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A Continuing Journey
As the month of May comes to a close I just wanted to remind others as well as myself that Water Safety and Mental Health Awareness does not stop here. Water safety and mental health awareness are lifelong journeys. The goal is spread the knowledge and to learn more always. For me these two topics…
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World Water Day 2023
What’s good y’all! World Water Day was yesterday, March 22nd and the Be the Change campaign encourages people to take action to contribute to the water and sanitation crisis globally. Let’s get into it. World Water Day is an initiative by the United Nations. Most notably, this initiative and campaign aligns with SDG (Sustainable Development…
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IG Live/w Shana
View this post on Instagram A post shared by LetUsSwim (@letusswim) What’s good ‘all! I joined Shana of @letusswim along with Nija of @ablackgirlwhoswims on MLK Day to talk about the global swim culture and how we can improve it for the black community! Thanks again for creating this space so we can come together…
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Head Above Water: Simone Manuel Review
What’s good y’all! Simone Manuel released a short documentary in partnership with Togethxr today. The film stars Simone telling her story and her ups and downs within the swim world. There is a huge focus around her journey to the Olympics especially Tokyo. From being diagnosed with a rare condition, to feeling like she had…
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The Black Mermaid Review
What’s good y’all! Yesterday, I watched The Black Mermaid, a short film on the Waterbear network and I absolutely loved it. I definitely recommend y’all to check it out, it’s only nine minutes long. The Black Mermaid tells the story of Zandile Ndhlovu and her journey to becoming a freediver*. Zandile is a black woman…
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Community Resource
What’s good y’all! Last year, on my main website, I wrote a blog post about highlighting other minority aquatic professionals and organizations. The goal of that blog post was to become a community resource for black and brown swimmers. As well as a resource for anyone who wants to support black and brown aquatic professionals.…
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YouTube Channel
What’s good y’all! I’ve been giving it a lot of thought of how I would do or deliver the “learning how to swim” part of the podcast. I’m not going to completely strip this away from the podcast but I have launched a YouTube channel to better help with the task. So most of that…
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Welcome!
What’s good y’all! Welcome to my new website. I’m super excited to release this, it’s been a long time coming. This website will host the podcast, content related to it and other creative content of mine. I\’m looking forward to the journey ahead. Feel free to let me know what you think along the way.…