Shana Dressler’s Chocolate Extravaganza, a project previewed previously on Landmark News as the debut event for Dressler’s Global Giving Circle non-profit organization, was a smashing success, drawing 180 participants, far more than Dressler had anticipated. The event, which raised $4,500 […]
Sena Causes LGBT Volunteer Expo
Sue Sena created a volunteer expo event for for LGBT and HIV/AIDS organizations in New York City that took place on January 12. Sena, who is president of this non-profit organization that supports the gay community – SWiSH – created […]
Stranded Scholars U.S. Trip Saved
Landmark Education graduate and army lieutenant colonel Martha Granger was recently featured in the Springfield News-Leader for assisting nine foreign Fulbright scholars whose planned tour of the United States was about to fall through. Discovering America's Goodness by Linda Leicht […]
Hearts of Fire Launches LA-NO Tour
Bob Ballard, a Landmark Education graduate whose Hearts of Fire project empowering homeless people to create art and music has been written about previously by Landmark Education News, was interviewed by Radio Ojai about the project and his music. Ballard also […]
Mall of America Danceathon Benefits Camp Courage
The Dance with Courage Danceathon recently held its third annual fundraising event, at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota. The event, which was held to raise $20,000 to be able to send 20 disabled children and adults to camp […]
Vets Aid Vets
A third of all homeless people in the United States are veterans. This stark fact was one reason Rod Wittmier's Self-Expression and Leadership program involved bringing old and new veterans together in a mentoring program. The program, called VetsMeetVets, had […]
Fuel, Acclaimed Documentary on Oil and Biofuels, Opens in Los Angeles
Landmark Education graduate Josh Tickell’s award-winning documentary "Fuel" has opened in the Los Angeles area in a limited February engagment, and will be appearing elsewhere in the United States in February and March. The documentary, which Tickell recently spoke about with […]
Photo Exhibit Aids Diabetes Sufferers
For his project in Landmark Education’s SELP program, Jeremy Deweese of St. Louis lead a group of photographers in creating “24 Hour Cure”, a project which created photo exhibits to raise funds for the American Diabetes Association. All the proceeds […]
Kposowa Blog Shows Bumpe Rebuilding
The Kposowa Foundation, co-founded by Landmark Education graduate Sarah Culberson out of her commitment to people of the town of Bumpe and the country of Sierra Leone has launched its own blog, giving updates on the progress of the work […]
Ocean Kids Day Introduces Miami Youth to Marine Life
Jill Richardson's Landmark Education SELP project culminated in "Ocean Kids Day", which brought hundreds of underprivileged youth in South Florida in direct contact with marine life and marine researchers. Richardson, who is co-chair of the Future Interest in Nature and […]
Chocolate Tasting Extravaganza Benefits African Cocoa Farmers
Shana Dressler, the Landmark Education graduate and photographer from New York City who raised money for the poor and awareness of the Indian deity Ganesh (see our previous story in Landmark Education News about Dressler’s multimedia project), has a new […]
Heart thru Art Holds First Fundraiser
In the Landmark Self-Expression and Leadership Program, Kim Henry of the Houston area founded Heart thru Art, a program that raises money to fund art programs for homeless children in Fort Bend and Harris counties through a pre-existing organization named […]
Mangetwo Unites Food Lovers
While taking Landmark Education’s Self Expression and Leadership Program, Claire McBride created a unique social networking website, Mangetwo, that brings together food lovers in a variety of activities. The Irish News was impressed. Power to People, 11/29/08 A day […]
Katzko Speaks out on Asbestos-Related Mesothelioma
Bob Katzko’s father Michael died from Mesothelioma due to asbestos exposure from the ship he served on in the Canadian Navy during World War II. Today, Bob has formed a mesothelioma support group as his project in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression […]
Sister Act Expo Empowers Girls
April Preyar was recently recognized by the Chicago Tribune for the project she created in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Program. The two day event at Robeson high school was designed to encourage, mentor and otherwise empower teenage African American […]
Duncan-Scott Shares Dream for Jamaica
