollable-section default-year\" data-section-title=\"2015\" id=\"year-2015\"><span  class=\"ctl-timeline-date\">2015<\/span><\/div><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"29\" id=\"story-229506\" class=\"timeline-post odd light-grey-post icons_no post-229506 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">December 9<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix odd  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"\" title=\"Treasury Annex renamed The Freedman\u2019s Bank Building\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/operation-hope-commends-the-us-treasury-department-and-secretary-jack-lew-on-renaming-of-treasury-annex-building-300190820.html\">Treasury Annex renamed The Freedman\u2019s Bank Building<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"full-width\"><a title=\"Treasury Annex renamed The Freedman\u2019s Bank Building\"  href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Freedmans-Bank.jpg\" class=\"ctl_prettyPhoto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"746\" src=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Freedmans-Bank-1024x746.jpg\" class=\"story-img wp-post-image\" alt=\"Treasury Annex renamed The Freedman\u2019s Bank Building\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Freedmans-Bank-1024x746.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Freedmans-Bank-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Freedmans-Bank-768x560.jpg 768w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Freedmans-Bank-1536x1119.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Freedmans-Bank-2048x1492.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"content-details\"><p>On the recommendation of John Bryant and Operation HOPE, Secretary Lew publicly renamed the Treasury Annex Building, The Freedman\u2019s Bank Building, in honor of the site where the Freedman\u2019s Saving Bank once stood.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"30\" id=\"story-230843\" class=\"timeline-post even light-grey-post icons_no post-230843 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">November 30<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix even  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"MBDA signs MOU with HOPE\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.mbda.gov\/news\/press-releases\/2015\/11\/mbda-and-operation-hope-form-new-partnership-support-minority-business.html\">MBDA signs MOU with HOPE<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"content-details\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U.S. Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) and Operation HOPE signed a MOU designed to provide U.S. minority business enterprises (MBEs) with greater opportunities to access technical and financial resources.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"31\" id=\"story-230842\" class=\"timeline-post odd light-grey-post icons_no post-230842 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">February 27<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix odd  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Legacy Forum honors 150th Anniversary of the Freedman&#8217;s Bank\" href=\"https:\/\/prologue.blogs.archives.gov\/2015\/02\/27\/150th-anniversary-of-the-freedmans-bank\/\">Legacy Forum honors 150th Anniversary of the Freedman&#8217;s Bank<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"content-details\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U.S. Treasury Department, U.S. National Archives, and Operation HOPE host the first Freedman\u2019s Bank Legacy Forum commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Freedman\u2019s Bank<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"32\" id=\"story-230841\" class=\"timeline-post even light-grey-post icons_no post-230841 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">January 15<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix even  full default-content stopanimation animated\"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"President Clinton speaks at HOPE Global Forum\" href=\"https:\/\/hopeglobalforums.org\/annual-meeting-2015\/\">President Clinton speaks at HOPE Global Forum<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"full-width\">\n            <iframe width=\"100%\" \n            src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ozHDo0fhtpc\" \n            frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"content-details\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Former President Bill Clinton is keynote speaker at the HOPE Global Forum.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><div data-cls=\"sc-nv-default white-timeline\" class=\"timeline-year scrollable-section default-year\" data-section-title=\"2014\" id=\"year-2014\"><span  class=\"ctl-timeline-date\">2014<\/span><\/div><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"33\" id=\"story-230831\" class=\"timeline-post odd light-grey-post icons_no post-230831 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">June 2<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix odd  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"\" title=\"How the Poor Can Save Capitalism published\" href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/about\/our-founder\/#book3\">How the Poor Can Save Capitalism published<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"content-details\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/about\/our-founder\/#book3\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-232591 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/How-the-Poor-Can-Save-Capitalism-239x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"153\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/How-the-Poor-Can-Save-Capitalism-239x300.png 239w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/How-the-Poor-Can-Save-Capitalism.