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Access to Pools, Resources Unlocks Our Kids’ Potential

April 1, 2022  |  Commissioner Randy E. Hayman, Esq.

America’s Black children are nearly six times more likely to drown than white children. As the Water Commissioner here in Philadelphia, when I step back to consider the disparities which can turn water from a source of life into a fatal threat, I see at the core of the problem a theme which ripples out into so many other areas of life where inequities cause harm: a lack of access.

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