Welcome back to another edition of Audio Nuggets, here in the cypher.  We are honored to welcome Derrick Stephens for Episode 12: Underdog Dreaming Liberation.

Come find out for yourself who Derrick is and how he does justice.

Derrick brings his uniqueness and dreaming to the cypher. This conversation unpacks the shoulders to stand on and obligations of Black bodies of this generation to “get into a lot of good trouble,” acknowledging that planting seeds for tomorrow requires liberation.  Derrick reveals that from a young age, he was always dreaming of freedom and liberation. 

To Derrick, liberation is freedom for his family to live life in a way that is enjoyable.  Free to dream.  Free to question. Free to be our authentic self.  By not creating unnecessary adversarial relationships, Derrick is on the healing journey by showing up, sacrifice, giving love, loving oneself, and making hard boundaries.

Derrick leaves the audience with ideas that start with SELF to grapple with. What is my identity? What are my behaviors? What really matters in life? 

You can learn more about Derrick and justice doing at www.underdogdreams.org.

Till next time…