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 153px) 100vw, 153px\" \/><\/a>Publication of \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How the Poor Can Save Capitalism: Rebuilding the Path to the Middle Class\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"34\" id=\"story-230840\" class=\"timeline-post even light-grey-post icons_no post-230840 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">April 24<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix even  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"CFPB signs MOU with HOPE\" href=\"https:\/\/johnhopebryant.com\/2014\/12\/2014-in-review-day-05-the-consumer-financial-protection-bureau-and-operation-hope-sign-a-memorandum.html\">CFPB signs MOU with HOPE<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"content-details\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Operation HOPE Sign a Memorandum of Understanding to Promote Financial Education.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><div data-cls=\"sc-nv-default white-timeline\" class=\"timeline-year scrollable-section default-year\" data-section-title=\"2013\" id=\"year-2013\"><span  class=\"ctl-timeline-date\">2013<\/span><\/div><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"35\" id=\"story-230839\" class=\"timeline-post odd light-grey-post icons_no post-230839 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">December 31<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix odd  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"25 HOPE Inside locations\" href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/timeline\/25-hope-inside-locations\/\">25 HOPE Inside locations<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"full-width\"><a title=\"25 HOPE Inside locations\"  href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/HOPE-Inside.jpg\" class=\"ctl_prettyPhoto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/HOPE-Inside-1024x509.jpg\" class=\"story-img wp-post-image\" alt=\"25 HOPE Inside locations\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/HOPE-Inside-1024x509.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/HOPE-Inside-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/HOPE-Inside-768x382.jpg 768w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/HOPE-Inside.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"content-details\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Operation HOPE has 25 HOPE Inside locations<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"36\" id=\"story-230838\" class=\"timeline-post even light-grey-post icons_no post-230838 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">November 14<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix even  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"SBA signs MOU with HOPE\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sba.gov\/about-sba\/sba-newsroom\/press-releases-media-advisories\/sba-signs-strategic-alliance-operation-hope-foster-entrepreneurship-and-economic-empowerment\">SBA signs MOU with HOPE<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"content-details\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The U.S. Small Business Administration and Operation HOPE signed a Strategic Alliance Memorandum to encourage entrepreneurship and economic empowerment for small business owners.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"37\" id=\"story-229505\" class=\"timeline-post odd light-grey-post icons_no post-229505 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">July 18<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix odd  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"HOPE recognized in the UAE\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/emirates-foundation-joins-operation-hope-to-develop-financial-smarts-in-the-classroom-214612411.html\">HOPE recognized in the UAE<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"content-details\"><p>Bryant\u2019s work in financial literacy was recognized by the Emirates Foundation in the United Arab Emirates. The new Esref Sah (Spend Wisely) Personal Finance curriculum, which features Bryant\u2019s personal life story, likeness and image, is a UAE wide partnership between the Emirates Foundation and Operation HOPE that seeks to boost youth financial literacy skills and confidence, as well as encouraging personal financial dignity through role modeling.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"38\" id=\"story-230845\" class=\"timeline-post even light-grey-post icons_no post-230845 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">June 25<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix even  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"President Obama creates the President&#8217;s Advisory Council For Financial Capability For Young Americans\" href=\"https:\/\/obamawhitehouse.archives.gov\/the-press-office\/2013\/06\/25\/executive-order-establishing-presidents-advisory-council-financial-capab\">President Obama creates the President&#8217;s Advisory Council For Financial Capability For Young Americans<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"content-details\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">President Obama creates the President&#8217;s Advisory Council For Financial Capability For Young Americans. John Bryant serves as a founding member.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"39\" id=\"story-229504\" class=\"timeline-post odd light-grey-post icons_no post-229504 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">March 1<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix odd  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"OECD recognizes HOPE for best practices in Financial Education\" href=\"https:\/\/globalmoneyweek.org\/countries\/53-united-states.html\">OECD recognizes HOPE for best practices in Financial Education<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"content-details\"><p>Operation HOPE has been a \u201cfinancial education best practice\u201d on behalf of the USA highlighted in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Global Money Week 10 Years Of Celebrations since 2013.