Andrew Young, Operation HOPE Spokesperson, Launches Youth Financial Literacy Campaign and Commitment to Atlanta Public School Students April 12; Atlanta First City in Southeast to Have Banking on Our Future Program.

WHAT:   On April 12, The Honorable Andrew Young and Operation HOPE
        will officially launch the national financial literacy
        campaign -- Banking on Our Future Across America, aimed at
        empowering the upcoming generations of inner city youth.
        Young, Atlanta's former mayor and acclaimed civil rights
        activist, is the national spokesperson for Los Angeles-based
        Operation HOPE, a nonprofit organization that has pioneered
        national financial literacy and economic empowerment programs
        in inner cities across the U.S. The Atlanta program spearheads
        the movement "From Civil Rights to Silver Rights," the right
        to financial literacy as a continuation of Dr. Martin Luther
        King, Jr.'s legacy of the Civil Rights Movement.

WHEN:   Tuesday, April 12, 2005

        8:50 - 9:45 a.m. Andrew Young, John Bryant/Founder,
        Operation HOPE teach interactive financial literacy class

        10:00 - 10:35 a.m. Young, Bryant Press Conference to announce:
        --  Program launch
        --  Citywide commitment to educate every middle school child,
            and high school youth before 12th grade graduation in
            Atlanta Public Schools, on financial literacy by 2010
        --  State of financial literacy - new data
        --  Bank of American grant for Banking on Our Future for
            Atlanta campaign
        --  Funding from ING for Banking on Our Future for national
            campaign

WHERE:  Jean Childs Young Middle School, 3116 Benjamin E. Mays
        Drive SW Atlanta, GA 30311 Tel. [phone]

WHO:    Andrew Young and John Bryant, hosts; Mayor Franklin of
        Atlanta; Dr. Beverly Hall

MORE:   Operation HOPE has educated 143,000 children at more than
        500 schools and community-based organizations across the
        nation with its program Banking on Our Future. Launched in
        1996, Banking on Our Future has brought over 2,500 volunteer
        banker-teachers into classrooms to teach young people
        practical money management skills while inspiring them to take
        control of their financial futures. It is the only
        face-to-face economic literacy program taught year round in
        public schools at no cost to schools. See
        www.operationhope.org for details.

MEDIA:  Call 678-592-7780 or 404-784-4688 for interviews, special
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