Archive for July, 2008

OIC Promotes Peace »

The Organization for International Cooperation (OIC), the breakthrough foreign relations organization created by Arnold Keiser, has initiated conversations with representatives of the U.N., the U.S. government, and the PLO in striving to make real its vision of international peace and cooperation. OIC’s goals for the next several years include agreements between the U.S. and Syria [...]

French Transplant Brings Emotional Freedom to Community »

Therese Harmon’s project in Landmark Education’s Self Expression and Leadership program involved giving away her expertise in holistic healing free to community and civic groups. Her efforts caught the attention of the South Bend Tribune, whose story in Harmon is printed here in its entirety.

Tapped In
by Gene Stowe
After five years of pharmacy training in her [...]

Landmark Graduate Project Featured by Ireland’s Largest Children’s Charity »

A project created last year in the Self-Expression and Leadership Program in Ireland last year was featured in the Annual Review of Barnardos, Ireland’s largest independent children’s charity. A woman named Olivia created a 10k fundraising walk and run to benefit Barnardos that became a featured example of people making a difference in the 2007 [...]

Koster Expands Awareness Tours »

Award winning Seattle photographer Amanda Koster has received significant press attention for her multimedia social awareness tours she has led through India and many parts of the developing world, including articles in the Chicago Tribune and Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The last India tour has also received more after the fact attention as participants have had their [...]

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 is president of the Chicagosporting.com website, got the idea to honor those worthy athletes and [...]

Stephanie’s Angels Promote Ovarian Cancer Awareness and Research »

Keisha Sapp and her close friends created Stephanie's Angels Ovarian Cancer Awareness Day on Saturday, July 12, which had cancer awareness in a variety of locations in Northern New Jersey. Moved into action by the death of her friend Stephanie Wilkins from Ovarian Cancer and her participation in Landmark Education's Self-Expression and Leadership Program, Sapp [...]

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 program, took place on July 12, was written about by the Wheeling Countryside newspaper, a [...]

Living with Mindfulness »

 
Vive Magazine, an Australian publication for businesswomen, issued an article titled “Five Steps to Mindfulness” in its June/July issue.The article, which discusses various means by which to live in the moment in life, extensively mentions Landmark Education, including quotations from Landmark Forum leader Cathy Elliot. Excerpts of the article appear below:
But beyond psychology, how [...]