Heroes live among us but are so busy “saving the world” that they often exist under the radar and go unrecognized. Luckily for us, legendary educator/activist and author, Dr. Bertie Simmons wrote it all down in a memoir that spans her life before, during and after the turning around of a failing school - and not without controversy. Whispers of Hope: The Story of My Life exemplifies just how a visionary change agent is imprinted by racial injustice as a child witnessing the unfair treatment of her black friend Dorothy, works to bring gang members together at Furr High School in Houston and continues today, at age 86 to sound her voice in the George Floyd era of horrific state of systemic racism.

Read what “Bertie” has to say about Unity in her blog. Dr. Simmons, the recipient of a myriad of awards for her good work, is here to remind us that the call for freedom and justice is a lifelong aspiration and takes all of us to make the world a better place.

https://bertiesimmons.com/berties-blog