Reach - Then Teach

Reach - Then Teach


Dear Hannah: Derrick Brown's Oral History (#YourStory) (Episode 2.13 UCSM (A One-Man Show), SeeSayShow, HAB) (3m31sec)

September 05, 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 families and organizations). My oral history experience inspired a new project called #YourStory. #YourStory combines #StandupStorytelling with principles and best practices of oral history recording to document the thoughts and experiences of ordinary people who do extraordinary work. EPISODE 2.13 "TRANSCRIPT": 61m17sec ... KB is my once and future gig ... I teach high school classes infused with KB concepts, and am preparing to do a one-man show ... I teach geometry to students who must be weaned of their dependence on rote learning and "faking it" ... they must be taught to SEE, SAY, and SHOW ... shout out to Dorothy Parler, Yvonne Pinson, and Carolyn Randolph ... I am teaching because my daughter attends school in our district ... I talk about HAB ... 64m48sec ...