>>JENNIFER WAUGH: WE ARE DIGGING DEEPER INTO THE HISTORY OF SWIMMING IN THE
BLACK COMMUNITY AND HOW
EXCLUSION IN THE PAST HAS HAD
A RIPPLE EFFECT THAT STILL
AFFECTS PEOPLE TODAY. IT COMES
AS THE CONSUMER PRODUCTS
SAFETY COMMISSION CALLS FOR
MORE DROWNING PREVENTION
EFFORTS THIS SUMMER. THE
AGENCY’S NEWEST REPORT FOUND
BLACK CHILDREN MADE UP. 21% OF
THE DROWNINGS WHERE A CHILD’S
RACE WAS LISTED. 45% OF THOSE
DEATHS AMONG BLACK CHILDREN
WERE KIDS BETWEEN 5 AND 14
YEARS OLD FOR PERSPECTIVE.
BLACK AMERICANS ONLY MAKE UP
13% OF THE AMERICAN
POPULATION. AMANDA HAS BEEN
LOOKING INTO THIS AND JOINS US
AS PART OF HER SERIES A WOMAN
IN JACKSONVILLE IS WORKING TO
CHANGE THOSE NUMBERS. SHE IS
AND HER NAME IS JOYCE DELIGHT.
THIS. HER FOUNDATION HAS A
SPECIFIC GOAL TO GET MORE
BLACK FAMILIES IN THE WATER IN
HONOR OF HER LATE SUNSHINE,
KNOWN AS THE STROKE DOCTOR FOR
HIS EXCELLENT FORM. SHONDA
LIFE IS TRAINED. OLYMPIC
ATHLETES IN WAS BELOVED IN THE
COMMUNITY AND NOW SEVERAL
YEARS AFTER HIS UNTIMELY
DEATH, JOYCE IS GETTING EVEN
MORE PEOPLE IN THE POOL THIS
SUMMER, INCLUDING A PRINCIPAL,
MOST OF HIS SCHOOL IN A CITY
COUNCILMAN.
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COUNCILMAN. ♪ >>MELANIE LAWSON: JOYCE, TO
LIFE SPENDS EVERY SATURDAY ON
THIS POOL DECK AT THE JOHNSON
FAMILY YMCA. HER PASSION
MAKING SURE JACKSONVILLE’S
BLACK COMMUNITY KNOWS THEIR
WAY AROUND THE WATER FROM 8 IN
THE MORNING.
>> TO 5 IN THE EVENING ALL DAY
THAT’S MY SHE HAS THE SHANDI.
THE LIFE IS FOUNDATION
INSPIRED BY HER LATE SON, A
BELOVED TO SWIM COACH WHO
TRAINED OLYMPIC ATHLETES. WAS
BIG JOKESTER. THE KIDS LOVED
HIM. SEAN DIED AT 30 YEARS OLD
FROM NATURAL CAUSES IN 2016
SINCE THE FOUNDATION’S START
SHORTLY AFTER HIS DEATH. MORE
THAN 1300 CHILDREN AND ADULTS
LEARNED HOW TO SWIM FOR FREE.
>> IT MEANS THAT 1300 THAT THE
FAMILIES WILL HAVE TO WALK
BEHIND AND A FUNERAL
PROCESSION. THAT’S WHAT IT
MEANS TO ME PERSONALLY,
BECAUSE I WAS BEHIND MY AND
THE LASTING EFFECTS LAST FOR
YEARS AND YEARS WITH DROWNING
RATES HISTORICALLY HIGHER
AMONG BLACK CHILDREN THAN ANY
OTHER RACE. JOYCE, ALSO MAKE
SURE THIS YEAR STUDENTS SAW
MORE REPRESENTATION IN THE
POOL IS VERY IMPORTANT. WELL,
4 YEAR-OLD BLACK YOUNG MAN TO
WALK ON DECK IN CA A LIFEGUARD
THAT LOOKS LIKE MAY MAKE
SOMEONE R IT MAKES WANT TO GET
IN THE WATER AND DO WHAT HE
GOT TO DO NOW IN YEAR 6, JOYCE
IS DOUBLING THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE LEARNING TO SWIM THE
SUMMER FROM ONE 50 TO 300.
