73 Search Results for ""to end the word""

• Year 2 Begins!

  • From: ProjectUNIFYSouthCarolin
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    Hey Everyone!

    We are so excited at Special Olympics South Carolina because we have a great Project UNIFY year planned ahead. Schools statewide are getting involved this year through our Sub-Grant application opportunity and we are pleased to announce that 30 schools have been chosen to participate this year! This is up dramatically from last year, where only 11 participated. Because we have created our Sub-grant application process, we are hoping it will encourage schools and youth to claim ownership over their "End the 'R' Word or Be a fan" campaigns as well as unified activities. So far, we have met with a majority of these schools face-to-face and have been thrilled to see the excitement, not only among the students, but with the teachers and administrators as well.

    The following schools will be participating in this year's Project UNIFY:

    • Airport High School- West Columbia
    • Battery Creek High School- Beaufort
    • Beaufort Elementary School- Beaufort
    • Bluffton High School- Bluffton
    • Columbia High School- Columbia
    • Goose Creek Primary School- Goose Creek
    • Hannah-Pamplico Elementary- Pamplico
    • Hardeeville Elementary- Hardeeville
    • Hilton Head Island Early Childhood Center- Hilton Head
    • Hilton Head High School- Hilton Head
    • Hilton Head Middle School- Hilton Head
    • Irmo High School- Irmo
    • Irmo Middle School- Irmo
    • James Brown Elementary School- Walhalla
    • Johnsonville Elementary School- Johnsonville
    • Lexington Elementary School- Lexington
    • Mauldin Middle School- Simpsonville
    • MC Riley Elementary School (2 Programs)- Bluffton 
    • Oak Grove Elementary School- Lexington
    • Okatie Elementary School- Okatie
    • Pleasant Hill Middle School- Lexington
    • Riverside High School- Greer
    • Sandhills Intermediate School- Swansea
    • Socastee High School-Myrtle Beach
    • Sumter High School- Sumter
    • Swansea High School- Swansea
    • White Knoll High School- Lexington
    • Woodmont High School- Piedmont
    • Westview Primary School- Goose Creek

    Congratulations to all these schools! I will keep everyone posted on what their school projects will look like, along with any pictures or videos. We are looking forward to seeing these programs grow and take initiative within their school communities! Check back for more updates and announcements!

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• Special Olympics ABC Volunteer

  • From: ryaneades
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    This segment is from an ABC Volunteer special and focuses on Special Olympics, Soeren Palumbo, the Spread the Word to End the Word campaign and Eunice Kennedy Shriver. Enjoy!

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• Here we go again...

  • From: ryaneades
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    UPDATE OCTOBER 14:

    Wow, so this just doesn't stop. I just saw a preview from the latest issue of Rolling Stone Magazine in which Madonna (she's on the cover) gives an in depth interview on her career and life.  One paragraph in which she speaks about musical regrets or predicting a hit. Here is the excerpt, please note the bold is my addition:

     

    But Madonna doesn’t have many musical regrets. She tells Scaggs about writing “Live to Tell” and “Vogue,” returning with a head full of brand-new ideas on Ray of Light and teaming with some of the industry’s biggest hitmakers on Hard Candy. But after all these years, she admits she still can’t sniff out a Number One. “I’ve never been a good judge of what things are going to be huge or not. The songs that I think are the most retarded songs I’ve written, like ‘Cherish’ and ‘Sorry,’ a pretty big hit off my last album, end up being the biggest hits,” she tells RS. ” ‘Into the Groove’ is another song I feel retarded singing, but everybody seems to like it.”

     

    So, what are your thoughts?  What do you think about the fact that the media is speaking about Madonna and Guy Ritchie fighting back and forth, but NO ONE is talking about the hurtful language they are using by throwing around the R-word with reckless abandon.  Share your thoughts in the comments below along with your thoughts on Guy Ritchie's recent usage as outlined below.

     

    Original Post - October 8
    

    By now you've probably heard about the most recent, or at least most publicly recent, uttering of the R-word (retarded) by yet another celebrity.  This time around it was indeed used as an insult from director/producer Guy Ritchie in reference to his former wife Madonna. Said Ritchie in an interview published on October 7 from Esquire Magazine, "I still lover her, but she's retarded too."

    Of coursre it was just last October that Madonna referred to Guy Ritchie as "emotionally retarded" while on stage in Boston in front of 20,000 people.

    Sigh...

