AfroSwimmers

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What happens when two swim coaches come together to share their love of water with the Black, Indigenous, People of Color in ? M A G I C

During the blessed month of August, the founder of and the founder of both share the same birthday!!!

So our friends at sent us this dope blow up pool called The Culture Addict. We filled it with ice water and took turns taking dips during the

A time was had. It felt so good to swim with our people. Hope to see you at the next one!

You walk on pool deck and you see us.

What do you do next?

Repost: .tech Dr. Tiara Moore has created a community for Black marine scientists.

Dr. Tiara Moore, inspired by her own challenges in academia and a desire to create a safe space for Black marine scientists, founded the nonprofit Black in Marine Science (BIMS) in 2020. After earning her master’s degree at Hampton University and a Ph.D. from UCLA, she launched BIMS following an incident of racial profiling. Read more ➡️ Link in bio 🔗

I had no idea that committing to train 100 Black Lifeguards for the city of would introduce me to my Brothers from other Mothers.

and it is an honor to swim with you and build with you! You both represent a safer future for Black and Brown people who choose to enjoy all that water is and can be.

See you at the pool!

Questions that need answers: Why is there a national lifeguard shortage if there is no shortage of the people who are being impacted by drownings?

Are you going to sit back and watch after after and not take a stand to protect yourself and the people you love? Drowning is 100 percent preventable! We can learn to love the water and respect the water at the same time.

My girl is doing the Lords work down in Eatonville, FL. Not only does this dope Black Girl own her own business making floats for the culture, she went and got her lifeguard certification because she wanted to make sure that the pool in her city would always have someone to guard.

So now it’s time to answer The Call 📞

If you:
-live in, near, or around WA
- have swimming skills
-want to learn a life-saving skill and earn $500 at the same time
-can complete the swimming pretest
-can join me and as we begin the first cohort of an initiative to certify 100 Black Lifeguards in our city so we can all be safer in the water and reopen our pools and beaches.

It’s too hot to not be outside! 😂( I sound like a grumpy Memaw yelling at the kids for letting my A/C out 😂)

Training begins tomorrow! ✊🏾🌊🛟

Fact: According to the recent CDC report, Only 28% of Hispanic people and 37% of Black people have taken swimming lessons.

Hey ….. who wants to come swim with us?

👀 Oshun Swim School Seattle Parks and Recreation