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Sting in Down’s Syndrome Charity Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

To celebrate World Down Syndrome Day (Sunday 21 March 2021) CoorDown launches their global awareness campaign “The Hiring Chain”. Their message to employers all over the world is that hiring a person with Down syndrome not only changes the life of the person concerned, but can trigger a virtuous circle of new opportunities for everyone. Sting, the award-winning artist, performs the original song “The Hiring Chain”, which is the focus of the campaign video. The punchy, joyful lyrics come to life on screen and bear witness to the “virtuous” chain…

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All Means All participates in International World Down Syndrome Day 2018 Video Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

All Means All – The Australian Alliance for Inclusive Education is proud of its participation in this year’s international World Down Syndrome Day (21 March) #WDSD18 video campaign led by CoorDown, Italy’s national Down syndrome association. With the creative and communications talent of Luca Pannese and Luca Lorenzini of Publicis New York, together with the support of Down Syndrome International, Down Syndrome Australia, Down’s Syndrome Association (UK), Movimento Down (Brazil) and All Means All, and with the the patronage of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,…

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Coordown presents “Not Special Needs” Campaign

Stuart Mitchell
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CoorDown – National Coordination of Associations of People with Down syndrome celebrated World Down Syndrome Day on the 21st March through an international campaign created, this year for the first time, with the collaboration of the advertising agency Publicis New York. The short film “Not Special Needs” – seen above is directed by Wayne McClammy and sees the participation of Lauren Potter, the twenty-seven-year-old actress with Down syndrome who played, among others, the role of Becky Jackson in “Glee”, the hit musical series broadcast by Fox for six seasons and…

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