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Unified Generation

#EBW2024 Takes Over Schools: Building a Unified Generation through Basketball!

European Basketball Week 2024 will focus on schools and Unified Basketball among the younger generations
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The True Beauty of Cape Town

Eltheo and Charl aimed to create a soccer club for 14–16-year-old girls, hoping to inspire school-going youth by showing them there is a future and that they can succeed if they set their minds to something.
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Empowering Global Youth: The Stevens Initiative and Special Olympics Partnership

Stevens Initiative and Special Olympics have joined forces to expand cross-cultural learning experiences for young people worldwide. Leveraging the Stevens Initiative's expertise in virtual exchange and Special Olympics' global network, this partnership aims to empower young leaders, with and without intellectual disabilities, to drive the inclusion movement in the digital age.
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The National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA) and Special Olympics Officially Launch Partnership

The organizations join forces to ensure the implementation of quality and inclusive sports programs for students of all abilities.
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Sport as a Catalyst for Inclusive Education: The Role of Special Olympics

As the world celebrates the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace on 6 April, it's a moment to truly grasp the profound impact that sports have in uplifting those often sidelined within their communities and nations.
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Special Olympics Welcomes the Newest Class of U.S. Youth Ambassadors

The 2023 – 2025 class of Special Olympics U.S. Youth Ambassadors were announced after a three-week application process.
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Celebrating Special Olympics Siblings

Dive into the stories of three Special Olympics siblings who live to break the barriers to inclusion.
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Hays on the Hill: My 2023 Capitol Hill Day Experience

This year's Capitol Hill Day wasn't my first (I've been to eight others!), but it was our first in-person Hill Day in several years and I was so excited to be back! It was amazing to see so many of my favorite people in person and to meet so many new people.
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Influencing the Unified Footprints of Tomorrow in Africa Region

Athletes, siblings, and youth leaders held the first-ever joined Regional Youth Leadership Summit and Athlete Congress in Johannesburg - the first summit held in the Africa Region since 2019.
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Special Olympics Releases 2022 Faces of Inclusion Books: Stories of Inclusion

Special Olympics has launched their second annual “Faces of Inclusion” book highlighting individuals impacted by the organization’s Unified Schools programming, which is a school offering Special Olympics Unified Sports.
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