ADVISORY/White House Cabinet Members, FDIC Chairman Join Volunteer Banker-Teachers to Instruct Inner-City Kids On the ABCs of Managing Money During Operation Hope's 'Banking On Our Future Across America'.

    Assignment Editors/News Writers
    ADVISORY...for Tues. (Nov. 19)

District of Columbia Public Schools Are Part of Nationwide Initiative
 Designed To Reach 100,000 Students And Give Young People The Skills
             They Need To Manage Their Financial Futures
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What:       Operation HOPE, Inc., a national non-profit self-help
            organization and a leading provider of economic
            empowerment tools and services for the under-served in
            America, brings its "Banking on Our Future Across America"
            campaign to Washington, D.C. The day-long events will
            feature Honorable Rod Paige, Secretary, U.S. Department of
            Education, Honorable Mel Martinez, Secretary, U.S.
            Department of Housing & Urban Development, Donald Powell,
            Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC),
            the honorary chairman for Banking on Our Future Across
            America initiative, Anthony Williams, Mayor, Washington,
            D.C., federal and local government officials, and bank
            executives conducting face-to-face classroom sessions at
            two Washington, D.C. schools. Banking on Our Future Across
            America highlights the national partnership with the FDIC
            Money Smart Program to educate the entire family on
            economic literacy.

Background: Established in 1996, Banking on Our Future (BOOF) is the
            classroom curriculum that teaches children the basics of
            economic literacy and provides them with the life skills
            they need to manage their financial futures and survive in
            a global economy. The month-long series of nationwide
            events will reach over 15,000 students and bring the total
            number of children who have received the BOOF curriculum
            to more than 100,000. Using a growing network of trained
            volunteer Banker-Teachers, BOOF teaches youth four core
            modules: the basics of banking, how to open and maintain a
            checking and savings account, the importance of credit and
            the power of investments.

Who:        Photo or interview opportunities include:

            --  Junior high and senior high school students at an
                auditorium style classroom session and in smaller
                classroom sessions

            --  John Bryant, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Operation HOPE

            --  Honorable Rod Paige, Secretary, U.S. Department of
                Education

            --  Honorable Mel Martinez, Secretary, U.S. Department of
                Housing & Urban Development

            --  Donald Powell, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance
                Corporation (FDIC)

            --  Honorable Diane E. Watson, Congresswoman, U.S. House
                of Representatives

            --  Anthony Williams, Mayor, Washington, D.C.

            --  Kevin Chavous, Ward 7 Councilmember, Council of the
                District of Columbia

            --  David Sampson, Assistant Secretary, US Economic
                Development Administration

            --  Judith J. Chapa, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Financial
                Education, U.S. Department of the Treasury

            --  Leo Mackay, Jr., Ph.D., Deputy Secretary, U.S.
                Department of Veteran Affairs

            --  Arlen Gelbard, President and Chief Banking Officer,
                E*TRADE Bank

When/Where: Tuesday, November 19, 2002

            H.D. Woodson Senior High School
            5500 Eads Street, NE;  Washington, D.C.

            8:45a.m. - 11:40a.m.

            Teaching sessions in 10 classrooms with volunteers
            including: Donna Shuler, President and CEO, Independence
            Federal Savings Bank; Anna Alvarez-Boyd, Deputy
            Comptroller, U.S. Comptroller of the Currency

            1:00p.m. - 1:30p.m.

            Teaching session in which 75 students are taught Module 1,
            "Bank on It". Welcome and instruction by Operation HOPE
            Founder, Chairman and CEO John Bryant and FDIC Chairman
            Donald Powell

            1:35p.m. - 2:05p.m.

            Joint teaching session with students and Operation HOPE
            Founder, Chairman and CEO John Bryant, Honorable Rod
            Paige, Secretary, U.S. Department of Education and
            Honorable Mel Martinez, Secretary, U.S. Department of
            Housing & Urban Development

            2:10p.m. - 3:00p.m.

            Auditorium session in which 300 students are addressed by
            Operation HOPE Founder, Chairman and CEO John Bryant and
            FDIC Chairman Donald Powell as well as Kevin Chavous, Ward
            7 Councilmember, William Lockridge, Vice President, D.C.
            Board of Education, Donna Gambrell, Deputy Director, FDIC

Fletcher-Johnson Educational Center
4650 Benning Road, SE, Washington, D.C.

            11:30a.m. - 12:15p.m.

            Teaching session with 50 junior high school students and
            Operation HOPE Founder, Chairman and CEO John Bryant and
            Washington, D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams

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    CONTACT: Operation HOPE
             Jena Roscoe, 202/955-0636, 213/458-4923 (event day)
              or
             Rogers & Associates
             Mark Morse, 310/552-6922 ext. 217

    KEYWORD: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
    INDUSTRY KEYWORD: BANKING GOVERNMENT ADVISORY
    SOURCE: Operation HOPE