By George F on Aug 18, 2008 in Homelessness, Landmark Education, Seattle | 0 Comments
If you’re looking for a fun party in Redmond, WA, home city of Microsoft, then Susan James is the person you want to see. James is the organizer of PartyPaloozaNW, which holds costume parties three to four times a year. Each event has an entertaining theme. When James took Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Program […]
By George F on Aug 13, 2008 in Florida, Landmark Education, Mexico | 0 Comments
The flood that took place in Mexico’s Tabasco state in November of 2007 didn’t attract that much worldwide notice, but to those living in the affected areas, it was devastating. 80% of the state was underwater at one point, and over a million people were impacted. Jamie Owsley has used his project in Landmark’s Self-Expression […]
By George F on Aug 11, 2008 in Books, Landmark Education, UK | 0 Comments
Acclaimed author Chuck Palahniuk, who wrote Fight Club and dozens of other novels, gave a lengthy interview to a major British newspaper, The Independent, where he discusses his writing process and credits his participation in the Landmark Forum with helping to launch his writing career. An excerpt from the article appears here. To read the […]
By Vincent Cahill on Aug 8, 2008 in Chicago, Homelessness, Landmark Education | 0 Comments
Jeanne Thompson resolved to use her Self-Expression and Leadership program to raise money for an organization that reconnects homeless people to their community. In so doing, she created the Pedal for Pads Bikeathon and raised about $10,000 for an extremely worthy organization. The Daily Herald of Suburban Chicago wrote a story about the July 12 […]
By Vincent Cahill on Aug 6, 2008 in Arizona, Family, Landmark Education, children | 0 Comments
Charlene Westgate’s son committed suicide two years ago. As her project in the Self-Expression and Leadership Program, she created a series of tea parties to raise both funds and awareness to fight teen suicide. NBC News in Tucson ran a story about Westgate’s events, the first of which was held July 15 and the next […]
By Johntrue on Aug 4, 2008 in Economic Development, Education, Landmark Education, Latin America, children | 0 Comments
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 Center at the University of Washington, where he is the head of the music ministry. […]
By Vincent Cahill on Aug 4, 2008 in Health/Medicine, Philadelphia | 0 Comments
Caralea Arnold works as a waitress in Philadelphia. When she participated in the Self-Expression and Leadership Program offered by Landmark Education, she decided her project in that program would be to raise money in the fight against breast cancer. As a waitress, she found a unique way to raise money inside the food industry that […]
By Vincent Cahill on Aug 1, 2008 in Landmark Education, Philadelphia, Sports | 1 Comment
Acclaimed Philadelphia sports radio personality Mike Missanelli, known to listeners as “Mikey Miss”, has transformed from an angry radio host to a thoughtful, even mellow pundit. Philadelphia Magazine attributes some of this change to Missanelli taking the Landmark Forum. Excerpts of the magazine article appear below.
The Misadventures of Mikey Miss
Dumped by WIP for being a […]