{"id":322614,"date":"2026-08-16T17:36:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T17:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/322614\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T17:36:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T17:36:51","slug":"here-and-now-with-sandra-bookman-staying-safe-while-swimming-fourth-annual-black-authors-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/322614\/","title":{"rendered":"Here and Now with Sandra Bookman: Staying safe while swimming; fourth annual Black Authors Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">NEW YORK (WABC) &#8212; Drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury death for kids aged 5-14, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Jace Owens, a lifeguard from Baldwin, Long Island, sat down with Sandra Bookman to discuss his advocacy for water safety.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The fourth annual Black Authors Festival is sending out a call to action with this year&#8217;s theme: &#8220;The Right, To Write&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The focus: protecting intellectual freedom and challenging book bans &#8212; especially the censorship of black voices, stories and history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Founder and president of the Black Authors Festival, Darlene Williams, along with the vice president, Maurice Williams, joined the show.<\/p>\n<p>Here and Now with Sandra Bookman airs Sundays at Noon on Channel 7, WABC-TV in New York City.SUBSCRIBE TO THE HERE AND NOW PODCAST<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/podcasts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Discover more podcasts from abc7NY here<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">WATCH <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Here and Now on our Connected TV apps for Fire, Roku, Apple TV and Android TV.  Click here to learn more.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">WATCH: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/hereandnow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">More Here and Now episodes<\/a><br class=\" \"\/>SEND STORY IDEAS TO EYEWITNESS NEWS<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WABC-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (WABC) &#8212; Drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury death for kids aged 5-14,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":322615,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[121543,9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-322614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-121543","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}