Activating young people in support of Special Olympics What is
Project UNIFY? In 2008, Special Olympics North America was
awarded a grant from the US Department of Education to activate
young people around the country to be agents of change in their
schools, leading to the fostering of respect, dignity and
advocacy for people with intellectual disabilities by using
programs and initiatives of Special Olympics. To accomplish this
goal, the organization formed Project UNIFY (PU), a program that
seeks to utilize existing state Special Olympics programs and
initiatives in combination with schools. North Carolina has been
at the forefront of Project UNIFY initiatives since that first
year, and we are currently engaging more than 180 schools, both
through public and private school settings throughout the state.
How we do this is by working with our elementary, middle, high
schools and colleges to implement or continue the three major
initiatives of Project UNIFY. - Unified Sports or Inclusive
Sports Opportunities: