Tell Them We Are Rising: A Memoir of Faith in Education - Hardcover

Hayre, Ruth Wright; Moore, Alexis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1620456036 ISBN 13: 9781620456033

Publisher: Trade Paper Press, 1999

Synopsis

tell them we are rising

"The inspiring story of how one woman gave back."--Ed Bradley

"This is a heartwarming story about struggle, survival, and achieve ment. If we didn't know people like this in our lives, we would want to invent them. What more could one ask? A good story told with a deft hand."--William H. Gray III President, United Negro College Fund

"An inspiring account of an African American educator determined to make a difference in the lives of indifferent students."--Kirkus Reviews

"Tell Them We Are Rising is a wonderful, inspiring story of service, commitment, generosity, love, and hope. It is written with the humor, wisdom, and grace of a bygone era, yet spiced with the ultramodern savvy and the future-oriented vision of a twenty-year-old. What an extraordinary woman! What an extraordinary life!"--Chaka Fattah U.S. Representative (Pennsylvania)

About this title

Review

* ""A superb, authentically American tale.""--The New York Times Education Supplement

""An inspiring account of an African-American educator determined to make a difference in the lives of indifferent students.""--Kirkus Reviews

""A heart-warming story about struggle, survival and achievement. What more could one ask? A good story told with a deft hand.""--William Gray III, President, United Negro College Fund

From the Author

this book is a blueprint for mentoring.
this book presents a blueprint for mentoring the children of today; while mentoring is as old as the Bible, the problems of today's kids need fresh approaches, and help from adults in ways TTWAR lays out clearly. If you want to help kids, read it!

Edition details

• Publisher: Trade Paper Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1620456036
• ISBN 13: 9781620456033
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 228