    I'm going to let the tabloids dive into the obvious comments about immaturity, lack of originality or overt comparisons to the verbal equivalent of limp wristed slap fights going on between Madonna and Ritchie.  That's their business.

    What concerns me, actually check that, what annoys the crap out of me, is that a year after Madonna's uttering of the R-word toward Ritchie, we've gone exactly nowhere as a society despite the efforts around the "Tropic Thunder" protests, the Spread the Word to End the Word campaign and so forth.  Don't get me wrong, there's been lots of great work and there is lots of great work being done right now to continue the battle for respect and dignity for people with intellectual disabilities by raising society's awareness to the hurtful nature of the R-word.  But man is it frustrating sometimes. 

    So in an effort to work off some of that frustration, I'd like to encourage you to let Guy Ritchie know how you feel about him using the R-word as an insult.  Tell him how it makes you feel.  Tell him why it hurts.  Tell him why he should stop.  Tell him about the accomplishments you've made in your life.  Tell him that you expect better from him.  Invite him to one of your local Special Olympics events and ask him how he feels about using the R-word afterwards.

    If you need some inspiration in what message to send to Mr. Ritchie, I've embedded the letter that our Chairman, Tim Shriver, sent to Madonna after last year's incident.  There will be a letter of similar nature going to Mr. Ritchie in the immediate future, rest assured.

    Other than that, please find various contact information for Guy Ritchie below. Happy writing!

    Ritchie's Talent Agency:

    Mr. Guy Ritchie
    c/o Beth Swofford
    Creative Artists Agency
    2000 Avenue Of The Stars
    Los Angeles, CA 90067
    USA
    Phone: 424-288-2000
    Fax: 424-288-2900
    http://www.caa.com/

     

    Mr Ritchie's Management Group

    Mr. Guy Ritchie
    c/o Anonymous Content
    32 Hayden Ave
    Culver City, CA 90232
    USA
    Phone: 310-558-6000
    Fax: 310-558-4212
    http://www.anonymouscontent.com/

    Special Olympics Letter to Madonna

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• Project Unify – Carlmont HS, B

  • From: ProjectUNIFYNCalifornia
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    High school seniors Courtney Townsend and Amanda Virgil speak to a group of their peers at Carlmont High School about the “Spread the Word to End the Word” campaign.

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• Honduras Spread the Word-UNITE

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    Spread the word to end the word day activities in Honduras on the campus of UNITEC.

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• Honduras Spread the Word-UNITE

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    Spread the word to end the word day activities in Honduras on the campus of UNITEC.

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• Honduras Spread the Word-UNITE

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    Spread the word to end the word day activities in Honduras on the campus of UNITEC.

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• Honduras Spread the Word-UNITE

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    Spread the word to end the word day activities in Honduras on the campus of UNITEC.

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• Honduras Spread the Word-UNITE

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    Spread the word to end the word day activities in Honduras on the campus of UNITEC.

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• the r word

  • From: kirk
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    i am a special olympics athlete my name is kirk grogan i compete on the couer d alene idaho team everywhere i go i here the r word especialy in schools i think we should have assemblys in public schools to get the students to know a person with a disablity a little more before they say that word because i think that they dont understand how to respond to that individual they need to know people with disabilities can accomplish there dreams to

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• Pi Kappa Phi, Un of Nevada, Re

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    Fraternity Brothers of Pi Kappa Phi at the University of Nevada, Reno pedal over 4,000 miles over 72 hours and gather 500 pledges to generate awareness for Spread the word to end the word day activities.
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• Pi Kappa Phi, Un of Nevada, Re

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    Fraternity Brothers of Pi Kappa Phi at the University of Nevada, Reno pedal over 4,000 miles over 72 hours and gather 500 pledges to generate awareness for Spread the word to end the word day activities.
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• Pi Kappa Phi, Un of Nevada, Re

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    Fraternity Brothers of Pi Kappa Phi at the University of Nevada, Reno pedal over 4,000 miles over 72 hours and gather 500 pledges to generate awareness for Spread the word to end the word day activities.
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• Pi Kappa Phi, Un of Nevada, Re

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    Fraternity Brothers of Pi Kappa Phi at the University of Nevada, Reno pedal over 4,000 miles over 72 hours and gather 500 pledges to generate awareness for Spread the word to end the word day activities.
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• Pi Kappa Phi, Un of Nevada, Re

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    Fraternity Brothers of Pi Kappa Phi at the University of Nevada, Reno pedal over 4,000 miles over 72 hours and gather 500 pledges to generate awareness for Spread the word to end the word day activities.
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