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Salaam Garage Offers Vietnam Tour »

Amanda Koster, the internationally acclaimed photographer and Landmark Forum graduate who has set up unique journalistic/artistic travel tours in the developing world, has put together her first ever tour of Vietnam.

Vets Aid Vets »

A third of all homeless people in the United States are veterans. This stark fact was one reason Rod Wittmier's Self-Expression and Leadership program involved bringing old and new veterans together in a mentoring program. The program, called VetsMeetVets, had its first meeting of veterans in early January, with the next planned for this spring. [...]

Robles Helps Kids get their Sport on »

The project created by Okashi Robles when she took her Landmark SELP program brought a variety of sports to West Seattle middle schoolers through a unique after school program. The Seattle Times wrote a story about Robles’ project.
Middle-School students get their sport on at the southwest community center
Get Your Sport On is a first-of-its-kind, after-school [...]

David Cunningham on Dealing Powerfully with Relatives over the Holidays, Part 3 »

If you could just be the one that goes first, and gives that olive branch and goes and makes peace, and says, “You know what? No matter what happened, what’s important here is that we get to express our love for each other.” And if you did that before the holidays even got here, then for sure the holiday season and the holiday itself would have a whole other flavor to it.

David Cunningham on Dealing Powerfully with Relatives over the Holidays, Part 2 »

Presented here is part two of Sallie Felton’s radio interview with Landmark Forum leader David Cunningham about dealing with relatives over the holidays. Read part one here.
                                                Sallie Felton: Here’s another one: "My sister is bossy. She’s trying to control everything. What do I do about that?"

David [...]

David Cunningham on Dealing Powerfully with Relatives over the Holidays, Part 1 »

we can have all the dinners, we can have all the decorations, but really what’s at the heart of a great holiday, no matter how great the food was, how beautiful the decorations were, what makes or breaks a holiday is the relationships we have with people and whether we enjoy the people or not.

Project Stand Publicizes Worth Causes »

Seattle-based graduates of Landmark Education’s programs have used their participation to create a unique project/website: Take a Stand. The site highlights people who have taken on impacting the world in a positive way and the organizations that they have created to do so. The site interviews and films the leaders of these organizations.
For instance, Project [...]

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 [...]