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Hearts of Fire Rolls through California »

Hearts of Fire, the project Bob Ballard created in Landmark Education’s Power and Contribution course as a way of connecting homeless people to art and music, is flourishing. In July, the group received 5013C nonprofit status from the IRS. This summe, Hearts Afire has toured Southern California, visiting homeless shelters and putting on art and […]

TestToob Gives Kids Science Opening »

Out of her project that she created in Landmark’s Self-Expression and Leadership Program, Lopa Mehrotra embarked on an innovative quest to allow young people to collaborate and experiment together in science. The idea is TestToob, a website that gives young people the tools to post videos and view and rate videos of other young people. […]

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 […]

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 […]

Street Smart Aids Neglected Kids »

The Deccan Herald of Bangalore recently published an August 30th story on the Self-Expression Leadership Program project of Roshini Davidson. Davidson’s project is designed to ambitiously tackle the issue of child homelessness and poverty through a complete program of education, job training and medical help. The story appears below.
Connecting Dreams
Suryana Suresh
Bengaluru has a growing breed […]

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 […]