Here and Now: Staying safe while swimming; fourth annual Black Authors Festival

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury death for kids aged 5-14, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Jace Owens, a lifeguard from Baldwin, Long Island, sat down with Sandra Bookman to discuss his advocacy for water safety.

The fourth annual Black Authors Festival is sending out a call to action with this year's theme: "The Right, To Write".

The focus: protecting intellectual freedom and challenging book bans -- especially the censorship of black voices, stories and history.

Founder and president of the Black Authors Festival, Darlene Williams, along with the vice president, Maurice Williams, joined the show.

Here and Now with Sandra Bookman airs Sundays at Noon on Channel 7, WABC-TV in New York City.

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