The Making of an Urban Community College in a Union and Political Environment: (ePub)

is always eager to promote learning and development of the student by setting the atmosphere to motivate not only the student but also the individuals within the educational arena.

Dr. Willie Kimmons has spent his entire career getting to the root of understanding the nature of issues of today's parents, teachers, and students. He has successfully dealt with many of the challenges of today's students throughout his career as a professional educator and community activist. His life's ambition is to expand enthusiasm for education and continue his commitment and dedication to the learner.

Dr. Kimmons' philosophy is "that institutions should be committed to providing quality educational and health-care services and should be held accountable by the communities they serve." He welcomes the challenge of giving and sharing leadership that supports these goals. He further believes that, by uniting our energies and supporting our educational and health care systems, we will be able to keep our students academically challenged and our citizens better prepared for life.

Dr. Willie J. Kimmons is the author of five books. One of his current two books is A Parenting Guidebook, written for parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, schools, churches, and communities to help save our children and save our schools. His godmother, the late, great Honorable Shirley Chisholm, former member of the US Congress, encouraged him to write the parenting guidebook. The second of the two current books is The Making of an Urban Community College in a Union and Political Environment: A Historical Perspective of Wayne County Community College District, Detroit, Michigan (1964-2015).

Dr. Kimmons's motto is, "Help me to help somebody to save our children and save our schools. Never, ever, give up on our children because our children are our greatest resource. Our children are an extension of us, and our children are our future."

Currently, he is an educational consultant for PreK-16 schools; title I schools; teachers and parents; amd an author and motivational speaker. He has given more than five hundred presentations and lectures to a variety of organizations including educational associations; chambers of commerce; elementary, middle, and high schools; two-year colleges, four-year colleges, and universities; churches and other religious groups; Kiwanis; Rotary; Lions; NAACP; Urban League; economic development organizations; political groups; Greek organizations; youth groups; parenting groups; daycare centers; Head Start programs; and civic and other community organizations.

Dr. Kimmons is a voice for partners in education. In 2005, he founded his corporation, Save Children Save Schools, Inc. It is an educational consultant service located at 1653 Lawrence Circle, Daytona Beach, Florida 32117; office (386) 451-4780; fax (386) 253-4920; e-mail address: wjkimmons@aol.com. His website is www.savechildrensaveschools.com.