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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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Special Olympics Great Britain Panel Shares Inclusive Message at ESPN

A very warm welcome awaited representatives of Special Olympics when ESPN UK’s head office in London opened its doors for a special one-hour “Meet and Greet” session with the members of their staff in early February.
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Special Olympics Named Among Top 100 Proposals for MacArthur Foundation $100M Grant

Global expansion of Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools was announced as one of the top proposals in helping to solve one of the world’s most crucial social challenges
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A Unified Presence at Super Bowl’s Radio Row

Every year, the week before the Super Bowl features the one of the largest gatherings of media in the United States.
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Meet Latrice Pringle, Snowboarder

Latrice recently became the first African American to race at the Unified Snowboarding X Games competition.
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Athletes Compete in X-cellent Skiing and Snowboarding at the 2020 X Games

On 23 January, 10 pairs of Special Olympics athletes and professional snowboarders returned for the sixth annual Unified Snowboarding Competition at the X Games in Aspen, Colorado. For the first time ever, six teams of two, including one Special Olympics athlete and one professional skier, competed in the first-ever Unified Skiing Competition at the X Games.
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Special Olympics Makes History at X Games 2020

For the first year ever, a Unified Ski competition will be part of the line-up of the Special Olympics Unified races at the 2020 X Games.
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Special Olympics Video Nominated for the 2020 Sharecare Video Awards

Vote Now for the Dr. Steven Perlman Game Changer video for best public policy video
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Lize inspires FOX Sports Netherlands team

It’s not every day at work that you hear from a gold-medallist who commands crowds of 64,000 people—no wonder the staff of FOX Sports Netherlands were so inspired by Special Olympics Netherlands Athlete Leader, Lize Weerdenburg!
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ESPN’s Tony Reali is Excited About Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools® Growth

ESPN’s Around The Horn Host Tony Reali attends Generation Unified 2019 in Washington, DC with Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools locations and activities.
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