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 Vincent Cahill on Apr 10, 2008 in Arts/Entertainment, Elementary, High School, california | 1 Comment
Last fall and this spring, businesses and empty retail storefronts in the East Bay area of California have displayed different forms of art. What all of it has in common is that it was all created by kids, thanks to ‘Kids Paint the Town’, a project created by Jennifer Rogers when she took Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and […]
By George F on Apr 1, 2008 in High School, Los Angeles, Sports | 0 Comments
When Sean McKeon created “LAX in LA” as his project in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Program, as a way of empowering youth by bringing Lacrosse to inner city Los Angeles, he began with one school: His own. McKeon teaches at the Manual Arts High School, where he also took on being the Lacrosse coach. The […]
By George F on Jan 30, 2008 in Elementary, High School, Video Features, new jersey | 1 Comment
The origins of Where Peace Lives, an incredible new organization for peace in the world, lie in friendship. New Jersey natives Jeff Rudy and Jeff and Donna Clapp completed Landmark Education’s curriculum for living and then assisted as Introduction Leaders together over the last decade, during which time they became fast friends. Their involvement with Landmark Education […]
By Vincent Cahill on Dec 6, 2007 in Education, High School, Los Angeles, Sports, Video Features | 1 Comment
Landmark Forum Graduate Sean Mckeon is a teach and coach at Manual Arts high school in Los Angeles. While a participant in the Self Expression and Leadership Program, he created a community project called LAX in LA.
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Here is a story by Dan Heimpel a journalist and former lacrosse player who was so inspired by the […]
By Heather D on Oct 1, 2007 in Economic Development, Health/Medicine, High School, India, Utah, Video Features, Women's Issues, children | 0 Comments
Youth Making a Difference got its start in the Landmark Education Self-Expression and Leadership Program when Robert Baird determined that he wanted to find a way for young adults to discover their own ability to make a difference. As a business man, Robert does a lot of work in India. On his trips there he was moved by […]
By Olivia Seery on Sep 5, 2007 in Autstralia/New Zealand, Education, High School, Video Features | 0 Comments
StepUP Foundation- “If it is possible, it is possible for me, it’s just a matter of how!”
Australian Business Woman Ryll Bergin has always wanted to make a difference in lives of teenagers. As a business professional, she wanted to inspire teenagers to go for their dreams. According to Ryll, it wasn’t […]
By Heather D on Aug 8, 2007 in Environment, High School | 0 Comments
When high school art teacher Sheri Focke had a Japanese Ceramic artist speak to her students she had no idea that it would lead her on a journey into the woods.
As participant in the Landmark Self Expression and Leadership Program, she had an assignment to create a project that made a difference in her community.
As […]