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Special Olympics hopes everyone can help us Spread the Word to End the Word by becoming a fan of the official Facebook Fan Page!
Spread the Word to End the Word is an ongoing effort by Special Olympics, Best Buddies International and our supporters to raise the consciousness of society about the dehumanizing and hurtful effects of the word “retard(ed)” and encourage people to pledge to stop using the R-word. The campaign, created by youth, is... intended to engage schools organizations and communities to rally and pledge their support. Most activities are centered annually in March, but people everywhere can help Spread the Word throughout their communities and schools year-round thru pledge drives, youth rallies and online activation. The effort is spearheaded by college students, Soeren Palumbo (Notre Dame 2011) and Tim Shriver (Yale 2011), and led by young people, Special Olympics athletes and Best Buddies partners across the country. Celebrity activist John C. McGinley of the hit show “Scrubs” is a spokesperson for the campaign. Respectful and inclusive language is essential to the movement for the dignity and humanity of people with intellectual disabilities. However, much of society does not recognize the hurtful, dehumanizing and exclusive effects of the word “retard(ed).” It is time to address the minority slur “retard” and raise the consciousness of society to its hurtful effects.
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Special Olympics is thankful for the generosity of so many that allowed "A Very Special Christmas 7" to be such an amazing album so the proceeds can benefit thousands of athletes around the globe thru Christmas Record Grants. What are you thankful for?
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A Very Special ChristmasThrough bold innovation and enormous generosity, the record industry has made beautiful music for Special Olympics athletes since 1987. From the first album, A Very Special Christmas, the benefit recording series has become the largest financial source
Special Olympics "A Very Special Christmas Vol 7" available now! http://www.veryspecialchristmas.org
Special Olympics Check out pictures of the amazing talent that have contributed to AVSC albums over the years! Madonna, Bono, Tom Petty, Dave Matthews and more!
Enjoy pictures from A Very Special Christmas album artists and events over the last 22 years.
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Special Olympics Watch the artists talk about what it means to be on "A Very Special Christmas Vol 7" Available now!
Check out the preview video for "A Very Special Christmas: Volume 7" available now! Artists include Miley Cyrus, Carrie Underwood, Vanessa Hudgens, Sean Kingston, the Carter Twins, Ashley Tisdale and more! Proceeds of the album benefit Special Olympics.
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Through bold innovation and enormous generosity, the record industry has made beautiful music for Special Olympics athletes since 1987. The benefit recording series has become the largest financial source in Special Olympics' history, enabling the organization to respond with hope in areas around the world where people... with intellectual disabilities are still perceived as less than worthy, less than capable, even less than human. The founding idea for the A Very Special Christmas series came from producer Jimmy Iovine as a way to memorialize his father, who had passed away during the holiday season. Iovine’s wife, Vicki, suggested the record benefit Special Olympics, the organization for which she was working as a volunteer. Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss, the “A” and “M” of the albums’ label, A&M Records, along with Bobby Shriver, made the first album possible. Selling 1 million copies in its first year, the premiere album, A Very Special Christmas, released in 1987, set a precedent for the following albums, which have generated more than US$100 million in for Special Olympics―the most ever raised by a benefit recording series. Disbursed in grants by the Special Olympics Christmas Records Trust, the monies raised each year by the albums/CDs play a crucial role in the lives of the least-advantaged Special Olympics athletes around the world where there are inaccurate and prejudiced views about people with intellectual disabilities. For example, grants from A Very Special Christmas enabled Special Olympics to implement programs in such countries as Russia, China and Uganda, and as seed funding to build new Programs in places like Timor Leste, Cambodia, Laos and Lesotho. Of 89 Special Olympics Programs that receive Christmas Record grants, 25 percent are classified by the United Nations as operating in Least Developed Countries. In these countries, the need for outreach is critical, as many are unable to provide support for their citizens with intellectual disabilities. As a parent in Siberia lamented, “If you are the mother of a child with intellectual disabilities, you have to drop out of professional life because you child needs you. No one wants me or my child,” she says. “There is no place other than Special Olympics that will include us.” The Special Olympics Christmas albums/CDs have given Special Olympics the power to forever change lives. They make possible another kind of music: the rousing cheers of proud parents and friends, where once there was only the stifling silence of ignorance and fear.
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Special Olympics "A Very Special Christmas 7" is available today!
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OUT TODAY! Get your copy of "A
Very Special Christmas 7" now! The album features amazing young
artists like Miley Cyrus, Sean Kingston, the Carter Twins, Colbie
Caillat, Ashley Tisdale and more! Great music and the proceeds benefit Special Olympics!
Special Olympics Check out "The Specials " - an Internet TV show based in the UK starring five housemates with intellectual disabilities. Be sure to catch episode 7 when Megan goes to compete in Special Olympics! Tell us what you think of the show! http://www.the-specials.com/home
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"People aren’t different. I do lots of things just like anyone else would do," Mike Bailey, Special Olympics athlete. Read his story.
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Mike is like any 28-year-old today with a crazy schedule, juggling his work, college studies and multiple sports. Yet there is something more you should know about him. Mike was born with Down syndrome and has been an avid Special Olympics athlete since he was a child.
Special Olympics is wondering who saw " Glee" on Wednesday? Amazing storylines ofacceptance, inclusion and respect throughout the episode. Its just that type of inclusive learning environment and youth empowerment that Special Olympics' Project UNIFY promotes. What was your favorite moment from the episode and how can you relate it to ...your experience with Special Olympics?
Special Olympics Are you an early holiday shopper? Pre-Order the perfect stocking stuffer! "A Very Special Christmas 7" is available Nov 24. Featuring amazing young artists like Miley Cyrus, Sean Kingston, the Carter Twins, Colbie Caillat, Ashley Tisdale and more! Proceeds benefit Special Olympics! Order now!
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The torch has been passed to a new generation of superstar talent for A Very Special Christmas Volume 7, the latest edition of the acclaimed album series which benefits Special Olympics. From its start ...
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Special Olympics "Special Olympics has really changed my opinion of everything!" said Meghan, a student from Washburn, Illinois in making her pledge to end the R-word. Have you pledged? http://r-word.org