>>MELANIE LAWSON: FOCUSING ON
GETTING MORE BLACK AMERICANS
IN THE WATER.
>> SHE ALSO TOOK HER MESSAGE
TO PRINCIPAL OF BECOMING
COLLEGIATE ACADEMY. CAMERON
FRAZIER FRAZIER IN MOST OF HIS
SCHOOL. 53 STUDENTS IN SOME OF
THEIR PARENTS ARE GETTING IN
THE WATER THIS SUMMER.
>> WHAT DO YOU HOPE PEOPLE
LEARN FROM SEEING YOU OUT HERE
GETTING IN THE WATER IN A LOT
OF MY STUDENTS AT MY SCHOOL
DID NOT KNOW HOW TO SWELL.
>> AND IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME
AS THE LEADER OF OUR COMMUNITY
TO ONE ENCOURAGE THEM TO LEARN
TO TO JUMP IN THE WATER WITH
NO END TO BECOME MORE
CONFIDENT IN THE WATER. AS A
FORMER.
>> FRAZIER STUDENTS SAY
THEY’RE EXCITED TO LEARN
SOMETHING NEW GOOD.
>> TO HOUSE LOCATED, YOU CAN
SAVE PEOPLE’S JUMP ISLAND, THE
CANON LAW. AND THEN I WANT TO
COVER MY NO.
>> WE’LL PUT THESE SO I CAN BY
THE END OF HIS FIRST LESSON.
FRAZIER EVENTUALLY MADE IT TO
THE DEEP END OF THE POOL WITH
HELP FROM A PADDLEBOARD IN HIS
SWIM INSTRUCTOR.
>> WAS SO EXCITED THAT SCREEN.
>> COUNCILMAN REGGIE GAFFNEY
JUNIOR IS ALSO TAKING LESSONS
FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER
REACHING OUT TO JOYCE EARLIER
THIS YEAR. IT’S ON A LITTLE
BIT GET NICE AS THAT. 38 YEARS
OLD. HE FINALLY WANTS TO LEARN
THE LIFESAVING SKILL.
>> I NEVER WANT TO BE AT THE
OF SOMEONE YOU KNOW. SO I WANT
TO PUT MYSELF IN A POSITION
WHERE I CAN SAY SOMEONE
>> HE REMEMBERS WATER-RELATED
ACTIVITIES. NOT REALLY BE MUCH
OF AN OPTION. GROWING BIN ON
THE NORTH SIDE IS NOT MINUTES
WHEN THE BULLS.
>> YOU KNOW THE AFFORDABILITY
OF THE THE REPRESENTATION. YOU
KNOW, IT WAS NEVER BROUGHT. IT
WAS NEVER I WAS NEVER BY A
BISON. WANT TO LEARN HOW TO
SWIM.
>> JOYCE SAYS BOTH MEN ARE
BECOMING THAT INSPIRATION TO
CHILDREN AND ADULTS BY TAKING
THIS STEP.
>> THOSE 2 WILL TOUCH
THOUSANDS AND THE WORD WILL
GET OUT. THAT IS OKAY.
>> HAVE TO BE AFRAID. SHE
SAYS, ALTHOUGH SHE LOST HER
ONLY CHILD, SHE’S GAINED SO
MANY THROUGH WHAT’S BECOME HER
LIFE’S WORK. WHAT KEEPS YOU
ALL THESE CHILDREN BELONG TO
ME.
>> I KNOW THEY COME HERE WITH
A PAIR ABOUT LARGE CABRERA’S,
BUT I FEEL LIKE GAVE BIRTH TO
EACH ONE OF THESE CHILDREN ON
THE DAY THAT KEEPS ME GOING.
AND IT MAKES ME KNOW THAT MY
SON US ALL PROUD OF WHAT I’M
DOING THEY ALL BUNK
>> WELL, THE SHANDI DWIGHT
THIS FOUNDATION, THEY HAVE A
GRADUATION CEREMONY FOR ALL
THE PARTISAN PARTICIPANTS AT
THE END OF THE SUMMER WITH
CITY LEADERS PRESENTING MEDALS
TO ALL OF THOSE PARTICIPANTS
IN, BY THE WAY, IT’S FREE TO
OUT AN APPLICATION AND TAKE
THESE CLASSES. THERE IS A WAIT