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><div data-cls=\"sc-nv-default white-timeline\" class=\"timeline-year scrollable-section default-year\" data-section-title=\"2012\" id=\"year-2012\"><span  class=\"ctl-timeline-date\">2012<\/span><\/div><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"40\" id=\"story-229503\" class=\"timeline-post even light-grey-post icons_no post-229503 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">January 19<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix even  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Chairman Bryant appointed to U.S. President&#8217;s Advisory Council\" href=\"https:\/\/www.treasury.gov\/resource-center\/financial-education\/Documents\/PACFC%20final%20report%20revised%2022513%20(8)_R.pdf\">Chairman Bryant appointed to U.S. President&#8217;s Advisory Council<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"full-width\"><a title=\"Chairman Bryant appointed to U.S. President&#8217;s Advisory Council\"  href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Obama-Presidents-Council.png\" class=\"ctl_prettyPhoto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"548\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Obama-Presidents-Council.png\" class=\"story-img wp-post-image\" alt=\"Chairman Bryant appointed to U.S. President&#8217;s Advisory Council\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Obama-Presidents-Council.png 548w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Obama-Presidents-Council-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"content-details\"><p>President Barack Obama appoints John Bryant the chairman of the new Subcommittee on the Underserved and Community Empowerment for the U.S. President\u2019s Advisory Council on Financial Capability.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><div data-cls=\"sc-nv-default white-timeline\" class=\"timeline-year scrollable-section default-year\" data-section-title=\"2011\" id=\"year-2011\"><span  class=\"ctl-timeline-date\">2011<\/span><\/div><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"41\" id=\"story-230829\" class=\"timeline-post odd light-grey-post icons_no post-230829 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">March 15<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix odd  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Global Money Initiative launched\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20110315007502\/en\/Pioneering-Partnership-Between-Operation-HOPE-Wikia-and-Casablanca-Stock-Exchange-Brings-First-Global-Financial-Literacy-and-Empowerment-Tool-to-Life\">Global Money Initiative launched<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"content-details\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-232601 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Casablanca-Stock-Exchange.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"136\" height=\"162\" \/>Casablanca Stock Exchange (CSE) and Wikipedia Founder and Wikia Co-Founder Jimmy Wale, partner with Operation HOPE to launch the first international financial literacy empowerment tool, the Wikia-Operation HOPE Global Money Initiative (Global Money).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><div data-cls=\"sc-nv-default white-timeline\" class=\"timeline-year scrollable-section default-year\" data-section-title=\"2010\" id=\"year-2010\"><span  class=\"ctl-timeline-date\">2010<\/span><\/div><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"42\" id=\"story-229501\" class=\"timeline-post even light-grey-post icons_no post-229501 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">December 8<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix even  full default-content stopanimation animated\"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"HOPE receives Hidden Heroes Award\" href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/timeline\/december-5-2010\/\">HOPE receives Hidden Heroes Award<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"full-width\">\n            <iframe width=\"100%\" \n            src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LrCXhUp_VVA\" \n            frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"content-details\"><p>Operation HOPE and Bryant received the Andrew Goodman Foundation, Hidden Heroes Award for 2010 in Harlem, New York, presented by the brother of Andrew Goodman himself. The award and foundation is named after one of three brave young men who gave their lives in support of the civil rights movement of the 20th century in America.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><div data-cls=\"sc-nv-default white-timeline\" class=\"timeline-year scrollable-section default-year\" data-section-title=\"2009\" id=\"year-2009\"><span  class=\"ctl-timeline-date\">2009<\/span><\/div><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"43\" id=\"story-230830\" class=\"timeline-post odd light-grey-post icons_no post-230830 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">August 17<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix odd  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"\" title=\"Love Leadership published\" href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/about\/our-founder\/#book4\">Love Leadership published<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"content-details\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/about\/our-founder\/#book4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-232592 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Love-Leadership-253x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Love-Leadership-253x300.png 253w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Love-Leadership.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" \/><\/a>Publication of Love Leadership: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-based World.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><div data-cls=\"sc-nv-default white-timeline\" class=\"timeline-year scrollable-section default-year\" data-section-title=\"2008\" id=\"year-2008\"><span  class=\"ctl-timeline-date\">2008<\/span><\/div><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"44\" id=\"story-230828\" class=\"timeline-post even light-grey-post icons_no post-230828 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">December 11<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix even  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"\" title=\"Department of Education signs MOU with HOPE\" href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/timeline\/department-of-education-signs-mou-with-hope\/\">Department of Education signs MOU with HOPE<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"content-details\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U.S. Education Department White House Initiative On HBCUs creates MOU with Operation HOPE around financial education for HBCU collegiate students. