2001
September, 2001
In response to 9/11, John Hope Bryant founded HOPE Coalition America
as America’s “economic Red Cross.” Today HCA is the lead national
partner for FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security for emergency
volunteer economic disaster preparedness, response and recovery. The
American Red Cross is also a national partner with HCA.
HCA’s response to Hurricane Katrina alone provided emergency economic counseling and economic triage services to more than 50,000 Katrina victims, made $500,000 direct homeownership compassion grants, assisted Katrina victims in receiving more than $12 million in federal tax refunds and EITC payments, and recruited in excess of 1,500 professional HOPE Corps volunteers to assist victims.
July 23, 2001
John Hope Bryant
was assigned a special consultancy with UNCTAD, Geneva, Switzerland,
to help develop a unique and vital global micro-finance marketplace.
June 20, 2001
John Hope Bryant
was selected by the Bush Administration to serve as a panel participant
for the U.S. Labor Department -- 21st Century Workforce Summit,
held in Washington, DC.
John Hope Bryant was selected by the United Nations to serve as a delegate, speaker and co-leader of an official State of California delegation to the UNCTAD III Global Conference on Least Developed Countries, held in Brussels, Belgium.