Dear Hannah: LEarning (Letters To My Daughter (A One-Man Show))

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By Derrick Brown (follow on Twitter @dbrowndbrown)

 

Dear Hannah,

My name is Derrick.

My name means "leader of his people".

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.

Everything must change - and stay changED.

Tradition begins and ends with change.

Change begins with me and the renewing of my mind.

I teach students - not subjects.

This a "loaded" statement (lots of layers).

Let me unpack it.

When the student is ready, the teacher will teach.

I have taught many lessons before the students showed up.

See - you're not ready until you're ready to get ready.

Then if you stay ready, y'all, you won't have to get ready.

*Subjects* are not just the courses we study in school.

"Subjects" also refers to the way most of us are *treated* in school.

We are greater than "less than".

But we are often treated like "less than".

We often treat each other as "less than".

As a teacher, I am often treated as "less than" (by students and adults).

And still I rise.

Let's take a trip, folks.

Let's journey to the temple of my familiar.

A world where I am free to be all of me in liberty.

That kind of freedom ain't free.

But victory is for me ... I qualify.

And I believe.

 

I put this show together to share that belief.

Love,

Daddy

 

 

U Can't C Me (A One-Man Show)

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(Click Links Tagged with '[$$]' to Purchase Songs (MP3) and Videos (MP4))

1. A Tree That Harvests Good Fruit (Delivered at Blondell McCoy Brown's Homegoing) (Dropbox)
2. Purpose Is More Important Than Ambition (Derrick Brown Performs THE TRILOGY (UCSM, SYG, GRASPP) Live) 
3. U Can't C Me (Dropbox)
   
4. [$$] LEarning (Move)
5. [$$] GRASPP (Battle Plan) (Derrick Brown performs GRASPP at math department meeting (9-20-2024) (Dropbox))
   
6. [$$] Teach Students, Not Subjects (Johney)
7. [$$] LEarning (Watch Me (Work))
8. [$$] LEarning (Ain't Goin' Nowhere)
9. [$$] LEarning (Say What)
10. [$$] LEarning (Stand Your Ground (Family Reunion 2018 Remix))
11. [$$] LEarning (What They Say)
12. [$$] LEarning (I Believe (Keep Your Peace))
13. [$$] LEarning (Thank You)
14. [$$] LEarning (All For One (Family Anthem)) | Remix (Live at 2023 Family Reunion) (Dropbox)
15. [$$] LEarning (Reflections (and Corrections))
16. [$$] LEarning (Better Me)
17. [$$] LEarning (Joy)
18. [$$] LEarning (Cast (Caste) (AKA The Show Must Go On))
19. [$$] LEarning (#YourStory)
20. [$$] LEarning (Holler)
21. [$$] LEarning (DEI Blues) 
22. [$$] LEarning (Re'sume' Say)
23. [$$] LEarning (Born(e) Witness)
24. [$$] LEarning (Reconciliation (Not Done Yet))
25. [$$] LEarning (Hang In There (See It Through, See Through It)) 
26. [$$] LEarning (Master Plan + Master Plan (REMIX 2))
27. [$$] LEarning (Sing A Song (Rhyme-In-Time Demo))

 

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).

Copyright © 2024 Derrick  Brown. All Rights Reserved.

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Hannah: LEarning (The Best of Teachers Pay Teachers (TpT) (Online Education Content Marketplace))

By Derrick Brown (follow on Twitter @dbrowndbrown)

 

Dear Hannah,

TeachersPayTeachers® (TpT) is an online marketplace where teachers buy and sell original, digital educational materials.

 

I have maintained a store there since 2011.

 

I have LEarned a lot of hard lessons while selling my content ... but I have sold a lot of content.

 

Here are a few of my "Greatest Hits" (SEE BELOW) ....

 

 
Love,

Daddy

 

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).

Copyright © 2024 Derrick  Brown. All Rights Reserved.