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Lane Global Youth Leadership

Community Impact

Youth Leaders Answer the Call to Connect

Youth Leaders around the world share stories from our first-ever VIRTUAL Global Youth Leadership Summit.
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Special Olympics Youth Leaders Continue Eunice Kennedy Shriver's Legacy of Inclusion
Community Impact

Special Olympics Youth Leaders Continue Eunice Kennedy Shriver's Legacy of Inclusion

Special Olympics is proud to announce the next cohort of 108 Youth Leaders for the Youth Innovation Project Initiative.
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World Youth Skills Day
Community Impact

World Youth Skills Day

On World Youth Skills Day, Special Olympics is proud to announce the sixth cycle of Youth Innovation Projects.
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Cover page of the Global Youth Engagement Impact Report. Photos of youth engaging in Special Olympics around the world.
Community Impact

Inclusive Mindsets Expand in 7 Regions Around the World

Special Olympics Global Youth Engagement seeks to create inclusion in schools and communities around the world through the empowerment of youth, families, teachers, and other supporters.
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Two young man standing side by side, the young man on the right is waving to someone off camera.
In the News

The Power of Youth Leadership: Driving Unified Sports in Sweden

In 2019, Isak Langfors and Olle Ekman from Uppsala in Sweden had a simple dream—to ensure that young people with intellectual disabilities in their city could experience the joy of football.
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