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Salmons Sources Supplies for Star Students »

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 sure that personal living supplies - items such as socks and underpants as well as […]

Ithaca Spearheads 7th Ward Rebuilding »

Love Knows No Bounds, the organization created by Catherine Martinez in the wake of Hurricane Katrina as her project in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Program, continues to spearhead the rebuilding of the 7th ward of New Orleans. The organization worked tirelessly towards a sister city partnership between New Orleans and Ithaca, New York, where […]

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 Save Our Song, the initial idea for the project came from a partnership between Burgraf’s employer, […]

Wright Leads LAX in LA Fundraiser »

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 Melrose in West Hollywood.
LAX in LA was founded by Sean McKeon in 2003 as his […]

Peace Being Now! Debuts in New York »

Glenn Biren’s project in Landmark Education’s SELP program, an independent film titled Peace Being Now!, is making its New York debut at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival. NYIIFVF has been recognized by the firlm and entertainment industry as one of the leading film events on the independent festival circuit, hosting film, […]

Can I Come With You? A Guidebook to Furthering Social Justice »

The new book of Amanda Koster, “Can I Come With You?” is being released September 16 at a special event at the Seattle Central Community College. Koster, whose photography based social media tours have attracted major media attention, and who used her participation in Landmark Education’s SELP program to expand her difference making projects, wrote […]

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, and in 2006 he completed the Landmark Forum. Out of taking Landmark Education programs, he […]

Give 5 Drive Supports Salvation Army »

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The Self-Expression and Leadership program project of Wendy Beetle, a resident of Laconia in New Hampshire’s Lake’s region, was recently covered by the Citizen of Laconia Newspaper. Her project led to increased support of goods, volunteerism and money to the local Salvation army.
Give 5 Drive Supports Families
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