Acclaimed comedian Daryl Wright is performing for a fundraiser for LAX in LA, the organization that has brought Lacrosse to in inner city Los Angeles neighborhoods. The event is taking place Thursday, September 25 at 10pm, at the Improv in […]
Siemers Creates Foundation for Hope
Cameron Siemers is a young man who was told he would die as a child — He is afflicted with both Hemophilia and AIDS. He survived, spending much of his childhood in hospitals. He managed to survive into his twenties, […]
TV Stars Cut Loose at Medico’s Booming Hot in Hollywood AIDS Benefit
In its third year, Hot in Hollywood has grown to be one of Los Angeles’ most talked about fundraising events. It features well known actors going outside their comfort zone to perform in a wild, fun talent/variety show that raises […]
Lost Princess Discovers her Past and Helps Rebuild Sierra Leone
In the Landmark Forum, aspiring Los Angeles Actor Sarah Culberson realized that she was terrified to find her biological father. Culberson was adopted and grew up in West Virginia, and in the Landmark Forum she decided that she would find […]
Powerful Women International Creates First Ever Kenyan Empowerment Event
Powerful Women International (PWI) has held its first Kenyan women’s empowerment and networking event at the Grand Regency in Nairobi, on June 28. The event was a landmark–PWI’s first ever outside the United States. PWI CEO and founder Valeri Bocage literally knows […]
Global Abundance Alliance Holds Workshop on Giving and Receiving
Abundance can mean many different things to different people—more money, more family time, the absence of worry, more work than you can handle by yourself, for example. However, the Global Abundance Alliance (GAA), a non-profit organization started in 2004 by […]
Now that She’s Gone: Snortland’s One Woman Show Hits LA
Ellen Snortland is a prominent author, activist and actor who is committed to the empowerment of women worldwide and who has participated in the programs of Landmark Education. She has written a book titled Beauty Bites Beast, about violence against women […]
Language Paper Wins Award at Global Transformation Conference
Landmark Education’s Power and Contribution course concludes its final weekend with the Conference for Global Transformation, a 3-day event which includes keynote speakers, breakout sessions, poster sessions, and papers presented on transformation, which are compiled into a journal. Each person in Landmark’s […]
Coloradans Cycle Against AIDS
When Eric Bengston took Landmark Education’s Self Expression and Leadership program, he used his project as an opportunity to create a large and effective Colorado team for the California-based AIDS/Lifecycle bike ride. Two years ago he participated in the event, and […]
Art Springs into Rockridge
The project began by Jennifer Rogers in the Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Program continues to flourish. ‘Kids Paint the Town’, which takes youth art of all varieties and showcases it around Bay Area businesses, both brightens neighborhoods and displays the […]
P-funk Artist Inspires Students
Prominent artist Overton Loyd, a Landmark Forum graduate best known for his cover art on George Clinton’s Parliament albums, spoke recently to students at California State University, Dominguez Hills, about what it takes to invent one’s future and fulfill on one’s potential. His […]
Make a Film Foundation Empowers Critically Ill Children to Make Movies
It began with an email Tamika Lamison received: “If you could do anything, what would you do?” Lamison’s thought was that she would be one of those people that granted wishes to sick children. When Lamison completed Landmark Education’s Self-Expression […]
San Diego Cyclist Tops $150,000 for Charity in Eight Years of Alpine Challenge
Cycling enthusiast Ed Paul formed the Alpine Challenge eight years ago as a project in his Self-Expression and Leadership Program, and the event has grown from 70 riders in the event’s first year to over 600 this year. The event is a challenging […]
Honeycutt and Mother Earth Moms Host First Santa Ana Green Earth Festival
Moms for Mother Earth, an organization recently created by Landmark Forum graduate Zen Honeycutt in her Self-Expression and Leadership program, held its first event on March 15th: a Green Earth Festival in Santa Ana, California. The event was held in […]
Youth Art Brightens East Bay
Last fall and this spring, businesses and empty retail storefronts in the East Bay area of California have displayed different forms of art. What all of it has in common is that it was all created by kids, thanks to […]
Lacrosse Blossoms in Los Angeles
When Sean McKeon created “LAX in LA” as his project in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Program, as a way of empowering youth by bringing Lacrosse to inner city Los Angeles, he began with one school: His own. McKeon teaches […]
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 in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Program that the event actually […]
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 people in unique ways, such as by giving them an […]
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 a huge, beautiful house in Philadelphia where Pat was vice […]
Beauty Bites Beast a Book by Landmark Forum Gradaute Ellen Snortland
Landmark Education Graduate Ellen Snortland is an actor, author and activist and has dedicated herself to the empowerment of women. She has written a book Beauty Bites Beast that has received praise from women’s organizations around the world. Most recently […]
Inner City Lacrosse League Started in the Self Expression and Leadership Program
Landmark Forum Graduate Sean Mckeon is a teach and coach at Manual Arts high school in Los Angeles. While a participant in the Self Expression and Leadership Program, he created a community project called LAX in LA. [googlevideo]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=911238804471689711&hl=en[/googlevideo] Here is […]
Through a Child’s Eyes A Childrens Photography project created in the SELP
Bradley Mart created a photography project for children called ‘Through a Child’s Eyes” while he was in the Landmark Education Self-Expression and Leadership Program. The resulting exhibit was held at a Bay Area library. Here is a mention about the […]
Hearts of Fire: Helping fight Homelessness Through Art and Music
Bob Ballard is a musician who lives in Ojai California. He is the creator of a project called Hearts of Fire that is dedicated shifing the public perception of homeless people. Several years ago while taking a program with Landmark Education […]
Wounded Veterans Enjoy Surfing: Operation Amped Launched by Landmark Education Graduates
Landmark Education graduates in the Team Management Leadership program in Los Angeles watched as thousands of American soldiers returned from Iraq with permanent disabilities and knew they wanted to do something. The way Tom Tapp saw it, these soldiers were […]
Gerald Schwartz Working to Resolve Northern California Water Disputes
Gerald Schwartz is a Landmark Education Graduate and leads introductions to The Landmark Forum. He has also been a farmer in California’s Central Valley for most of his life and was recently appointed to be the Central Valley Regional Liaison […]
Draw The World Together Unites the Comic Book Artist Community on Behalf of Children Charity
Andrew Wildman just recently returned from Comicon International Convention in San Diego. He is the founder of Draw The World Together, a project created to unite the arts communities in providing possibilities for children who live in communities where they do not have […]
Hot in Hollywood: A benefit for AIDS charities
When Michael Medico participted in the Landmark Self-Expression and Leadership Program he created a fundraiser for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. The Project is now in it’s second year and on August 18th, it will be having its second annual benefit […]
Homeless Not Toothless: Raising the Pride and Dignity of the Homeless Through Free Dental Care
Dr. Jay Grossman is a dentist in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles County. In a neighborhood with so much afluence one might be surprised to find that it home to a non-profit that provides vital services to homeless people. […]
A Little Bird Told Me: A Self Expression and Leadership Project where people volunteer with Seniors in Assited Living Facilites
As the United States popluation ages, an ever increasing number of seniors spend their days alone without visitors or companionship. For many of these seniors, lonliness is compounded by health issue and limited mobility. Jeannine Miller created a project called “A Little […]
Cafe Gratitude: a New Restaurant Concept and Brainchild of Two Landmark Education Graduates
Landmark Education Graduates Matthew and Terece Engelhart created a unique restaurant concept that has become wildly popular. They have combined raw vegan dining with the concept of gratitude. Cafe Gratidute has quickly expanded to three locations in the bay area […]