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"45\" id=\"story-230827\" class=\"timeline-post odd light-grey-post icons_no post-230827 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">August 4<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix odd  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"HOPE partners with SBA&#8217;s Office of Entrepreneurship Education\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/bizjournals\/washingtonbureau\/2008\/08\/04\/bureau5.html\">HOPE partners with SBA&#8217;s Office of Entrepreneurship Education<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"content-details\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U.S. Small Business Administration launches the Office Of Entrepreneurship Education. Operation HOPE becomes a national alliance partner.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"46\" id=\"story-230826\" class=\"timeline-post even light-grey-post icons_no post-230826 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">June 13<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix even  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Peace Corps partners with HOPE\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peacecorps.gov\/news\/library\/peace-corps-and-operation-hope-form-historic-partnership-in-south-africa\/\">Peace Corps partners with HOPE<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"content-details\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-232598\" src=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/peace_corps_logo_banner_cmyk-300x55.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/peace_corps_logo_banner_cmyk-300x55.png 300w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/peace_corps_logo_banner_cmyk.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>U.S. Peace Corps forms partnership with Operation HOPE to empower South African Youth and Women to develop their own financial future.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"47\" id=\"story-230825\" class=\"timeline-post odd light-grey-post icons_no post-230825 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">April 25<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix odd  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"SBA National Small Business Week honors HOPE\" href=\"https:\/\/johnhopebryant.com\/2008\/05\/operation-hope-5.html\">SBA National Small Business Week honors HOPE<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"content-details\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U.S. Small Business Administration National Small Business Week recognized Operation HOPE and John Bryant for superior financial inclusion work.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"48\" id=\"story-229500\" class=\"timeline-post even light-grey-post icons_no post-229500 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">January 22<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix even  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"President Bush announces Council on Financial Literacy\" href=\"https:\/\/georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov\/news\/releases\/2008\/01\/20080122-7.html\">President Bush announces Council on Financial Literacy<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"full-width\"><a title=\"President Bush announces Council on Financial Literacy\"  href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Pres.-Bush.jpg\" class=\"ctl_prettyPhoto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Pres.-Bush.jpg\" class=\"story-img wp-post-image\" alt=\"President Bush announces Council on Financial Literacy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Pres.-Bush.jpg 350w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Pres.-Bush-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"content-details\"><p>U.S. President George W. Bush announces the President\u2019s Council on Financial Literacy and appoints John Hope Bryant <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as Vice Chair<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><div data-cls=\"sc-nv-default white-timeline\" class=\"timeline-year scrollable-section default-year\" data-section-title=\"2007\" id=\"year-2007\"><span  class=\"ctl-timeline-date\">2007<\/span><\/div><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"49\" id=\"story-230823\" class=\"timeline-post odd light-grey-post icons_no post-230823 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">June 14<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix odd  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Nelson Mandela Children&#8217;s Fund partners with HOPE\" href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/timeline\/nelson-mandela-childrens-fund-partners-with-hope\/\">Nelson Mandela Children&#8217;s Fund partners with HOPE<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"full-width\"><a title=\"Nelson Mandela Children&#8217;s Fund partners with HOPE\"  href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Mandela-Childrens-Fund.jpg\" class=\"ctl_prettyPhoto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Mandela-Childrens-Fund.jpg\" class=\"story-img wp-post-image\" alt=\"Nelson Mandela Children&#8217;s Fund partners with HOPE\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Mandela-Childrens-Fund.jpg 800w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Mandela-Childrens-Fund-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Mandela-Childrens-Fund-768x524.