Fire Foray With Tony Rice featuring Ed Accura Co-Founder of The Black Swimming Association and Producer of Blacks Can't Swim: Rewind
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Award winning Broadcaster Tony Rice with interesting, successful guests. They chew the fat on life, the achievement mentality and those issues of the day. All in an entertaining and engaging style, the style only possible around the fire.
This episode features the amazing Ed Accura, Co-Founder of The Black Swimming Association he is also the Producer of a triliogy of movies designed to challenge preconceived notions on Blacks being unable to Swim. The most recent in this wonderful trilogy: Blacks Can't Swim: Rewind is available to access from today July 4th through www.blackscantswim.com and will be accessible in Amazon and Sky Stores to down load very soon.
We discuss:
+ The need to change the narrative with 95% of Black Adults and 80% of Black Children currently not swimming.
+ The need to face up to some harsh realities.
+ The mission of the Black Swimming Association and the vision behind Blacks Can't Swim.
+ Ed's own narrative and his place as a role model plus the relationship with another great role model GB's first female black swimming Olympian in over 100 years Alice Dearing. Alice is part of the BSA and features in Blacks Can't Swim:Rewind.
+ How we can engage now and access the movie via www.blackscantswim.com and to help build the bigger picture by using the #ourswimstory #BCStheconvo
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