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THE BOARD MEMBERS OF THE VERNAS HELP FOUNDATION invite you to join our production team as we help fund our new Documentary, Community Resource, and HUB Technical Center to help students transitioning from Foster Care and other youth with college scholarships. While bridging the digital divide with In-Demand Tech Skills

Every great documentary hinges on a story that defies statistical, medical, social, and political odds. I am writing to invite you to partner with Verna’s H.E.L.P. Foundation to co-produce "Verna's Jubilee," a cinematic, feature-length documentary based on my autobiography, My Power in Three, which I penned during the global pandemic's isolation.

My story begins in 1957. At just eight years old, growing up three blocks from historic Fort Worth Stockyards, I was diagnosed with Rheumatic Fever. Doctors delivered a bleak prognosis to my family: without major heart intervention, I would not survive past the age of 50. Today, having survived three open-heart surgeries, I have bypassed every medical timeline imposed on me and spent over five decades actively shaping the social, civil, and political fabric of Texas.

The Narrative Blueprint
 This documentary will seamlessly weave my medical survival story with my historic contributions to Texas history:

The Civil Rights Battle (1974): My public fight against the Dallas Independent School District (DISD) "Plan A" desegregation system, which successfully helped free 5,000 Black students from inequitable educational placement. 

Gubernatorial & Presidential Legacy: My appointment by then-Governor George W. Bush to the Texas Health Care Information Council (THCIC), helping pioneer state healthcare access.

Institution Building: My foundational, hands-on work with iconic North Texas institutions such as the North Texas Food Bank and the Austin Street Shelter.