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Outdoor Afro and KEEN Partner with YMCA to Address Black Youth Drowning Crisis Expanding ‘Making Waves’ Program this Summer

BLACK ENTERPRISE EditorsApril 13, 2022April 13, 2022

by BLACK ENTERPRISE EditorsApril 13, 2022April 13, 2022288

KEEN links up with Outdoor Afro to secure swimming lessons for 100,000 Black youth through their Outdoor Afro x KEEN sandal collection released Apr. 12....

Health and Wellness

This YMCA CEO Is Learning How to Swim and Offers Free Lessons to Teach Parents and Kids the Same

Jeroslyn JohnsonOctober 20, 2021October 21, 2021

by Jeroslyn JohnsonOctober 20, 2021October 21, 20213681

President and CEO of the YMCA of Greater Seattle Yeadon launched an initiative to help Black families get comfortable in open water....

Entrepreneurship Health and Wellness

This Program Is Encouraging Black People To Swim More This Summer

Dana GivensJune 18, 2020June 18, 2020

by Dana GivensJune 18, 2020June 18, 202011492

Black People Will Swim wants to dismantle stereotypes and teach 2,020 African American adults and children how to swim before December 2020....

Entrepreneurship

This Mom Launched a Business to Empower Children to Swim

Kandia JohnsonJanuary 23, 2018January 23, 2018

by Kandia JohnsonJanuary 23, 2018January 23, 20181133

When Yolanda Flournah-Perkins was sentenced to three years in prison during her senior year in college, she thought her life was over. But after her...

Health and Wellness Lifestyle

Gold Medalist Simone Manuel Offers Advice on Swimming and Life

Lisa FraserJune 12, 2017December 6, 2017

by Lisa FraserJune 12, 2017December 6, 20171977

"Swimming allows you to learn good social skills, work hard, set goals and communicate better. I learned a lot about myself and people doing this."...

Lifestyle

Get Motivated With These Quotes by 8 Great Women Olympians

Lisa FraserAugust 16, 2016November 14, 2017

by Lisa FraserAugust 16, 2016November 14, 20171695

As the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio continues, women athletes are proving once again that they more than hold their own when it comes to...

Diving Deep

Sonia AlleyneJuly 7, 2013October 6, 2015

by Sonia AlleyneJuly 7, 2013October 6, 2015538

Davis, who had enjoyed recreational swimming with her family since she was a child, learned that a culture of fear kept most black people from...