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"content-details\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Nelson Mandela Children\u2019s Fund (NMCF) partners with Operation HOPE to provide financial literacy programming in South Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"50\" id=\"story-229499\" class=\"timeline-post even light-grey-post icons_no post-229499 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">April 25<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix even  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"1st Presidential Meeting on Financial literacy\" href=\"https:\/\/georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov\/news\/releases\/2007\/04\/images\/20070425-3_d-0496-1-515h.html\">1st Presidential Meeting on Financial literacy<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"content-details\"><p>At the request of Chairman Bryant and Operation HOPE, U.S. President George W. Bush, Treasury Secretary Paulson, Education Secretary Spellings, HUD Secretary Jackson, U.S. Treasurer Cabral and 6 financial literacy experts in the Roosevelt Room of the White House for a first-ever Presidential meeting on financial literacy in America.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"51\" id=\"story-229498\" class=\"timeline-post odd light-grey-post icons_no post-229498 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">April 23<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix odd  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"15TH Anniversary of Bankers&#8217; Bus Tour\" href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/timeline\/april-23-2007\/\">15TH Anniversary of Bankers&#8217; Bus Tour<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"content-details\"><p>Chairman Bryant and <a href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/about\/board-leadership\/\">Ambassador Andrew Young<\/a> host the HOPE Bankers&#8217; Bus Tour of the Los Angeles riots, attended by more than 500 leaders from government, community and the private sector.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><div data-cls=\"sc-nv-default white-timeline\" class=\"timeline-year scrollable-section default-year\" data-section-title=\"2006\" id=\"year-2006\"><span  class=\"ctl-timeline-date\">2006<\/span><\/div><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"52\" id=\"story-229497\" class=\"timeline-post even light-grey-post icons_no post-229497 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">March 31<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix even  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"HOPE joins Clinton Global Initiative\" href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/timeline\/march-31-2006\/\">HOPE joins Clinton Global Initiative<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"content-details\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-232599 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/CGI-logo-224x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"127\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/CGI-logo-224x300.png 224w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/CGI-logo.png 355w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 127px) 100vw, 127px\" \/>Operation HOPE becomes a member of the Clinton Global Initiative.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"53\" id=\"story-229496\" class=\"timeline-post odd light-grey-post icons_no post-229496 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">January 11<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix odd  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"American Red Cross Partners with HOPE\" href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/timeline\/january-11-2006\/\">American Red Cross Partners with HOPE<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"content-details\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-232611\" src=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ARC-1-300x101.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"87\" \/>Operation HOPE signs memorandum with American Red Cross to vertically integrate HOPE Coalition America&#8217;s emergency disaster preparedness, response and recovery work with ARC&#8217;s critical response work.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><div data-cls=\"sc-nv-default white-timeline\" class=\"timeline-year scrollable-section default-year\" data-section-title=\"2005\" id=\"year-2005\"><span  class=\"ctl-timeline-date\">2005<\/span><\/div><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"54\" id=\"story-229495\" class=\"timeline-post even light-grey-post icons_no post-229495 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">December 16<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix even  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"HOPE inspires change to Community Reinvestment Act\" href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/timeline\/december-16-2005\/\">HOPE inspires change to Community Reinvestment Act<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"content-details\"><p>A provisional change in the federal Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) law, at the request of Chairman Bryant and Operation HOPE, allowing and authorizing \u201ccredit for emergency disaster financial counseling\u201d under CRA for thrifts (OTS approved) and state and federally chartered banks (OCC and FDIC approved), for all victims of Hurricane Katrina and Rita, irrespective of income or location throughout the nation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"55\" id=\"story-229494\" class=\"timeline-post odd light-grey-post icons_no post-229494 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">November 18<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix odd  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Project Restore HOPE \/ Gulf Coast Recovery Launched\" href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/timeline\/november-18-2005\/\">Project Restore HOPE \/ Gulf Coast Recovery Launched<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"full-width\"><a title=\"Project Restore HOPE \/ Gulf Coast Recovery Launched\"  href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-139895594.jpg\" class=\"ctl_prettyPhoto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-139895594-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"story-img wp-post-image\" alt=\"Project Restore HOPE \/ Gulf Coast Recovery Launched\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-139895594-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-139895594-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-139895594-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-139895594-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-139895594-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"content-details\"><p>Project Restore HOPE\/Gulf Coast Recovery, to aid the victims of Hurricane Katrina was announced.