Operation HOPE and Its Financial Partners Bring Financial Literacy and Economic Empowerment Opportunities to Harlem, NY.

New education and banking center offers members of local communities loan and education programs; focuses on credit and money management, home and business ownership, emergency financial preparedness, and digital empowerment 

Operation HOPE

WHAT: Press Conference & Grand Opening - Operation HOPE, Harlem

With the support of President Bill Clinton, E*TRADE FINANCIAL,
New York Bankers Association, JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank and
others, Operation HOPE - the international organization focused on
bringing "Silver Rights" (empowerment through financial literacy) to
underserved communities around the world - will introduce its first
HOPE Center and Cyber Cafe in Harlem, NY.

Leaders from private, public and community sectors will gather to
discuss the key financial issues affecting residents of Harlem and its
neighboring boroughs - such as education, predatory lending, credit
and banking accessibility - and will introduce Operation HOPE as the
area's newest advocate and source for financial literacy and poverty
eradication.

WHO: Participants & Speakers:
  -- John Hope Bryant, Founder, Chairman & CEO, Operation HOPE, Inc.
  -- Arlen Gelbard, President, E*TRADE Bank, CAO, E*TRADE FINANCIAL
  -- Ambassador Andrew Young, HOPE Global Spokesman & Civil Rights
     Legend
  -- Michael Smith, President of New York Bankers Association
  -- Commissioner Jonathan Mintz, NYC Dept. of Consumer Affairs
  -- HOPE client testimonials - local residents share their
     experiences
  -- Remote video broadcast by former President Bill Clinton

WHEN: Wednesday, October 3, 2007
  --  Grand opening ceremony - 9:00 a.m.
  --  Ribbon Cutting Ceremony/Check presentation, photo opportunity
      - 11:00 a.m.
  --  Press conference - 11:30 a.m. - noon

WHERE: Operation HOPE Center - Harlem
       2511 Frederick Douglass Blvd. (at W. 134th St.)
       New York, NY 10030

NOTE:  Updates and additional details and information about Operation
       HOPE and the full morning agenda can be found at
       www.operationhope.org
About Operation HOPE, Inc.
Operation HOPE, Inc. is a non-profit organization, which was founded
in 1992 to empower minorities in underserved US communities by
connecting them to mainstream, private-sector economic resources made
available through ongoing collaborations and long-term partnerships
with leading government, private sector, and community interests.