2005
December 16, 2005
John Hope Bryant
and U.S. Office of Thrift Supervision Director John Reich announced
a provisional change in the federal Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)
law, at the request of Mr. Bryant and Operation HOPE, allowing and authorizing
“credit for emergency disaster financial counseling” under CRA for
thrifts (OTS approved) and state and federally chartered banks (OCC
and FDIC approved), for all victims of Hurricane Katrina and Rita, irrespective
of income or location throughout the nation.
December 8, 2005
John Hope Bryant
and U.S. Small Business Administrator Hector Barreto announced in New
Orleans, Louisiana Project Restore HOPE/Small Business to aide the small
business community in recovery throughout the Gulf Coast region.
November 18, 2005
John Hope Bryant,
Ambassador Andrew Young and Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco announced
Project Restore HOPE/Gulf Coast Recovery, to aide the victims of Hurricane
Katrina in her state.
October 4, 2005
John Hope Bryant
announced Project Restore HOPE, inclusive of a national call center
and partnerships with government, community and the private-sector,
in response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and launching the nation’s
first second-stage emergency economic disaster response and recovery
initiative for disaster victims.
September, 2005
John Hope Bryant
created and introduced America’s first Emergency Financial First Aid
Kit (EFFAK), which is now FEMA federal government document #532, available
to all Americans through the federal government at no charge.
September 15-17t, 2005
John Hope Bryant participated as a delegate of the inaugural meeting
of the Clinton Global Initiative in New York City, New York.
June 24-27, 2005
John Hope Bryant
participated as a newly appointed member, and as well spoke at the Inaugural
Summit of the Forum of Young Global Leaders, Zermatt, Switzerland, an
affiliate of the World Economic Forum.
May 25, 2005
John Hope Bryant
testified on financial literacy “best practices” before the U.S.
Financial Literacy and Education Commission at the Department of the
Treasury, where he introduced his proposal for a “silver rights movement”
in America.
May 20-22, 2005
John Hope Bryant
attended the World Economic Forum regional meeting at the Dead Sea,
Jordan (Middle East) as a Young Global Leader delegate for the World
Economic Forum.
John Hope Bryant, Ambassador Andrew Young, principal aide to the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, and civil rights icon Dr. Dorothy Height, along with leaders from government, community and the private sector, co-hosted “A Day of HOPE with Andrew Young” at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, and called for the dawning of a new movement in 21st century America, “from civil rights to silver rights.” John Hope Bryant is the principal author of the Silver Rights Movement.