Keynote speaker for aquatic conference announced.Dive into NRPA's National Aquatic Conference & Exposition, which is just around the corner on Feb. 27 through March 4. This year's event will play host to a very special keynote, Jim Ellis Jim Ellis may be:
Based on true events, PRIDE tells the inspiring story of Ellis, a charismatic schoolteacher in the 1970s who changed lives forever when he founded an African-American swim team in one of Philadelphia's roughest neighborhoods. Directed by Sunu Gonera, this life-affirming drama stars Academy Award[R] nominee Terrence Howard (Hustle hus·tle v. hus·tled, hus·tling, hus·tles v.tr. 1. To jostle or shove roughly. 2. To convey in a hurried or rough manner: hustled the prisoner into a van. & Flow, Crash, Ray), Bernie Mac <noinclude> Bernard Jeffrey McCullough (born October 5, 1957[1]), better known as Bernie Mac, is a two time Emmy Award-nominated American actor and comedian. (Guess Who, Ocean's 12, Bad Santa) and Kimberly Elise (Diary of a Mad Black Woman, The Manchurian Candidate, John Q). The year is 1973, and driven by his love of competitive swimming, Ellis converts an abandoned recreational pool hall in a Philadelphia slum slum Densely populated area of substandard housing, usually in a city, characterized by unsanitary conditions and social disorganization. Rapid industrialization in 19th-century Europe was accompanied by rapid population growth and the concentration of working-class people with the help of Elston, a local janitor. But when city officials mark the new Philadelphia New Philadelphia, city (1990 pop. 15,698), seat of Tuscarawas co., E Ohio, on the Tuscarawas River, in a coal and clay area; founded 1804, inc. 1833. Foundry products, machinery, and pottery are made. The Tuscarawas Campus of Kent State Univ. is there. Department of Recreation for demolition, Jim fights back--by starting the city's first African-American swim team. By turns comic, rousing and poignant, PRIDE is a triumphant story about team spirit and courage in the face of overwhelming odds. For more information on the National Aquatic Conference, visit www.nrpa.org/ conferences. |
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