Donna Duncan-Scott, the former CEO of Jamaica’s largest investment house whose April interview with Flair Magazine was previously covered by Landmark Education News, has shared with the Jamaica Gleaner her vision of what is possible for Jamaica and the difference […]
Luke Cody’s Afghan Odyssey
Luke Cody left a successful career in the banking industry to pursue photojournalism. His project in Landmark Education’s self-expression and leadership program involved a photo exhibition based on a three month tour of Afghanistan. Cody explains the purpose of his […]
Randy McNamara: a Landmark Forum Leader on News Now
Landmark Forum Leader Randy McNamara was recently interviewed by the News Now News Magazine show (105.5 FM in Toronto, Canada) on November 10 about Landmark Education. Landmark Education News has obtained a transcript of the show, which is shown here. […]
Blier Combats Kilimanjaro, Arthritis
Michele Blier of Montreal created a unique challenge for herself as her project in the Landmark Education Self-expression and leadership program: Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa and raise money to fight arthritis at the same time. Her plan to climb […]
Knitting for Newborns Warms Babies, Brings Community Together
The Colonial newspaper of Montgomery county and Bucks county Pennsylvania (suburban Philadelphia) recently wrote a profile on Landmark Education graduate Elgar Richards. In his Self-Expression and Leadership Program, Richards has created "Knitting for Newborns", a team of people who are […]
Tweddale Creates Hootenanny in Baja
For his project in Landmark Education’s self expression and leadership program, Jeff Tweddale took on building the family home. Except the home, being constructed on the beautiful Baja coast of Mexico, right on the Pacific Ocean, will be nothing close […]
David Cunningham on Dealing Powerfully with Relatives over the Holidays, Part 2
Presented here is part two of Sallie Felton’s radio interview with Landmark Forum leader David Cunningham about dealing with relatives over the holidays. Read part one here. Sallie Felton: Here’s another one: […]
David Cunningham on Dealing Powerfully with Relatives over the Holidays, Part 1
we can have all the dinners, we can have all the decorations, but really what’s at the heart of a great holiday, no matter how great the food was, how beautiful the decorations were, what makes or breaks a holiday is the relationships we have with people and whether we enjoy the people or not.
Youths Rally to Stop Honking
Bala Venkata used his project in Landmark’s self expression and leadership program to embark on a major civic initiative – to quiet the excessive noise in bustling Bangalore, India. Citizen Matters, a leading paper of Bangalore, gives Venkat a chance […]
Moon Space Party Aids Grief Encounter
When Sophie Berger’s twin sister Charlotte died, she left behind two small children. Berger has undertaken a project to help bereaved children and their families by putting on a fundraiser for the charity Grief Encounter. The event is Berger’s project […]
Project Stand Publicizes Worth Causes
Seattle-based graduates of Landmark Education’s programs have used their participation to create a unique project/website: Take a Stand. The site highlights people who have taken on impacting the world in a positive way and the organizations that they have created […]
Yoga Event Aids Congolese Women
Allison Osborn knew from the outset of the Self-Expression and Leadership Program that she wanted to do something for the women of the Congo who have suffered violence in the country’s ongoing civil war. Osborn, who is a Yoga practitioner […]
‘Born with it’ Empowers Women
Tomiko Fraser is a prominent American model and actress, known for being one of the faces of Maybelline, and also known for her work as a spokesperson for the Lupus Foundation, raising awareness about the disease. In the Landmark Education […]
A Different Rush Hour: Commuters Tango through London and New York
The independent of London recently featured an article relating to the Landmark Self-Expression and Leadership Program project of Thomas Lindner, which according to his Tango Commute website forms a distributed network of individual couples conveying a sense of compassion and […]
Snortland Counts Her Blessings
Ellen Snortland is a prominent writer and comedian who has taken Landmark Education Courses. In an article she wrote for Pasadena Weekly, during and about the Thanksgiving holiday season in the United States, Snortland offers a suggestion that she follows […]