Derrick Brown

Reach - Then Teach

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"Reach - Then Teach" offers host Derrick Brown's wisdom earned through life lessons learned about mentoring, mediation, and problem solving. The show uses "standup storytelling" (commentary, teaching, spoken word (poetry), rap, and song) to deliver compelling, thematic, personal narratives about love, change, equality, power, (self-)control, and purpose. Popular segments include "Dear Hannah (Letters To My Daughter)", "Fight The Good Fight", "LEarning", and "The BIG Picture."Visit reachthenteach.com to join our mailing list and sponsor our work!

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Derrick Brown

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reachthenteach.com

Latest episode

May 29, 2026

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Episodes

Dear Hannah: Quiet (But Not Silent) (Video) Video 22.03.2025

[Original Broadcast Date: 5-29-2017] Dear Hannah, education begins when you *finish* school. 'cause life gives you the test first ... - then you get the lesson ...

Dear Hannah: Stand Your Ground (Remix) (Video) Video 21.03.2025

[Original Broadcast Date: 6-18-2017] (Buy poster at http://bit.ly/rtt_standyourgground) ... Dear Hannah, Sometimes things happen that upset us. We have to feel what we feel, take the time to heal, remember what is real, and keep moving forward ... Love, Daddy

Dear Hannah: Teach Students, Not Subjects (Johney) (Audio) 20.03.2025

[Original Broadcast Date: 6-12-2017] Dear Hannah, Teach students, not subjects. You will not know them on your first day together. You will not know them on your last day together. Never stop LEarning who they are, and you will never stop LEarning who you are. Love, Daddy

Dear Hannah: Teach Students, Not Subjects (Johney) (Video) Video 20.03.2025

[Original Broadcast Date: 6-12-2017] Dear Hannah, Teach students, not subjects. You will not know them on your first day together. You will not know them on your last day together. Never stop LEarning who they are, and you will never stop LEarning who you are. Love, Daddy

Dear Hannah: Master Plan (REMIX) (Audio) 19.03.2025

[Original Broadcast Date: 6-5-2017] Dear Hannah, Stick to the Master Plan - even when current events make it feel like the world is out of control. Love, Daddy

Dear Hannah: Master Plan (REMIX) (Video) Video 19.03.2025

[Original Broadcast Date: 6-5-2017] Dear Hannah, Stick to the Master Plan - even when current events make it feel like the world is out of control. Love, Daddy

Dear Hannah: LEarning (Thoughts on History) (Video) Video 18.03.2025

Dear Hannah, My education began when I finished school. reflection led to a lot of unlearning and relearning. i realized that i was presented facts disguised as knowledge, opinions disguised as fact, and a whole lot of memorized processes disguised as problem solving. it's all good, though - 'cause now I know ... that i don't know. so i value divergent thinking ... (seeing many answers to the same...

Dear Hannah: LEarning (Marketing 2 Point 0) Video 17.03.2025

Dear Hannah - My name is Derrick. I have one purpose today. I want to tell people who I am, and what I do, hope, and dream about ... let me share my journey's progress over the last year ... Love, Daddy

Dear Hannah: Bag Of Life (Video) Video 16.03.2025

Dear Hannah, We need to talk. we need to have sustained, substantive conversations with friends, fans, and foes that are affirming, accepting, accountable - and sometimes authoritative. they can be focused, civil, intra-generational, didactic, inspiring, comforting, strategic ... ... and can still be pleasant & fun. ... or thoughtful, probing, and sobering. ... or downright serious. they can e...

Dear Hannah: Converse (Video) Video 15.03.2025

Dear Hannah, Our conversations have dwindled into shouting matches and "people's court" cases posts and reposts of articles that align with our minds to which we assign absolute truth with no consequences where we want to prove that our might is right your wrong is strong and always have both our say ... and our way but civil discourse - especially between dissenters - promotes growth it helps bot...

Dear Hannah: LEarning (Rhyme-In-Time) Video 14.03.2025

Dear Hannah- I aspire to be a five-tool+ "standup storyteller" (AKA "griot") - poet, rapper, singer, teacher, orator, writer, producer, director. I am still learning how to use my tools, but I am getting there. LEarn to use your gifts. Love, Daddy

Dear Hannah: LEarning (The People In My Neighborhood (TPIMN)) Video 13.03.2025

Dear Hannah - As the name suggests, The People In My Neighborhood (TPIMN) is a project that helps me learn more about where I live. It began as an effort to organize the neighbors in our subdivision, then grew into an effort to learn about our adjacent communities - then their adjacent communities, etc. It has grown into a powerful storytelling tool. Love, Daddy

Dear Hannah: LEarning (Nine Men's Morris (9MM)) Video 12.03.2025

Dear Hannah - Nine Men's Morris is an ancient board game combining the speed of checkers, the strategy of chess and the simplicity of tic-tac-toe. It is easy to play, but difficult to master. Become a master. Love, Daddy

Dear Hannah: LEarning (Writing Your First Business Plan (WYFBP)) Video 11.03.2025

Dear Hannah - Vision, Mission, and Steps provide a path that helps you to walk in your life's purpose. Vision describes what your efforts will produce / create - it describes your "end". Mission describes the concrete path to your vision - it describes your "means". Steps describe specific projects and tasks required to navigate that path - your "who", "what", "when", "where", "why", and "how". Wr...

