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Sunday, January 28, 2024

Dear Hannah: LEarning (TheSeeSayShow - MLK 2.0 (Letter To Harry Belafonte))

By Derrick Brown (follow on Twitter @dbrowndbrown)

Dear Hannah,

I am a "Standup Storyteller".

I am comfortable standing up and speaking my truth.

Here's today's truth - history is no mystery.

It is much more than memorizing names, dates, and quotes that align with a standard curriculum.

It is the story of the people, places, artifacts, and ideas of the past.

The stories help us see patterns and connections that inform, explain and inspire our present and future.

We are weary of MLK quotes and photographs.

I am wary about our weary.

Our weary will marginalize his message and mission faster than cliche' quotes and photographs.

So do not grow weary in your doing.

Make sure you are doing your doing *well*.

If you are not, then do better.

What does my "do better" look like?

Well, I have moved on to what I call "MLK 2.0".

I am now studying the people he talked to, respected, and connected with ... and the people to whom these people connect.

It has been fascinating thus far, and I can't wait to share.

Let's go.

[START SHOW]

MLK's letter writing practice was strategic.

It probably helped him remember who he was meeting, who they were, and what their encounters and meetings produced.

These letters were probably his KnowledgeBase, and helped him to make moves.

Selah.

Love,

Daddy

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"LEarning (TheSeeSayShow - MLK 2.0 (Letter To Harry Belafonte))"
By Derrick Brown
1-26-2021

Dear Hannah,

I am a "Standup Storyteller".

I am comfortable standing up and speaking my truth.

Here's today's truth - history is no mystery.

It is much more than memorizing names, dates, and quotes that align with a standard curriculum.

It is the story of the people, places, artifacts, and ideas of the past.

The stories help us see patterns and connections that inform, explain and inspire our present and future.

We are weary of MLK quotes and photographs.

I am wary about our weary.

Our weary will marginalize his message and mission faster than cliche' quotes and photographs.

So do not grow weary in your doing.

Make sure you are doing your doing *well*.

If you are not, then do better.

What does my "do better" look like?

Well, I have moved on to what I call "MLK 2.0".

I am now studying the people he talked to, respected, and connected with ... and the people to whom these people connect.

It has been fascinating thus far, and I can't wait to share.

Let's go.

[START SHOW]

MLK's letter writing practice was strategic.

It probably helped him remember who he was meeting, who they were, and what their encounters and meetings produced.

These letters were probably his KnowledgeBase, and helped him to make moves.

Selah.

About Derrick Brown (Standup Storyteller)

I am Keisha's husband, and Hannah's father.

I am a “standup storyteller.”

I fuse rap, spoken word (poetry), oration (traditional public speaking), singing, and teaching into messages of hope, healing, and change that I write, direct, and produce to help people who help people.

Everything must change - and stay changED.

Tradition begins and ends with change.

Change begins with me and the renewing of my mind ... then continues through efforts to effect small-group discipleship (equipping others to equip others) with audiences that respect and embrace mentoring, mediation, and problem solving as tools of change.

I am the product of my mentoring relationships, peacemaking (and peacekeeping), and problem-solving ability.

My education began when I finished school.

After school, I enrolled in a lifelong curriculum that includes classes in ministry, entrepreneurship, stewardship, literacy, numeracy, language, self-identity, self-expression, and analysis / synthesis.

My projects execute a ministry that has evolved from wisdom earned through lessons learned.

I want to share this wisdom to build teams of "triple threat" fellows - mentors, mediators, and problem solvers.

We will collaborate in simple, powerful ways that allow us to help people who help people.

I now know that power is work done efficiently (with wise and skillful use of resources, interests, communication, and expertise).

Dear Hannah: LEarning (TheSeeSayShow - Hugh Grogan)

By Derrick Brown (follow on Twitter @dbrowndbrown)

Dear Hannah,

I am a "Standup Storyteller".

I fuse spoken word, rap, traditional oration, teaching and singing into messages of hope, healing, and change.

Today, I will only talk ... and teach.

I returned to the classroom to teach high school math in November 2019.

I had spent several years at home helping to take care of our now 7-year old daughter.

While at home, I also did a lot of writing, producing, and "Standup Storytelling".

I wrote a little series called "The SeeSayShow".

The "SeeSayShow" is a short "class monologue" that shares stories powered by "real-world" math standards.

The show's goal is to that help students become good at "seeing" (knowing what you are looking at), "saying" (knowing what you are talking about), and "showing" (being able to SEE and SAY to others).

We want students to excel in reading, writing, and counting ... so that they can lead, create, and think.

Being able to SEE, SAY, and SHOW helps students transition from reading, writing, and counting ... to leading, creating, and thinking.

This year, our school issued a daily mandate to spend the first 10 minutes building relationships with our students.

That has presented a wonderful opportunity.

Today, I want to share a recently recorded episode.

Let me set it up (continued below) ...

Love,

Daddy

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"LEarning (TheSeeSayShow - Hugh Grogan)"
By Derrick Brown
1-26-2021

I am a "Standup Storyteller".

I fuse spoken word, rap, traditional oration, teaching and singing into messages of hope, healing, and change.

Today, I will only talk ... and teach.

I returned to the classroom to teach high school math in November 2019.

I had spent several years at home helping to take care of our now 7-year old daughter.

While at home, I also did a lot of writing, producing, and "Standup Storytelling".

I wrote a little series called "The SeeSayShow".

The "SeeSayShow" is a short "class monologue" that shares stories powered by "real-world" math standards.

The show's goal is to that help students become good at "seeing" (knowing what you are looking at), "saying" (knowing what you are talking about), and "showing" (being able to SEE and SAY to others).

We want students to excel in reading, writing, and counting ... so that they can lead, create, and think.

Being able to SEE, SAY, and SHOW helps students transition from reading, writing, and counting ... to leading, creating, and thinking.

This year, our school issued a daily mandate to spend the first 10 minutes building relationships with our students.

That has presented a wonderful opportunity.

Today, I want to share a recently recorded episode.

I teach my classes in a building that used to be an annex to the former segregated high school for Cobb County Blacks.

In a few weeks, our program will move into the newly renovated segregated elementary school - across the street from our present location.

Interest in the legacy of those schools is at an all-time high.

This has presented another wonderful opportunity.

I have been able to interview several graduates and teachers from the school.

I have also been able to share their stories with my current students.

You are about to see me share a story about the first Black city councilman in our city (a graduate of the segregated high school), and how a lawsuit helped to facilitate his election.

I am using a "quiz bowl" gameshow shtick to engage the students.

Let's roll the clip ... action!

[CLIP 1]

Sometimes, students engage well enough to take us down some useful "rabbit trails".

In this next clip, I explained SEEING, SAYING, and SHOWING as the next learning challenge after reading, writing, and counting..

Action!

[CLIP 2]

We got to follow another rabbit trail about "SEEING".

Let's check it out.

[CLIP 3]

In this final clip, we got to dig a little deeper about the basis of the lawsuit.

Let's watch this one, then come back and wrap up.

[CLIP 4]

Conclusion

---------------

Thanks for taking this journey with me.

We publish our work at reachthenteach.com.

Please reach out via email (derrick.s.brown@att.net) or phone (404-576-8534).

Peace.

About Derrick Brown (Standup Storyteller)