News in the Youth Summit category

Michael Jordan has joined the SOPA – Philadelphia Team
January 23, 2019

We are excited to announce that Michael Jordan has joined the SOPA – Philadelphia team as our new Manager of Interscholastic Partnerships! In this role, Michael will work with our Unified Champion Schools and manage Unified Sports, Youth Leadership, and Whole School Engagements within the schools of Philadelphia. Michael will work closely with the School […]

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2018 Unified Youth Summit
October 18, 2018

On October 17, 2018, Jefferson University hosted the 2018 Unified Youth Summit with the theme of “Make Inclusion a Lifetime Trend.”  Students gathered to learn how to work together with students with different personalities, how to be a leader who actively includes and motivates others around them, how to conduct successful Unified Club meetings, and tactics […]

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I Have a Voice
October 27, 2016

On Tuesday, October 25, 2016, thirteen high schools came together for training to be student leaders in their respective schools at Special Olympics Philadelphia’s “I Have a Voice” Unified Youth Summit. The Philadelphia School District hosted the summit at their headquarters with support from HOBY, and The Philadelphia Foundation. Schools in attendance at the Unified Youth Summit were: Abraham […]

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Unified Youth Summit starts school year on right track!
October 8, 2015

The Unified Youth Summit starts school year on right track! Seven schools within the Philadelphia School District sent their youth leaders to attend our Unified Youth Summit as part of our Interscholastic Unified Sports (IUS) program. The day started off with Britt Kleine, Director of Special Olympics Philadelphia, welcoming all of the students, coaches and […]

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2015 Interscholastic Unified Sports Youth Summit
June 10, 2015

  The 2015 Interscholastic Unified Sports Youth Summit on June 10, 2015 was a huge success! Athletes and partners represented a few of our IUS Philadelphia schools, and they all did a great job. Many things were discussed during the day, and the athletes and partners had talks about what they enjoyed about the IUS […]

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