When Leila Salmons of Houston created the "Supplies for Star Students" project in her Landmark Self-Expression and Leadership Program, her intention wasn't to collect school supplies for students with good grades. Rather, she and a team of professionals are making […]
Martinis for Music: Chicagoans Party to Save Program
Joanna Burgraf has created a project out of Landmark’s Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Program that is raising substantial sums of money towards saving the music program at the Armor Elementary School in the south side of Chicago. Named S.O.S., or […]
Give me the Words Aids Guatemalans
Mars Tanumihardja used his participation in Landmark Education's Self-Expression and Leadership program to create a benefit concert to raise funds for some of the poorest people in central America. Tanumihardja arranged for the concert to be held at the Newman […]
Purpose Driven Sports – Athletes help Raise Money for Hope School
Zech Gilbert’s Self-Expression and Leadership Program project, Purpose Driven Sports, began with a realization that not all professional athletes are making headlines by getting in trouble somewhere. Many of them are quietly making a difference int their communities. Gilbert, who […]
Former Student Creates Memorial Garden for Riley Elementary
Eric Schneider has taken on a project to create a memorial garden at the Riley Elementary School 1983 class reunion for those associated with the class who have passed. The project, which was Schneider’s project in his Self-Expression and Leadership […]
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 […]
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 open in September, is the second kindergarten to be built in […]
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 literature, involving students and educators in novels and non-fiction in a […]
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 head,” she says. When Cinda started Landmark’s Self-Expression and Leadership program […]
Landmark Graduate Ends Vacation; Builds Schools in Kenya
Landmark graduate Paul Boutin went to Kenya for a 10-day safari. He didn’t make it through the first day. On that first morning, he noticed an unfinished building and asked about it. He was told that it was a nursery […]
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 organization committed to impacting the lives of the over 12,000 […]
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 for living and then assisted as Introduction Leaders together over […]
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 […]
SELP Project in India Helps Raise awareness about Learning Disabilities
In a country with over a billion people educating children is a challenge. In spite of that challenge, Indian culture has very high expectations of their children when it comes to education. It a competitive environment that leaves most students tense and […]
Spandana: An SELP project created to help underprivilidged children in Bangalore
When Vinay Nagaraju’s participated in the Self-Expression and Leadership program in 2001 he created project called ‘Spandana’. It is an NGO that works with under privileged children in Bangalore. Since it began in 2001, Spandana has gotten major global corporations […]
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 […]
Nick Nardo gives back to community through Student Mural
When Nick Nardo was participating in the Landmark Education Self Expression and Leadership Program in New Jersey he wanted to connect with and contribute to his community. His project created a mural at the Second Street Youth Center in Plainfield […]
Utah Youth Making a Difference in India through Landmark Education Project
Youth Making a Difference got its start in the Landmark Education Self-Expression and Leadership Program when Robert Baird determined that he wanted to find a way for young adults to discover their own ability to make a difference. As a business […]
Cherish Our Children International: A Landmark Forum Graduate Project That Has Been Making A Difference since 1993
A Charity started by a Landmark Education Graduate in 1993 is still going strong nearly 15 years later Cherish Our Children International http://www.cherishourchildren.org/ is dedicated to making a difference for the worlds most needy and vulnerable children. Around the world […]
Self Expression and Leadership Project in India uses outdoor education and adventure sport to contribute to people with dissabilities
Indian Landmark Forum Graduate Mahalakshmi Viswanathans has created a project to help bring adventure sports and outdoor education to people with disabilities. Here is an article about the project from the Deccan Herald in Bangalore India. Giving wings to their […]
StepUp Foundation Started by Ryll Bergin via the Landmark Education Self Expression and Leadership Program.
StepUP Foundation- “If it is possible, it is possible for me, it’s just a matter of how!” Australian Business Woman Ryll Bergin has always wanted to make a difference in lives of teenagers. As a business professional, she wanted to […]
Art Meets Nature in a Landmark Education Self-Expression and Leadership Project
When high school art teacher Sheri Focke had a Japanese Ceramic artist speak to her students she had no idea that it would lead her on a journey into the woods. As participant in the Landmark Self Expression and Leadership […]
Can You Take a Shower in a Minute? An SELP Project Addresses Australia’s Historic Drought
Can you shower in 1 minute? This was the challenge that Chadstone resident, Vikki Mount set herself, when she received her water usage bill in January and was not happy with the amount of water she was using in […]
Students Write Cards to Encourage Troops in a Community Project Created by Laura Newcomb
Laura Newcomb cares deeply about the troops serving in Iraq and wanted her Self Expression and Leadership Project to contribute to them. Woman sends encouraging words to troops By ED MOORHOUSE Burlington Country Times SHAMONG — Laura Newcomb said […]
Defensive Driving Training Created in Self Expression and Leadership Program
Driving in India is not for the faint of heart. When B. Ramakrishnan registered for the Landmark Self Expression and Leadership Program, he knew that he wanted to make a difference in safety on the roads of his home town […]
Landmark Gradudate Creates Benefit Concert Where Kids Raise Money for Kids
Young Band Members Raising Funds for Kids” From the Grove Examiner, Calgary Alberta Canada Six local kids – united by their passion for music – are looking beyond their individual and collective dreams for rock stardom, using their musical prowess […]
Landmark Graduate Scott Bedall Creates "Wellness Challenge" to Promote Healthy Habits For Kids
When Scott Bedall began the Self Expression and Leadership Program he wanted to make a difference in the health of kids. Kids take fitness in stride, and then some From: Times Colonist, Victoria Canada By: Jeff Bell The collective energy […]
Mothers for Mothers: A Project Created in the Landmark Self-Expression and Leadership Program
Group offering help to mothers Volunteers assist by tackling tasks From: Sun Sentinal South Florida By Laura Burdick-Sherman Mothers need as much help they can get as far as Joelle Smith is concerned. And that’s her vision for a newly […]
Self-Expression and Leadership Program Participant Laura Fiori Creates A Reading Project For Kids That Helps Build A Kitchen At A School In Mexico
Kids Hit the Books to Build A Kitchen From WCAV- Alexandria Virginia Elementary school students at Greer and Stony Point are hitting the books to help poor students in rural Mexico build a kitchen at their school. The second […]