Minnesotan Makes Mongolian Schools
A new Kindergarten school has been built in the Mongolian capital of Ulaambaatar, thanks to the work of Landmark Education graduate Lois Libby Juster. The school, which is due to […]
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Cancer Survivor Draws the Line: Raises Money for Research via Comic Books
Landmark Forum graduate and Toronto native Suley Fattah has caused $20,000 to be donated to the Emmanuelle Gattuso Chair in Breast Surgery Oncology, through sales of his latest charity comic book, Drawing the Line, […]
Baby, It’s Cold Outside–2007 Winter Drive Collects 3,156 Coats for Homeless
Sometimes it starts with with seeing one injustice in the world. Four years ago, New Jeresey Landmark Forum graduate Gini Mundy asked her family to give anything they were going to […]
AIDS Marathon Training Program Celebrates 6th Year in Chicago
This year will mark the sixth year of the National AIDS Marathon Training Program in Chicago, a program designed to train people to run a marathon or half marathon, where each participant […]
Colorado Graduate Raises Hope, Holds Gala Fundraiser for Malawi Orphans
When Corinne Hancock recently coached Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership program, her first thought was to do a small project. She was inspired about Raising Malawi, the organization founded two years ago by Michael […]
Teddy Bears for Traumatized Children
Landmark Education graduate Matt Woosley and his State Farm branch teamed up with the local rotary club and firefighters to make available teddy bears to traumatized children. The project was […]
Victoria Musicians Sing Youth Poetry
A unique musical event took place on the evening of March 2nd at the Metro Studio in Victoria, British Columbia, where popular Victoria bands performed songs that incorporated poetry submitted by local schoolchildren. The […]
Chicago Policeman Undertakes 1,000 Mile Swim around Lake Michigan
Chicago police officer and Landmark Forum graduate Nial Funchion has an extraordinary goal planned for June of this year: To swim around the entire perimeter of Lake Michigan, a distance […]
From Divorce to Love — Conference Calls Created for those Dealing with Divorce
When Anna Lee created a project in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership program, she didn’t have to venture far from her own life to find ideas. Lee is in the […]
For Suicide Survivors: Graduate Launches Website for those Left Behind
Landmark Education graduate Ronnie Walker has launched a new website for individuals grieving the loss of a loved one to suicide. The site provides extensive information about survivor reactions and traumatic […]
Landscaper Transforms Mexican Town
Seattle Landmark Forum graduate Brent Jones found a unique way to give back to the employees of his landscaping business: He caused the construction of a huge new park and […]
Californian Launches Cupertino Relay for Life; Benefitting American Cancer Society
The American Cancer society had tried unsuccessfully for three years to bring its Relay for Life to Cupertino, California, but it wasn’t until Carol Reppucci took on the relay as her project […]
Volunteers ‘Adopt’ Seniors Through SELP Project
Out of taking Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership program, New Jersey native Jackie Hardrick has designed a new program, ‘Adopt-A-Senior,’ in which volunteers spend time with seniors in nursing homes or […]
Landmark Graduate Brings Snorkeling to Tri-Cities; Wins Volunteer Award
Jennifer Leonard-Biddle, a graduate of the Landmark Forum who lives in St. Charles, Illinois, brought something new to her home town: Snorkeling. On February 3rd she organized a clinic for residents […]
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Landmark Education Graduate Uses Experience with Multiple Sclerosis to Make a Difference for Others
Jana Scholten of Boston, Massachusetts, was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2001. She suffered for several years with serious MS symptoms. In a Landmark Education leadership program, Scholten realized that she had […]
New Yorker’s SELP Project Causes Men to Step up as Big Brothers
Landmark Education graduate Nikki Black has been part of a solution to a big problem. The non-profit group Big Brothers and Big Sisters of New York has long had a shortage […]
Formerly Obese Landmark Education Graduate Climbs for Charity
There’s no other way to put it: Landmark Education graduate Bob Talan was just plain fat. Overeating was such a mainstay of his life that his picture hangs in the […]
In the Jungle, Fire Lady Takes on Teeth
Called the ‘Fire Lady’ by children in Peru, New Jersey Landmark Forum graduate Jeannette Grauer is a dentist by trade. She has committed herself to creating sustainable healthcare in the Amazon […]
Jersey Grad Brings out Stars in Millburn
When it came time for Landmark Forum graduate Sara Lazarus to choose a project in her Self-Expression and Leadership program, she was not inspired. She thought of doing a benefit […]
Seattle Graduate Battles to End Fistula; Crippling Childbearing Injury
Seattle native Heidi Breeze-Harris was two months pregnant when she began Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Program. She had recently heard about fistula for the first time, and was thinking about starting […]
Living Literature Enters Second Decade of Bringing Books to Life in New England
Rhode Island actor, writer, director and Landmark Education graduate Barry Press started Living Literature as a project in his Self-Expression Leadership Program. The project brought actors into schools to ‘perform’ works of […]
51 Birch Street: Award-Winning Graduate Film Explores Parental Relationships
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=vkzpz3Kb6_Y[/youtube] One review of Doug Block’s criticially acclaimed documentary began ’51 Birch Street is everyone’s address.’ Coming from a critic in Ecuador, this comment eloquently expresses the universality of Block’s documentary […]
Beauty Flowers in New Rochelle
Landmark graduate Leonard Pouder believes that he is by nature a selfish person, the last one who would jump into a community project. However, during his Self-Expression and Leadership program last year, he […]
Landmark Forum Graduate Starts Support Site for Fibromyalgia Sufferers And Their Families
When Princeton, New Jersey Landmark Forum graduate Khurt Williams’ wife was diagnosed with fibromyalgia a few years ago, both of their lives were changed forever. Af first, Willams tried to […]
Jersey Grad Celebrates MLK Day with ‘Bag of Dreams’ for Newark Teens
When Landmark Education graduate Cinda Gaskin grew up in Harlen, there wasn’t a lot of dreaming. “If you were lucky you got a job and got a roof over your […]
Landmark Graduates Celebrate the True Spirit of Thanksgiving with Homeless Children and their Families
Committed to impacting the lives of the over 12,000 homeless children attending schools in Maricopa County, Arizona in direct, positive and meaningful ways, the Real Gift Foundation is a volunteer-based […]
Where Peace Lives: Landmark Education Graduates Create Global Peace Group Where Students Cause Peace Through Art
The origins of Where Peace Lives, an incredible new organization for peace in the world, lie in friendship. New Jersey natives Jeff Rudy and Jeff and Donna Clapp completed Landmark Education's curriculum […]
Landmark Forum Graduate Project: Bringing Green Groups Together
people who knew Ariane Delafosse before she took the Landmark Forum last year would tell you that she would be the last person to do any kind of community project. […]
Ojai Landmark Education Graduate Sets Hearts Afire with Art by the Homeless
Bob Ballard is an Ojai, California graduate of the Landmark Forum who has used his participation in Landmark Education's programs to discover and cultivate his commitment to make a difference with homeless […]
Landmark Education Graduates Discover Their Hearts in the Amazon; Make a Difference with Pachamama Alliance
Be careful what you wish for, says Landmark Graduate David Usner. It might come true. By any measure, David and his wife Pat were extremely successful people. They lived in […]