Leadership
Women Who Inspire Change
This Women’s History Month, Special Olympics is celebrating the remarkable women who lead, inspire and make a difference in our organization—an organization founded on the visionary leadership of one woman, Eunice Kennedy Shriver.
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Friendship Turned Leadership: How Youth Leaders are Shaping an Inclusive Future
For Louis Kleemeyer and Tim Pietrowski from Germany, being part of the Special Olympics Global Youth Leadership Council has been nothing short of life-changing. Their story began three years ago, when both met at a start-up event.
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Global Youth Leadership Summit World Winter Games Turin 2025
The final day of the Global Youth Leadership Summit focused on sustaining long-term change.
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You are not Just Athletes, You are Champions!
As the athletes of Special Olympics prepare for the World Winter Games Turin 2025, high profile figures from across Europe send their best wishes for a successful, joyful and fearless World Winter Games!
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Unified Champion Schools: Transformative Impacts Across Europe Eurasia
In schools across Europe Eurasia, students are redefining what it means to be inclusive through Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools (UCS).
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Special Olympics International Board of Directors Elects New and Returning Members
[Washington, D.C. – 27 January 2025] The international Board of Directors for Special Olympics elected new members Amb. Mathilde Mukantabana and Mr. Russell Wolff and returning members Mr. Angelo Moratti and Ms. Loretta Claiborne.
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Special Olympics Launches Sport Sustainability Framework
A pioneering new Sports Sustainability Framework (SSF) was launched in November as a key outcome of the Erasmus+ funded Special Olympics Environmental Sustainability Impact project.
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Special Olympics Embarks on Digital Journey to Empower its Athletes
The following is an article by Cio.com on Special Olympics’ Chief Information and Technology Officer, Nathan Cook, and his work to digitalize, modernize, and progress the Special Olympics movement:
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Special Olympics Reaches Historic Milestone: 10,000 Schools Unified
The following is an excerpt from K 12 Dive's article, “‘Special Olympics Reaches Historic Milestone: 10,000 Schools Unified"
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Innovation Grant: Inclusion Beyond Sports
Inclusion Beyond Sports is changing how people with intellectual disabilities (ID) are seen and integrated into society.
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