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><div data-cls=\"sc-nv-default white-timeline\" class=\"timeline-year scrollable-section default-year\" data-section-title=\"2004\" id=\"year-2004\"><span  class=\"ctl-timeline-date\">2004<\/span><\/div><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"56\" id=\"story-230822\" class=\"timeline-post even light-grey-post icons_no post-230822 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">September 16<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix even  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"USA Freedom Corps Partners with HOPE\" href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/timeline\/usa-freedom-corps-partners-with-hope\/\">USA Freedom Corps Partners with HOPE<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"content-details\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">President Bush&#8217;s USA Freedom Corps announces partnership with Operation HOPE Citizen Corps and Volunteers For Prosperity with a focus on a Financial Literacy corps.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"57\" id=\"story-229492\" class=\"timeline-post odd light-grey-post icons_no post-229492 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">June 1<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix odd  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"White House Office on Faith-Based &#038; Community Initiatives Partner invite HOPE\" href=\"https:\/\/www.presidency.ucsb.edu\/documents\/remarks-the-white-house-conference-faith-based-and-community-initiatives-los-angeles\">White House Office on Faith-Based &#038; Community Initiatives Partner invite HOPE<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"content-details\"><p>Operation HOPE\u2019s founder and CEO served as a featured speaker on behalf of Operation HOPE, Inc. for the first ever-national conference of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community-Based Initiatives, on two separate panels, namely \u201cCommunity Development Successful Partnerships\u201d and the \u201cFoundations and Corporations Forum.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"58\" id=\"story-229493\" class=\"timeline-post even light-grey-post icons_no post-229493 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">January 21<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix even  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Homeland Security formalized partnership in HOPE Coalition America\" href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/478549.pdf\">Homeland Security formalized partnership in HOPE Coalition America<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"full-width\"><a title=\"Homeland Security formalized partnership in HOPE Coalition America\"  href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/JHB-FEMA-.png\" class=\"ctl_prettyPhoto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"727\" src=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/JHB-FEMA--1024x727.png\" class=\"story-img wp-post-image\" alt=\"Homeland Security formalized partnership in HOPE Coalition America\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/JHB-FEMA--1024x727.png 1024w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/JHB-FEMA--300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/JHB-FEMA--768x545.png 768w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/JHB-FEMA-.png 1082w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"content-details\"><p>U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Operation HOPE initiate a new financial advisory service to enhance the recovery process for those affected by natural disasters and national emergencies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><div data-cls=\"sc-nv-default white-timeline\" class=\"timeline-year scrollable-section default-year\" data-section-title=\"2003\" id=\"year-2003\"><span  class=\"ctl-timeline-date\">2003<\/span><\/div><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div   data-alternate=\"59\" id=\"story-229490\" class=\"timeline-post odd light-grey-post icons_no post-229490 story-cat-63  default-meta\"><div   data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-meta\"><div class=\"meta-details\">November 6<\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-dot-full default-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div><\/div><div  data-aos=\"none\"  class=\"timeline-content  clearfix odd  full default-content \"><h2 class=\"content-title\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Financial First Aid Kit (EFFAK) Created\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fema.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/fema_effak-toolkit.pdf\">Financial First Aid Kit (EFFAK) Created<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"content-details\"><p>The Emergency Financial First Aid Kit (EFFAK), now an official federal government document (FEMA document #532) was created and became available to all Americans, at no cost.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div>\n\n        <!-- .timeline-post-end --><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div  class=\"end-timeline clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>  <!-- end\n================================================== --><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>30 Years of HOPE: The History of Operation 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