http://minorityswimming.com Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:23:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Come see the award winning FREE SWIM (www.FreeSwimMovie.com) . . .October 13th at 7:30PMThe Cape Ann Community Cinema (www.massbayfilmproject.org)21 Main Street, Gloucester, MA* come earlier for a pre-screening party at 6:30pmOctober 18 at 10AMLa Femme Film Festival (www.lafemme.org)Davidson/Valentini Theatre1125 N McCadden Place, Los Angeles, CA Spread the word ... http://minorityswimming.com/?p=92 The world’s leaders in environmental conservation, ocean filmmaking and wildlife photography came together for the Blue Ocean Film Festival , held in Savannah, GA from June 10 – 14, 2009. The event honored Dr. Sylvia Earle with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Ocean Advocacy, and awarded numerous filmmakers ... http://minorityswimming.com/?p=68 Horizons National was recently featured on NBC Nightly News in the "Making a Difference" segment. Horizons National has been making a difference since it was founded in 1964 by trying to close the achievement gap. One of the components of the summer program is that all of the kids have ... http://minorityswimming.com/?p=66 Great article on Imagine 2050 about Jenny Levison's movie Parting the Waters. http://minorityswimming.com/?p=65 In 2006, there were 110 deaths due to drowning in Virginia. More than half of these deaths (54%) were in natural bodies of water. Virginians, age 15 to 24, experience the highest number of fatal drownings in the state and African-Americans drown at a woefully disproportionate rate. In ... http://minorityswimming.com/?p=64 A quick update from Cullen Jones and USA Swimming about the Make A Splash with Cullen Jones event series. http://minorityswimming.com/?p=63 It's been a big media week for Swim to Empower's (www.swimtoempower.org) work in the Bahamas ... Free Swim (www.freeswimmovie.com) came home with a big award from the Blue Ocean Film Festival in Savannah, GA and "Discovering the joys of the sea" feature story appeared in today's Nassau Guardian (http://www.thenassauguardian.com/social_community/297027701770987.php) http://minorityswimming.com/?p=62 USA Swimming and the USA Swimming Foundation launched the Make a Splash with Cullen Jones Tour this week in Houston. The festivities began with a dinner on Tuesday night with representatives from ConocoPhillips, our corporate partner for the tour. Then on Wednesday morning there was a breakfast with ... http://minorityswimming.com/?p=61 Free Swim, a documentary film featuring Swim to Empower, has been selected as a finalist at the Blue Ocean Film Festival!     If you are in the Savannah, GA area from June 10 – 14th, join us for Free Swim’s World Premiere.    Visit us at http://www.freeswimmovie.com/  and join our mailing list to ... http://minorityswimming.com/?p=60 Check out the Spring 09 issue of the American Red Cross’s Aqua’zine.  This season's issue features DAP Co-founders Shaun Anderson and Jayson Jackson (pages 7 & 8). Aqua‘Zine is a publication for aquatic professionals that is written and distributed by the reparedness and Health and Safety Services Division of the American ... http://minorityswimming.com/?p=59