Blog Posts
This Teacher of 50 Years Applies Lessons from Operation HOPE to Become an Entrepreneur
July 22, 2026Dr. Jacqueline Frierson had been a teacher for more than 50 years—28 of those years in Baltimore City—when she conceived of a business idea that proves that it’s never too …
Operation HOPE Helps to Anchor This Client in Business and in Life
The metaphor of an anchor is fitting for the way many of our clients feel as they begin the process of improving their lives with Operation HOPE’s help. Before Operation …
Operation HOPE and Empower Bring No-Cost Financial Coaching to Wichita’s North End
July 17, 2026Operation HOPE is proud to announce a new HOPE Inside location in partnership with Empower and Stand Together, bringing no-cost financial coaching and economic empowerment services directly into Wichita’s North …
John Hope Bryant on CNBC with Brian Sullivan: America Needs More Owners, Not More Spectators
July 15, 2026John Hope Bryant on CNBC with Brian Sullivan on new affordable housing legislation
The Breakfast Club: John Hope Bryant Speaks On How New Housing Affordability Bill Will Effect New Homeowners
John Hope Bryant appears on the Breakfast Club to discuss the new federal affordable housing legislation and how it will impact new homeowners
Scoring Financial Wins, One Community at a Time
July 7, 2026By Maribel Medina, Program Manager, Hispanic Initiatives As the world comes together to celebrate the excitement, passion, and unity of the FIFA World Cup, I cannot help but reflect on …
Forbes Hosts Self-Made 250 Celebration In Philadelphia, Recognizing Extraordinary Americans Who Built Their Own Success
John Hope Bryant, Oprah and Forbes 250 Greatest Living Self Made Americans celebration in Pa
AJC Opinion: America at 250: Atlanta created the model for civil rights and prosperity
July 6, 2026This Independence Day, the nation turns 250 years old. We will celebrate a country that has done something no other has done at this scale: written down the idea that all of us are created equal, and then spent two and a half centuries arguing, bleeding and climbing our way toward living up to it. [
FOX 5 DC: Taking Viewer Money Questions on The Marissa Mitchell Show
Marissa Mitchell turned her show over to viewer questions, and I loved it. People asked about mortgages, retirement and what AI means for their jobs, which is exactly where real financial literacy starts: with the questions people are already carrying. Source: The Marissa Mitchell Show, FOX 5 DC, Ju
FREEDOM, FLUENCY, AND THE FUTURE: What I Told the Room at Carnegie Hall on Juneteenth Night
There is a stage inside Carnegie Hall — the Isaac Stern Auditorium, the Perelman Stage — where some of the greatest voices in American history have stood. On June 19, on Juneteenth, I stood on that stage too. Not as an entertainer. As an economic plumber, still trying to help fix the pipes. This was