Black People Will Swim is the grand prize winner of Relay's Reasons to be Profitable contest. Here's how this win will help save more lives in 2024.

Assistant editor Naydeline Mejia shares how she came to peace with the water in taking swim lessons with Black People Will Swim.

The City Council is moving to require second graders to receive swimming instruction. WNYC’s Janae Pierre spoke with Paulana Lamonier, founder of Black People Will Swim.

Black People Will Swim student Noella Williams rekindled her relationship with the water through the 6-week summer program.

BPWS founder Paulana Lamonier shares with GMA 3 the racial disparities Black people face in swimming and how it often leads to high fatalities in the community.