Dear Hannah: LEarning (Now You Know History Quiz Bowl (NYK HQB)) Video 10.03.2025

Dear Hannah - The NOW YOU KNOW History Quiz Bowl is a gameshow that tells the story of 25 ordinary people who did extraordinary things. This game is a walk through history, and the embracing of what our world calls diversity, sensitivity, and inclusion ...

Dear Hannah: LEarning - Talk To Me (A Game That Teaches The Language of ANY Subject) Video 09.03.2025

Dear Hannah - LEarn to do math, then learn what math does . I developed the game Talk To Me to support this LEarning journey ...

Dear Hannah: LEarning - Reach - Then Teach (Small-Group "Discipling" Fellowship) Video 08.03.2025

Dear Hannah, I help people who help people. Then we help people to help people. I do this by creating and nurturing a "discipling" fellowship that uses mentoring, mediation, and problem solving to promote personal growth ...

Dear Hannah: Derrick Brown's Oral History (#YourStory) (Episode 1.11 PEER and Peer Tutoring) (4m34sec) Video 07.03.2025

In June 2023, The Computer History Museum (Mountain View, CA) published my oral history ( https://bit.ly/CHMOH_DB_YT ) for my contributions to the computing world as an Internet strategist for The Universal Black Pages (an Internet directory of African-related content), and as the founding director of KnowledgeBase’s Project CHIP (which refurbished and redistributed 1500+ computers to Georgia fami...

Dear Hannah: Derrick Brown's Oral History (#YourStory) (Episode 1.10 The Clemson Experience) (2m36sec) Video 06.03.2025

In June 2023, The Computer History Museum (Mountain View, CA) published my oral history ( https://bit.ly/CHMOH_DB_YT ) for my contributions to the computing world as an Internet strategist for The Universal Black Pages (an Internet directory of African-related content), and as the founding director of KnowledgeBase’s Project CHIP (which refurbished and redistributed 1500+ computers to Georgia fami...

Dear Hannah: Derrick Brown's Oral History (#YourStory) (Episode 1.09 How I Chose Clemson) (2m19sec) Video 05.03.2025

In June 2023, The Computer History Museum (Mountain View, CA) published my oral history ( https://bit.ly/CHMOH_DB_YT ) for my contributions to the computing world as an Internet strategist for The Universal Black Pages (an Internet directory of African-related content), and as the founding director of KnowledgeBase’s Project CHIP (which refurbished and redistributed 1500+ computers to Georgia fami...

Dear Hannah: Derrick Brown's Oral History (#YourStory) (Episode 1.08 Clemson Career Workshop) (5m11sec) Video 04.03.2025

In June 2023, The Computer History Museum (Mountain View, CA) published my oral history ( https://bit.ly/CHMOH_DB_YT ) for my contributions to the computing world as an Internet strategist for The Universal Black Pages (an Internet directory of African-related content), and as the founding director of KnowledgeBase’s Project CHIP (which refurbished and redistributed 1500+ computers to Georgia fami...

Dear Hannah: Derrick Brown's Oral History (#YourStory) (Episode 1.07 First Computer Experience (Apple IIe)) (5m46sec) Video 03.03.2025

In June 2023, The Computer History Museum (Mountain View, CA) published my oral history ( https://bit.ly/CHMOH_DB_YT ) for my contributions to the computing world as an Internet strategist for The Universal Black Pages (an Internet directory of African-related content), and as the founding director of KnowledgeBase’s Project CHIP (which refurbished and redistributed 1500+ computers to Georgia fami...

Dear Hannah: Derrick Brown's Oral History (#YourStory) (Episode 1.06 What I Could Be When I Grow Up (SCOIS)) (2m31sec) Video 02.03.2025

In June 2023, The Computer History Museum (Mountain View, CA) published my oral history ( https://bit.ly/CHMOH_DB_YT ) for my contributions to the computing world as an Internet strategist for The Universal Black Pages (an Internet directory of African-related content), and as the founding director of KnowledgeBase’s Project CHIP (which refurbished and redistributed 1500+ computers to Georgia fami...

Dear Hannah: LEarning (Mission Statement (Episode 8 - #CircumspectAboutDisrespect)) Video 01.03.2025

Dear Hannah ... I'm a #StandupStoryteller. I'm the brother from another planet. Strange people think I am strange. I think that what I experience is strange. And still I rise. I am learning to be #CircumspectAboutDisrespect. Let me show you something ...

Dear Hannah: Mission Statement (Episode 7 - #HappyBlackHistoryMonth) (VIDEO) Video 28.02.2025

[3-2-2024] Hey folks. My name is Derrick Brown. I'm a #StandupStoryteller. I'm the brother from another planet. Strange people think I am strange. I think that what I experience is strange. And still I rise. #HappyBlackHistoryMonth. On a good day, I have a keen focus on life, liberty, and my pursuit of happiness. That focus intensifies during #BlackHistoryMonth. On a good day, I am intentional abo...

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