Best Buddies Friendship Walk 2025

Join Empower Society 21 at the 2025 Best Buddies Friendship Walk—a powerful movement dedicated to creating a world where individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are celebrated, included, and empowered.

With over 200 million people with IDD globally, your support helps create life-changing friendships, jobs, leadership opportunities, and inclusive communities.

We walk in loving memory of our co-founder, Tinesha, whose life was transformed through the Best Buddies program at Oak Forest High School. Her legacy of inclusion lives on in every step we take.

It’s a FREE event for all ages!

Donate $50 and receive an exclusive event t-shirt!

This isn’t just a walk—it’s a movement.