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Kids Paint the Town Thrives in East Bay »

"Kids Paint the Town", the innovative Children’s art project formulated by Jennifer Rogers while taking Landmark Education’s SELP program in the fall of 2007, has continued to thrive and has been featured prominently in the San Jose Mercury News and the Alameda Journal. The project, which takes children’s art and has it displayed in storefront windows [...]

Financial Literacy Project Partners with Bookstores to Provide Public Key Info »

In today’s challenging and uncertain times, financial knowledge and literacy is a key skill for most adults. Peter Johnson took Landmark’s Self-Expression and Leadership Program in San Jose this summer, and out of it created the Financial Literacy Project, which is designed to bring financial professionals and consumers together in community bookstores. Consumers will have [...]

Landmark Education Graduates Discover Their Hearts in the Amazon; Make a Difference with Pachamama Alliance »

Be careful what you wish for, says Landmark Graduate David Usner. It might come true. By any measure, David and his wife Pat were extremely successful people. They lived in a huge, beautiful house in Philadelphia where Pat was vice president of a prominent hospital. Eventually, she quit this job and became extremely successful as [...]

Cafe Gratitude: a New Restaurant Concept and Brainchild of Two Landmark Education Graduates »

Landmark Education Graduates Matthew and Terece Engelhart created a unique restaurant concept that has become wildly popular. They have combined raw vegan dining with the concept of gratitude. Cafe Gratidute has quickly expanded to three locations in the bay area as well as gotten a review in the New York Times. Cafe Gratitude was [...]

Valerie Bocage a Landmark Graduate who Lost Everything in Hurricane Katrina Sets Out to Empower Women »

Founder and CEO of Powerful Women International (PWI), Valeri Bocage, tells her story of losing everything in Katrina to inspire women not to worry about things, but enjoy life.
Weathering the Storm
From: The Bay Area Business Woman
By: Julia Dodge
Valeri Bocage was visiting a friend in Bay St. Louis, Miss. — 40 minutes away from her hometown [...]

Self- Expression and Leadership Program Project Works to Stop Child Labor »

Landmark Graduates and Jewelry Business Owners Launch a Clear Concience Project
See Coverage on KTVU News Oakland, CA

Lori Bonn Designs, a 15-year old jewelry business based in Oakland, CA, founded by Lori Bonn Gallagher and operated by her husband, Bill Gallagher, has launched a long term industry project called Clear Conscience jewelry and accessories that [...]