Operation BookBag

Operation Bookbag (OBB) offers youth tools to address mental health and wellness and life skills to become positive, productive adults. The organization does this through leadership workshops, a rigorous curriculum, and professional guidance.

Their programming allows children to demonstrate pride and respect for themselves and others and encourages them to begin taking ownership of their community to become more upstanding, productive, and involved citizens. This allows them to make a difference in the present and future and build community with people outside of their family that they can trust and lean on.

OBB was founded by husband-and-wife team Rev. Anthony Chatman Sr. and LaMetra Curry Chatman who were both part of NBA’s 2022 Social Entrepreneur Cohort.