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Lacrosse Blossoms in Los Angeles »

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 […]

Minnesotan Makes Mongolian Schools »

A new Kindergarten school has been built in the Mongolian capital of Ulaambaatar, thanks to the work of Landmark Education graduate Lois Libby Juster. The school, which is due to open in September, is the second kindergarten to be built in Mongolia as a result of the work she began while in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and […]

Living Literature Enters Second Decade of Bringing Books to Life in New England »

Rhode Island actor, writer, director and Landmark Education graduate Barry Press started Living Literature as a project in his Self-Expression Leadership Program. The project brought actors into schools to ‘perform’ works of literature, involving students and educators in novels and non-fiction in a new and inspiring way. The unique approach brings an author’s words from page to stage. With scripts in hand, […]

Jersey Grad Celebrates MLK Day with ‘Bag of Dreams’ for Newark Teens »

When Landmark Education graduate Cinda Gaskin grew up in Harlen, there wasn’t a lot of dreaming. “If you were lucky you got a job and got a roof over your head,” she says. When Cinda started Landmark’s Self-Expression and Leadership program last fall, Martin Luther King Day was a few months away. She realized she wanted to have King’s […]

Visionary Landmark Education Graduate Ends Vacation; Builds Schools in Kenya »

It’s a hard to think of a person who embodies the boldness of unstoppability of Landmark Education graduates more than Paul Boutin. In December of 2006, he went to Kenya for a 10-day safari. He didn’t make it through the first day. On that first morning, he noticed an unfinished building and asked about it. […]

Landmark Education Graduates Celebrate the True Spirit of Thanksgiving with Homeless Children and their Families »

Committed to impacting the lives of the over 12,000 homeless children attending schools in Maricopa County, Arizona in direct, positive and meaningful ways, the Real Gift Foundation is a volunteer-based organization committed to impacting the lives of the over 12,000 homeless children attending schools in Phoenix area.

The mission and purpose of the Real Gift Foundation […]

Where Peace Lives: Landmark Education Graduates Create Global Peace Group Where Students Cause Peace Through Art »

 
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 […]

Inner City Lacrosse League Started in the Self Expression and Leadership Program »

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 […]