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Chicago Policeman Undertakes 1,000 Mile Swim around Lake Michigan »

Chicago police officer and Landmark Forum graduate Nial Funchion has an extraordinary goal planned for June of this year: To swim around the entire perimeter of Lake Michigan, a distance of over 1,000 miles. Funchion’s motives in taking on the swim are not rooted in a daredevil spirit or a desire for glory.
“I am not concerned about […]

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 […]

Self Expression and Leadership Project in India uses outdoor education and adventure sport to contribute to people with dissabilities »

Indian Landmark Forum Graduate Mahalakshmi Viswanathans has created a project to help bring adventure sports and outdoor education to people with disabilities.
Here is an article about the project from the Deccan Herald in Bangalore India.

Giving wings to their dreams
Mahalakshmi Viswanathans purpose of setting up Wings was an attempt to give differently-abled people a chance to […]

Wounded Veterans Enjoy Surfing: Operation Amped Launched by Landmark Education Graduates »

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Landmark Education graduates in the Team Management Leadership program in Los Angeles watched as thousands of American soldiers returned from Iraq with permanent disabilities and knew they wanted to do something. The way Tom Tapp saw it, these soldiers were defending our freedom, yet to the thousands of those who returned without limbs lost in […]

Sing Your Hearts Out!! Giving Peace a Chance »

Graham Smedley has created a project in the Landmark Self Expression and Leadership Program with the goal of getting people to sing John Lennon’s give peace a chance before football games. This unusual idea has been getting some attention in his home town of Swindon England.
Sing your hearts out
By Matt Jackson
Graham Smedley who wants […]

Special Spectators–A Landmark Education Self-Expression and Leadership Project Begun in 2002 »

Special Spectators was a project created in 2002 by Blake Rockwell while he was a participant in the Landmark Self Expression and Leadership Program. Blake is a huge sports fan and got the idea to give seriously ill children a chance to attend College Sporting Events. In the 5 years since the project began, Special […]

Landmark Education Graduate Ginna Goodenow Creates Project to Raise Money to buy Prosthetic Limbs for Kids »

Limbs For Life

From 9NEWS NOW Washington D.C.
If there was ever a pitch for a cause, Jessica Rogers knows how to hit it.
“Some kids that don’t have legs and arms, they’re gonna get money for them to get fake legs and arms.”
“How important is that?” asks 9NEWS NOW reporter Emily Schmidt.
“That’s really important because you want […]