Global Leadership Team
Meaningful Conversations: Tim & Maria Shriver
Special Olympics Chairman, Tim Shriver joins his sister, Maria Shriver, as a special guest on her podcast “Meaningful Conversations.”
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Female Athletes Speak to the Power of Inclusion at the Majlis
Female Special Olympics athletes testified to the power of inclusion during a discussion at the Mohamed Bin Zayed Majlis lecture on 13 March, 2019.
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Sporting superstars deliver rallying cry for Special Olympics
Some of the most iconic managers, coaches and athletes have come together to deliver the ultimate team talk ahead of the 2019 Special Olympics World Games in Abu Dhabi.
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Loretta Claiborne
Loretta Claiborne went from being non-verbal to becoming the voice of the Special Olympics movement.
Special Olympics Joins The Beau Biden Foundation to Combat Abuse
Operation Safeguard, a new initiative to advance and strengthen the protection of people with intellectual disabilities from physical and sexual abuse.
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Man with Intellectual Disability Remains on Death Row Despite Ruling
The Supreme Court should block the execution of a Texas man with intellectual disability—again, a Los Angeles Times op-ed by Timothy Shriver.
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Ken Melvin
Before Ken Melvin found Special Olympics, he was on a path that led to nowhere.
Lighting the flame of inclusive attitudes—the core commitment on day one of the Global Youth Leadership Forum
"We are here not because we haven’t made progress, but because we haven’t made enough."
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Special Olympics, the National Head Start Association, and 350 Children Sign Substantial Memorandum of Understanding
Dr. Timothy P. Shriver, Chairman of Special Olympics, and Thomas J. Sheridan, Sr. Dir. of Government Affairs of the National Head Start Association sign the Memorandum of Understanding.
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