MNN Youth Channel's Production Coordinator, Derrick Dawkins is moving on to pursue his independent media making career. Derrick has been a Youth Channel staff member for 8 years. During this time he's cultivated many rich and long lasting relations with young people that participated in Youth Channel training programs and productions. As a mentor, he always gave his best to the MNN community. His contributions to the public access media community are vast and incalculable. We thank Derrick for all his hard work in making the Youth Channel a great place for our youth and wish him the very best this year.