By George F on Feb 4, 2008 in NewYork, Politics | 1 Comment
Landmark Education graduate Leonard Pouder believes that he is by nature a selfish person, the last one who would jump into a community project. However, during his Self-Expression and Leadership program last year, he began to get inspired about making a difference. His home town of New Rochelle, New York was in the middle of an urban renewal project. […]
By seanc on Jan 3, 2008 in People, Politics, United States | 0 Comments
Breakthrough Foreign Relations Project Created by Landmark Education Graduate Arnold Keiser, President of the
ORGANIZATION FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
The OIC Foreign Relations Breakthrough Project was created in late 2006 and it’s intention is to end some of the 21st century’s pervasive problems such as conflicts in the Middle East, global terrorism, WMD proliferation, genocide and human rights […]
By Vincent Cahill on Aug 21, 2007 in Economic Development, Environment, People, Politics, Science/Technology, california | 0 Comments
Gerald Schwartz is a Landmark Education Graduate and leads introductions to The Landmark Forum. He has also been a farmer in California’s Central Valley for most of his life and was recently appointed to be the Central Valley Regional Liaison on water issues. The history of water rights in California is fraught with lawsuits, animosity […]
By Vincent Cahill on Jun 5, 2007 in Chicago, Events, Isreal, Middle East, Politics | 0 Comments
Quilt communicates–One Peace at a Time
From: Sun Times News Group
December 4, 2006
By FELICIA DECHTER Staff Writer
The seventh-grade class from Nettelhorst School was as diverse and patchwork as the peace quilts its students were meticulously creating colorful, cotton squares for.The kids were participating in the humanitarian project, One Peace at a Time, which will ship bright […]
By admin on Mar 26, 2007 in Business/Industry, Politics, United States | 0 Comments
Moving beyond prison system
From the Philadelphia Inquirer
By David Parrish
Today, everyone is concerned about crime. We all live with the threat of becoming victims.
The alarming costs of crime include loss of life, traumatized people, disrupted families, and the enormous financial burden involved in maintaining a police presence and housing an ever-growing prison population.
The evidence continues to […]
By admin on Mar 25, 2007 in Business/Industry, Politics, Society, new jersey | 0 Comments
Jamesburg packs revitalization meeting
From the Princeton Packet
By: Audrey Levine, Special Writer
03/23/2007
The meeting focused on finding ways to better the downtown business district.
JAMESBURG — More than 100 residents attended a meeting at the Grace M. Breckwedel School to talk about how to improve the borough’s downtown.
The March 15 meeting was sponsored by the Jamesburg Revitalization […]
By admin on Mar 13, 2007 in Africa, Business/Industry, Entreprenureship, Innovation, Politics, Video Features, fair trade, fashion, san francisco | 0 Comments
Landmark Graduates and Jewelry Business Owners Launch a Clear Concience Project
See Coverage on KTVU News Oakland, CA
Lori Bonn Designs, a 15-year old jewelry business based in Oakland, CA, founded by Lori Bonn Gallagher and operated by her husband, Bill Gallagher, has launched a long term industry project called Clear Conscience jewelry and accessories that […]
By admin on Mar 7, 2007 in Innovation, People, Politics, Seattle, Society | 0 Comments
How the Other Half Lives: “Walk a Mile” dares welfare policymakers and welfare recipients to swap lives
How’s this for a devastatingly simple solution to an age-old social problem? While Natasha Grossman was studying social work and interning at a welfare-reform lobbying organization in Washington state, she saw first-hand the cultural gap that existed between […]