The New Color is Not Black or White, it’s GREEN

      Last night’s Opening Reception, and subsequent dialogue on “The Aspirational Future of Black Men in America,” featuring Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, Van Jones of CNN and Dream Corps, Ben Jealous of Kapor Capital and former CEO...

“700 credit score communities don’t riot. You have never seen a ‘middle class’ community riot — in all of American history.  Only 500 credit score communities — riot. Failed economics — in our lives — actually inspires frustration.  Failed economics, in our broader communities, actually becomes an active breeding ground for anger, dissension, community angst.”  John Hope Bryant, founder of Operation HOPE and the HOPE Global Forum

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Tony Ressler: Business Leader, Founder of Ares Management, Owner of Atlanta Hawks Joins HOPE Global Forum Annual Meeting 2016

The world knows Tony Ressler as an enterprising and visionary entrepreneur, who built several companies, most notably Ares Management, from boutique operations respected in their space, to in the case of Ares, a now $115B global leader in financial services, real...
John Hope Bryant and Operation HOPE weigh in on strategies and plans for prisoner re-entry

John Hope Bryant and Operation HOPE weigh in on strategies and plans for prisoner re-entry

As part of our 2016 plans,  and using Operation HOPE’s Project 5117 growing national platform for change — we here at Operation HOPE plan to support prisoner re-entry, by: Supporting those incarcerated while serving their time, providing them with free...

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew to Keynote HOPE Global Forum. 11 Obama Administration Cabinet and Sub-Cabinet Members speak at HOPE Global Forum Annual Meeting

Operation HOPE and I are deeply honored to host U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew as our lead keynote speaker for our HOPE Global Forum Annual Meeting 2016 for Operation HOPE, in Atlanta, Georgia. This builds on the announcement ceremony last week, renaming the...

Operation HOPE and the Atlanta Police Department announce innovative partnership: HOPE Inside.

I am very honored to see Operation HOPE partnering with the Atlanta Police Department, the Atlanta Police Foundation and Atlanta Police Chief George Turner on a groundbreaking partnership to bring the HOPE Inside model — literally inside Atlanta Police...