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His Name Was George Floyd

Racial Inequality in the Spotlight

Featuring:

John Hope Bryant

Chairman, President & CEO, Operation HOPE

International Development + Human & Civil Rights

Friday, June 5, 2020

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM ET

George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police is emblematic of the potentially deadly risk of being black in America.

COVID-19 had already exposed racial inequalities that prevents equal access to health care, George Floyd's death further spotlights how hard it is to dismantle structural racism that persists not only in the US, but around the globe.

John Hope Bryant, Founder, Chairman & CEO of Operation HOPE, who has received hundreds of awards for his civic work, including the Martin Luther King, Jr. Living Legacy Award and People magazine's “Community Hero” award on the 10th anniversary of the 1992 L.A. Riots, will join us for a flash briefing on the protests and riots that have dominated the news for the past week.

He saw HOPE when everyone else could only see despair.

Chairman Bryant founded Operation HOPE immediately following the 1992 L.A. Riots to provide financial empowerment services to low income youth and adults.

As a courtesy to our community, this program is OPEN TO ALL.

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