What’s good y’all! So, I’m trying something new. A long time ago I created a blog post about swim resources and references as they relate to the black community and aquatics (one day I’ll dedicate a tab on the website to this post but I don’t want to get ahead of myself). I’ve always been ...
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The Reef Builders
08/28/2021 10:25 AM - Comment(s)
The Reef Builders is a short film also about conservation work on Wasini Island, Kenya. This also ties in with the previous short film I wrote about last week; Tengefu. In The Reef Builders, we follow two businesswomen, Sanura and Nazo, who build cement balls that are placed on a man made reef insid...
TENGEFU
08/21/2021 08:49 PM - Comment(s)
Swahili: Tengefu
English: “separate”
Tengefu is a short film about conservation work on Wasini Island, Kenya. This conservation project falls under the Wasini Beach Management Unit. The film follows Abubakar, a co founder of the reef restoration project, around the tengefu (protected m...
International Water Safety Day!
05/15/2021 08:04 PM - Comment(s)
May 15th is International Water Safety Day! International Water Safety Day is dedicated to help raise awareness for drowning prevention. This includes teaching water safety education that includes the basics of keeping yourself and those you care about safe in and around bodies of water. In th...
D.I.A Convention Recap
02/19/2021 09:53 PM - Comment(s)
Whats good y’all! Today was the first day of the Diversity in Aquatics Convention. It is completely online and this was nice. This is the first aquatic convention I have attended whether in person or online. Not gonna lie I missed the first part of the panel but when I got settled in, the content w...
D.I.A Convention Recap
02/19/2021 09:53 PM - Comment(s)
Whats good y’all! Nothing but good topics and great discussions today at the Diversity in Aquatics virtual conference. Topics such as introducing/diversifying scuba diving to aquatic programming at HBCUs and the black community in rowing. Such amazing conversations and advice given. One th...
Why Swim?
02/03/2021 06:23 PM - Comment(s)
Whats good y’all! Today, I want to talk about why people swim. There are many reasons why people swim. Among these are the health benefits, lifesaving skills, competition, exercise or just for the fun of it. Let jump in!
Health Benefits
There have been many health benefits associated with...
Sunday Funday
02/03/2021 06:23 PM - Comment(s)
Whats good y’all! Today, I had an interesting conversation with someone about wearing sunscreen. Long story short, yes, I believe black people should indeed wear sunscreen. We can get skin damage just like everyone else. So please take care of your skin, wear sunscreen.
Quick fact: you can still be ...
Cullen Jones on Diversity in Swimming
02/03/2021 06:23 PM - Comment(s)
Whats good y’all! It’s been a while, unfortunately. But I’m back and there has been a lot of news in regards to the world of swimming. Today I am going to link to an article that features an interview of Cullen Jones with Ashley Stroehlein of WCNC. In this conversation, Cullen talks about the impor...
Cullen Jones on Diversity
02/03/2021 06:23 PM - Comment(s)
Whats good y’all! I am going to share a link below. The article itself is basically the same to what I shared yesterday but in the link that I share tonight, it will include the full interview with Cullen. It is the second video that includes the full interview and the last video kind of ties it up...
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