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Today, we honor Dr. King's legacy of fighting for equality and justice for all, and his vision of a fair and equitable society can be mirrored in our efforts to ensure equal access to water safety education and resources for all communities. Here are three ways to promote equity in water safety: 1. Accessible Swim Education: Engage communities to understand the importance of water safety as a life skill by providing multilingual resources, financially accessible swim lessons, and making water safety education inclusive for everyone. With this, we honor Dr. King's legacy and address a critical aspect of social justice – equal access to life-saving skills and resources. 2. Community Partnerships and Sponsorships: Collaborate with community stakeholders and organizations to extend water safety initiatives to more communities, aligning with Dr. King's vision of community welfare and social justice. 3. Diversify Representation in Water Safety: Ensure water safety messaging and instruction include diverse voices and faces, embracing Dr. King's dream of a unified society where every individual, regardless of background, has the opportunity to be safe and thrive. Water safety is not just a matter of public health but also of social equity. Every individual, regardless of their background, deserves the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive in a safe environment – a belief deeply rooted in Dr. King's enduring legacy. #drownalliance #watersafety #drowningprevention

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#Working with #youth is very #exciting and certainly never a dull moment. While for most completing school it's imperative to have a job as most homes need the additional #income. Once the youth find #jobopportunities more than often they get into a comfort zone and find it tough to #furthereducate themselves. This is a cycle I am all to familiar with myself. I enjoy our 121 sessions to sit and gain their insight as to why they working, what is the #shorttermplan, #longtermplan and my favourite when we establish a #personaldevelopmentplan specific for the #individual. One youth really really wants to be a firefighter. His #maingoal is to work to #help the #family for next 18months and in this time get ready to sign up for Firefighter. The group chuckled as we in a call center right. Told the team to hang on we open to hear from each one. He was shy and i assured him a session later to discuss more. Later on he opened up, his heart was made up 4yrs ago when a shack in his area was alight. He saved an elderly man and his dog, the firefighters gave him a special thanks as the #firetruck couldnt reach in time. He never forgot that feeling of #fulfillment and kept dreaming about being a firefighter. He doesnt know any firefighters and wouldnt know where to begin to get more #information. He recently got access to a smart device and needed support to navigate. We spent time searching and found the #Firefighteropenday and the Volunteer Wildfire Services, they hosting a fundraiser this Sunday https://lnkd.in/erxhMkpF He was ecstatic and gave me #biggesthug ever. He was super chuffed that I acknowledged his #dream #preciousmoment 100% #commitment #motivation to #KPIs in the timeframes and with excellent customer care. His going to #rescue those customers, put out all the #escalations and take #bonus home every month #livehisbestlife Taking the time to understand their why, then work out when they plan, to do what they truelly want to do and how, makes a high impact. #BPOIndustry has been a lifeline for most and whilst each one is #happy to be #employed let's never forget the #dreams and #aspirations. #leaders #engage #connect #knowtheirwhy #listentounderstand #settingexpectations #coaching #121matters #lovewhatwedo #aspiretoinspire #howtotrainafirefighter It's #International #FirefighterDay 04 May 2024. Let's honour these heroes and celebrate the lifelines they have provided. Let's raise awareness to those aspiring to become #firefighters of opportunities such as #whatsonincapetown this Saturday at #athlonestadium #firefighteropenday meet and greet these heroes and ask all the questions you have to understand what you need to do to join. https://lnkd.in/eBdDKYBu https://lnkd.in/eYuTKuWt

If you are a child welfare advocate or someone seeking to change practices that unnecessarily separate children and families, this book is for you. In 2022, PK published four issues of the FIJ Quarterly, highlighting the harm experienced by families involved in the current child welfare system. Now, these powerful articles are collected in  📖 Families Belong Together: A Call to Replace the Child Welfare System to elevate lived expertise and advocate for needed change. ✉️ Sign up for our email list to learn more about exclusive pre-launch pricing. "While working within the system, I have heard the following words: pain, suffering, trauma, separation, cruel, unfair, bleak, and destruction. The costs and injustices experienced by the families we work with are tangible in ways most people will never know. Our families need something very different than what they are getting now. Creating this will require those of us in power to shift our thinking, doing, and speaking." Stacey Moss, President and CEO of Public Knowledge®.

"Whether you’re creating presentations or training for active members, junior firefighters, potential recruits, or community education, you can implement inclusive practices to make sure everyone can take part in your fire or EMS department’s educational programs." Check out the latest article in our Serving the Whole Community series (written by yours truly!) https://lnkd.in/ebbqgq6v

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Personal development is often something families cite as a benefit of boarding here. We have a great boarding team - Houseparents, Matrons, Tutors, duty staff - who put their all into pastoral care. #internationalschoolthailand #boardingschoolthailand #boardingschool #boardinglife #personaldevelopment

It all starts with education!

Reflecting on my time at the Georgetown Volunteer Fire Department, I realize I don't have many videos to look back on. Surprisingly, I stumbled upon this one, capturing my first flashover training and my first time stationed at the nozzle. As I stepped into the intense heat of the container, my senses were overwhelmed. My heart pounded so loudly I couldn't hear anything else, and the scorching temperatures between 900 and 1500 degrees Fahrenheit made it feel like my bones were melting. With a crew of three behind me, relying on my judgment when oxygen was introduced to the container, the pressure was palpable. In the heat of the moment, I made a critical error. If not for the well-trained, trusted crew by my side that day, we might not have made it out. That experience taught me a profound lesson: above all else, trust binds a team together. It's the cornerstone of effective collaboration, ensuring that even in the most challenging situations, we can rely on each other to navigate safely through the flames. I want so badly to be part of a volunteer department, to rock turnout gear once more and proudly answer to the nickname "twig20" someday. #firefighter #volunteer #training #teambuilding #trust