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 just completed another school year. I am trying to see where I have been ... and where I am going. A friend analyzed our school environment many years ago. They asked me to vet their data-driven findings ... for accountability. I did. I found that they told no lies. They told a sobering, inconvenient truth ...

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 - 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 - 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 - 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". Write these - so that whomever reads it may run with it. Love, Daddy

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