Announcements
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Welcoming Cori Cain!
May 12, 2021Operation HOPE is delighted to welcome a new addition to the HOPE family, Mrs. Cori Cain. Cori recently joined the Operation HOPE team as the Director of HOPE Corps and …
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JHB on MSNBC: People aren’t lazy, they’re experiencing a hope deficit.
Operation HOPE Founder, Chairman, and CEO John Hope Bryant made an appearance on MSNBC with Stephanie Ruhle to discuss the recent phenomenon of employers inability to fill many of their …
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Excelling in Business with Style!
May 5, 2021Shelley Sanders is a multi-faceted woman. She’s a wife and a mother, active in her local church, and she is the owner of her own small business — StylishMe Fashions. …
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1MBB Hits the Streets
April 30, 2021If you look up, down, and all around you’ll begin to see Operation HOPE’s 1 Million Black Business (1MBB) initiative, powered by HOPE and Shopify, amplified in a city near …
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Operation HOPE Adds Experian North America CEO Craig Boundy to Global Board of Advisors
April 19, 2021ATLANTA – April 19, 2021 – Operation HOPE today announced that Craig Boundy, Chief Executive Officer of Experian North America, has joined the HOPE Global Board of Advisors. Boundy leads Experian’s North American business lines, and …
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Meet the 7-Year Old, Financially Literate Girl Boss, Anastasia Linkpon
April 15, 2021New York born and raised Anastasia Linkpon is the 7.5-year-old active, bilingual, and engaging second grader and now e-boutique owner of BoujFleaMarket and one of the youngest recipients of HOPE One …
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iHeartMedia Atlanta Announces Multi-Year Commitment to Operation HOPE’s 1 Million Black Business Initiative
ATLANTA – April 15, 2021 – iHeartMedia Atlanta today announced a multi-year commitment to Atlanta-based Operation HOPE in support of their national 1 Million Black Business Initiative (1MBB), which aims to create a …
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HOPE Regional Board Member, Tishaura Jones, Elected as First Black Woman Mayor of St. Louis
April 13, 2021Operation HOPE wishes to congratulate Ms. Tishaura Jones on her historic election as mayor of the City of St. Louis, making her the first Black female mayor of the city. …
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Salisbury Commits Support to Operation HOPE’s New 1 Million Black Businesses Initiative
April 8, 2021— The City of Salisbury is the second US City to commit to 1MBB and pledge support to Black-owned business development through 2030– SALISBURY, N.C. (Thursday, April 8, 2021) – …
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Operation HOPE Launches Minority Small Business Index in Collaboration with SurveyMonkey
April 2, 2021Operation HOPE, America’s largest nonprofit financial inclusion organization, today launched the HOPE Minority Small Business Index in collaboration with SurveyMonkey (Nasdaq: SVMK). The HOPE index is intended to quantify the experiences and hopefulness of Black small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs. Each question touches on a different aspect of their experience, from hope for business success to mentorship, risk tolerance, their access to capital, and future outlook on systemic issues that can impede success for Black small business owners.