Evan
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Student |
| Location | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Introduction | I started with a simple idea of helping children learn special skills, through playing basketball. Not necessarily using basketball directly as an avenue for upward mobility, because I think that idea in itself is extremely problematic (see March 1st blog), but rather through the indirect lessons basketball teaches. As one who has played basketball competitively for a majority of his life, I recognize things such as self-confidence, teamwork, and competitiveness, as valuable lessons that I've taken away from basketball and applied to other areas of my life. I recognize, if basketball is taught the right way, and even the wrong way sometimes, that these along with a plethora of other intrinsic lessons may be learned by the participant. With that simple idea in mind I approached Rotary International and they saw it a worthy idea to fund. Now I find myself in Auckland, New Zealand tapping into the existing basketball network in hopes that I can touch a few kids lives by teaching them the game of basketball. |
| Interests | children, basketball, education, travel |
| Favorite music | Lupe Fiasco, Little Brother, Amy Winehouse, John Legend, Joe Budden, really anybody my teammate DJ Hyphen plays, check him out, he's single handedly tryin to give hip hop an outlet. |
| Favorite books | Native Son and Black Boy by Richard Wright, The Pilgrimage, The Valkyries, The Devil and Miss Prym, by Paolo Coelho, Freedom Dreams and Yo Mama's Dysfunctional by Robin D.G. Kelley, Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane, Sacred Hoops and The Last Season by Phil Jackson, Kareem by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Dreams from my Father by Barrack Obama, Life on the Run by Bill Bradley, I Write What I Like by Steve Biko, |
What would you wear for camouflage if you were hiding in a gingerbread house?
My Dream: Get a team of talented individuals and create a dream team to run basketball camps around the world, where we could spread our knowledge of the game, so they too may be touched by the greatness that is Basketball.