Unified Schools
Unified Champions of Odessa: Inspiring Inclusion in Missouri Schools
Xavier
Emilia
Region
North America
Program
Missouri
Project Year
2021
Xavier and Emilia are Special Olympics Youth Leaders from Missouri who will lead a Youth Innovation Project to promote Unified Leadership throughout Missouri by partnering with area schools and leading an Inclusive Youth Leadership Summit.
Xavier and Emilia will lead a team of 52 students with and without intellectual disabilities to plan and implement their project over nine months. Xavier and Emilia's project will create sustainable activities and events to build and strengthen a lasting culture of inclusion across Missouri. Xavier and Emilia will recruit new Youth Leaders through their Inclusive Youth Leadership Summit and engage over 600 students with and without intellectual disabilities in event activities. They hope to inspire others to join the Unified Generation to make inclusion the heart of schools and communities across Missouri.