Aimed at empowering small business development
in the aftermath of the wildfires, the program kicks
off September 3rd and is
available at no charge to participants
ATLANTA, Sept. 3,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Operation HOPE today
announced the launch of the MPOWER Program, aimed at empowering
women entrepreneurs to build resilient small businesses in the
aftermath of the Maui wildfires.
The program, provided at no cost to participants, kicks off with a
Small Business Workshop on Tuesday,
September 3rd at 6:00
pm. Those interested in attending can register HERE.
The workshop will inspire small business owners to craft
compelling stories, protect their businesses, and pursue growth and
scalability. Eligible participants will have the opportunity to
join the MPOWER Cohort Program, an 8-week training series featuring
expert guest speakers, support in developing pitch materials, a
pitch competition, and the chance to be invited to the MPOWER
Mastermind Group.
"We're excited to expand our signature Operation HOPE small
business programming to support Maui's incredible women small business owners,
entrepreneurs, and aspirants," said Marlon
Trone, Operation HOPE Senior Director of Disaster
Operations. "We were first on the ground here, along with our
partners at FEMA, American Red Cross, and the U.S. Small Business
Administration, and recognize that disaster recovery only ends when
a thriving economic recovery is fully in place."
For additional information, please contact Jill Niemann,
jill.niemann@operationhope.org.
About Operation HOPE, Inc.
Since 1992, Operation
HOPE has been moving America from civil rights to "silver rights"
with the mission of making free enterprise and capitalism work for
the underserved—disrupting poverty for millions of low
and moderate-income youth and adults across the nation. Through its
community uplift model, HOPE Inside, which received the 2016
Innovator of the Year recognition by American Banker magazine,
Operation HOPE has served more than 4 million individuals and
directed more than $4.2 billion in
economic activity into disenfranchised communities—turning
check-cashing customers into banking customers, renters into
homeowners, small business dreamers into small business owners,
minimum wage workers into living wage consumers, and uncertain
disaster victims into financially empowered disaster survivors. For
more information: OperationHOPE.org. Follow the
HOPE conversation
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Operation HOPE Contacts:
Kevin Boucher, Operation HOPE
Kevin.boucher@operationhope.org
Lalohni Campbell, Per/Se Media Group
la@persemediagroup.com
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