Everyday Dope with Joshua Dickerson
Everyday Dope
English - February 21, 2022 14:30 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBPersonal Journals Society & Culture Business Entrepreneurship adjo atlanta fun basketall black culture black people business cedric sheffield conversation dopeness Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Joshua Travis Dickerson Sr. is a proud graduate of Griffin High School and
Georgia State University. He went on to become an educator in the DeKalb
County School system and was award 2007-2008 DeKalb County Teacher of
the Year for Jolly Elementary. He is currently serving as Executive Director with a non-
profit organization in Metro Atlanta.
He has created several programs to empower youth and has helped to create chess
and robotic clubs at various programs in Atlanta. Mr. Dickerson uses his experience and
love for kids to train teachers and administrators on different ways to incorporate literacy
into daily educational activities.
His poem “Cause I Ain’t Got a Pencil”, has sparked conversation around the world.
As a proud father of four children: Destiny, Joshua II, Justice, and Skylar Dickerson, he
knows all too well how important a positive role model is in every child’s life.
He is a passionate writer and author. His poem “Cause I Ain’t Got a Pencil”, has
sparked conversation around the world.
Mr. Dickerson stand strong on his belief that though no one person can do everything, but each person can do something.