Project UNIFY

Special Olympics Project UNIFY® is an education-based project that uses sports and education programs to activate young people to develop school communities where all youth are agents of change – fostering respect, dignity and advocacy for people with intellectual disabilities.

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Project UNIFY PSA

Oregon youth talk about the importance of Project UNIFY.

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The R-Word Must Go

Learn about the hurtful and harmful effect of the R-word.  

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“It’s Our School, Too!”

A play about youth creating meaningful school change.  

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Mattel Corporation sponsors the Young Athletes program worldwide.  
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Going Global

A grant from Ray and Stephanie Lane helps Project Unify grow worldwide.
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Support from DOE

The U.S. Department of Education is a major funding source for Project UNIFY. 
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Rise Up Revolutionaries!

And today, I watched this video by Stu Chaifetz about teachers and adults who bullied Akian, a ten year old with autism in Cherry Hill New Jersey.  It is a tale of fear and rage, as heartbreaking as it is infuriating.  It is a call to all of us to rise up again, to demand change in Cherry Hill, to ask for an accounting from those who were abusive.   Our own young leaders in Special Olympics Project Unify will understand the horrors of this video perhaps better than anyone.  In a special way, I ask their leadership now.read more »

Posted on 2012-04-26 by Tim

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