Shine On, Inc.: How to provide a space where students with AND without disabilities can experience the arts together

​In this session, you will learn about Shine On, Inc., a nonprofit organization founded by a UNI student. Through this nonprofit organization, individuals are given the tools and resources to start all-inclusive dance and theatre programs at their own schools and in their own communities. 

9:20 AM
Room 218

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Bethany Piotter is an Elementary Education major with a minor in STRAT II, Severe Disabilities at the University of Northern Iowa.  As a freshman, Bethany started an all-inclusive dance company winning the “Most Promising New Student Organization” award in 2016. Bethany has been awarded the United for Acceptance award through PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center. Soon after, Bethany started all-inclusive theatre programs and then turned her efforts into a nationwide nonprofit, Shine On, Inc. to give others the tools to start similar programs in their own communities. There are currently three branches at different universities.