The New Leaders Organization

In August, 1995, John Hope Bryant co-founded and subsequently served as the first president of The New Leaders organization, a group comprised principally of African-American professionals in Los Angeles, inspired by the life and legacy of former Los Angeles Mayor Tom...

HOPE Centers

In 1994, John Hope Bryant founded the first in a national network of inner-city banking centers, called HOPE Centers, serving low-wealth communities.
Operation HOPE

Operation HOPE

On May 4, 1992, immediately following the worst urban riot and civil unrest in U.S. history, the Rodney King Riots of April 29, 1992, and inspired by his pastor and spiritual father the Reverend Dr. Cecil “Chip” Murray, John Hope Bryant founded Operation HOPE as...