Global in the News
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Join Global Down Syndrome Foundation, the Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome and the Anna and John J. Sie Center for Down Syndrome for a celebration at the Colorado State Capitol!
March 20, 2019 The Global team, self-advocates, and other organizations serving the differently-abled will enjoy a fun photo op followed by announcements and light refreshments on 3/21. |
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Looking ahead to World Down Syndrome Day
March 16, 2019 World Down Syndrome Day is a global awareness day which has been officially observed by the United Nations since 2012. It is on March 21st for a reason. Individuals with Down Syndrome have three copies of Chromosome 21.The President and CEO of the Global Down Syndrome Foundation along with reality TV star Megan Bombgaars visited the Denver7 studios to talk about World Down Syndrome Day. |
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‘The Peanut Butter Falcon’s Shia LaBeouf, Zack Gottsagen And Filmmakers Talk Non-Cutesy Authenticity Of SXSW Film
March 15, 2019 The easy explanation of Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz’s The Peanut Butter Falcon would be that it is a Mark Twain-esque adventure of a grimy small-time criminal and a man with Down syndrome who has run away from home with dreams of becoming a professional wrestler. |
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‘The Peanut Butter Falcon’s Shia LaBeouf, Zack Gottsagen And Filmmakers Talk Non-Cutesy Authenticity Of SXSW Film
March 15, 2019 The easy explanation of Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz’s The Peanut Butter Falcon would be that it is a Mark Twain-esque adventure of a grimy small-time criminal and a man with Down syndrome who has run away from home with dreams of becoming a professional wrestler. |
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SXSW Film Review: Shia LaBeouf in ‘The Peanut Butter Falcon’
March 9, 2019 Shia LaBeouf plays an outlaw fisherman who takes a wrestling-obsessed young man with Down syndrome under his wing in this good-natured road/raft-trip movie. |
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ArtHouse Design Creates New Brand for Global Foundation
February 4, 2019 Extending their partnership with nonprofits supported by the Sie family of Denver, ArtHouse Design (Denver, Colo.) recently completed the rebranding phase of a comprehensive identity package for the Global Down Syndrome Foundation, “Global.” |
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‘I Want to Change People’s Hearts’: Man With Down Syndrome Goes Viral for Pro-Life Testimony
February 1, 2019 A man with Down syndrome whose 2017 testimony before Congress went viral is speaking out again amid the ongoing debate over states loosening abortion laws. In Oct. 2017, Frank Stephens headed to Capitol Hill to plead his case against elective abortion for babies with Down syndrome, and movingly declared, “I am a man with Down syndrome and my life is worth living.” |
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Man With Down Syndrome Whose Testimony Went Viral Says He Wants to Make Abortion ‘Unthinkable’
February 1, 2019 Frank Stephens, an actor, advocate, and adult living with Down Syndrome, spoke with Fox News Friday about the recent push from Democrats for more extreme abortion legislation allowing abortion up until birth. |
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John J. Sie to be inducted into Colorado Business Hall of Fame
January 23, 2019 Junior Achievement Rocky Mountain and Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce will induct seven into the Colorado Business Hall of Fame when they present the black-tie evening Jan. 31. |