By Anita Ward, President, Operation HOPE When I was 12 I drove my first motorcycle into a tree at the bottom of State Road hill. Bruised and embarrassed I stared up at the sky through rustling leaves laughing in the wind. Undeterred, I returned to the top of the hill and tried again. A few hours later […]
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Los Angeles to Atlanta: A Journey toward Economic Inclusion
By Anita Ward, President, Operation HOPE As a recent transplant to Atlanta from Los Angeles, I found myself glued to my television as the NFL set the stage for Super Bowl LIII in my new hometown. Downtown Atlanta already teems with a bevy of game day activity and advertising, and as of Sunday (Saints fans […]
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The Poor People’s Campaign: A Dream for Dignity in 2018
By Dr. Anita Ward, President, Operation HOPE, Inc. Until today, it had been a long time since I read the “I have a dream” speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The words resonate more as the decades have passed, and collective dream of equality has grown stronger. New voices of women, children, immigrants, and […]
