What can you do to make an impact in the lives of others? This summer, Bryan and I spent six weeks with eleven people who are going to change the world—our Impact Fellows.  They were artists and activists, youth educators and campus organizers, friends and community members, but more than anything else they were Asian American leaders committed to the struggle, ready to fight for change. (more…)

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NFL Preseason is in full effect and e-mails from friends are now circulating about playing some pick-up football to celebrate the coming season. As a former mediocre high school football player, I must confess that I hate playing pick-up football games. Sure, the camaraderie is fun with friends, but pick-up football misses the core elements of what makes football a great game to play. In pick-up games, plays are called ad-hoc (or not at all), players make up their own roles, routes and responsibilities and the quarterback rarely ensures that his or her team is exploiting the other team’s soft spots. Without practice, everybody has limited experience playing together and lack a common language to operate under. What I call a post route, somebody else calls “sort of a number 7.” Finally, there’s no overarching game plan because there’s no head coach or any coaching of any kind. (more…)