By George F on Jul 18, 2008 in Chicago, High School, Sports | 0 Comments
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 […]
By George F on Jul 14, 2008 in Chicago, Education, Landmark Education | 0 Comments
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 […]
By George F on Jun 27, 2008 in Chicago, Middle East, Music | 0 Comments
When Ather Yokany did Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership program a while back in Chicago, he knew he wanted impact a unique group of people: His own. Ather is Assyrian, and though Chicago is a home to many Assyrians–Who are both Middle Eastern and Christian–He saw distinctive Assyrian culture slipping away as people integrated into […]
By George F on Jun 26, 2008 in Chicago, Economic Development | 0 Comments
Chicagoan Sean Parnell took on a big problem in his Self-Expression and Leadership program–The problem of abandoned homes or lots. Many houses or lots, particularly in poorer west and south side neighborhoods, have stood empty for many years. Parnell saw that this creates many problems for the community, from the use of those properties for […]
By George F on Mar 28, 2008 in Animal Rights, Chicago | 1 Comment
Over a thousand puppies and adult dogs were saved from euthanasia in Kentucky last year, thanks to the work of Margie Swift and other Chicago area graduates of the Landmark Forum. Margie Swift always had a love of animals. Prior to doing the Landmark Forum, she talked about them, but never did anything about it. As she […]
By Heather D on Mar 25, 2008 in Chicago, Diet, Entreprenureship, Health/Medicine, Video Features | 2 Comments
Mehmet Ak is a restaurant owner, chef and Landmark Forum Graduate who lives in Chicago. He has been in the restaurant business for most of his life. First arriving in the United States at the age of 23, he worked his way through the various jobs of the food service industry until […]
By George F on Mar 7, 2008 in Chicago, Health/Medicine, Sports | 1 Comment
This year will mark the sixth year of the National AIDS Marathon Training Program in Chicago, a program designed to train people to run a marathon or half marathon, where each participant agrees to raise money for the AIDS Foundation of Chicago. During the last five years, thousands of people have participated, and the event has allowed for […]
By Vincent Cahill on Feb 29, 2008 in Chicago, Sports | 0 Comments
Chicago police officer and Landmark Forum graduate Nial Funchion has an extraordinary goal planned for June of this year: To swim around the entire perimeter of Lake Michigan, a distance of over 1,000 miles. Funchion’s motives in taking on the swim are not rooted in a daredevil spirit or a desire for glory.
“I am not concerned about […]
