The Center for Disease Control (CDC) reports that African American children are five times more likely to drown in water because of their lack of exposure to swimming. We aim to provide aquatic opportunities and experiences, with a focus on African American young girls and women, to ensure that everyone can safely bear witness to some of God's greatest treasures beneath the sea but, we cannot achieve our goals alone. Find out how you can help and take action!
Accidental drownings account for more deaths in the African American community. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) found that swimming pools are a much greater danger to black children and teens than they are to other children. African American children ages 5 to 19 drown in swimming pools at a rate more than five times that of white children.
If young women could swim, the possibilities that open up are endless
Women are attending college in numbers that out-number men in many academic fields. In the science fields, however, many women face the challenge of being in the minority of their classes. Representation further diminishes if you are a women from an ethnic minority group. To better encourage women from ethnic minority groups to enter and excel in STEM, Black Girls Dive Foundation provides programmatic initiatives that inspire and empower young girls and women to explore their STEM identity and engage in STEM. Ultimately, we hope to have a broad impact in the representation of women from ethnic minority group who are in the aquatic sciences, such as Archeological Diving/Maritime Archeology, Oceanographic Studies and Marine Sciences.
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