Landmark Education Self-expression and Leadership

Melissa Yaich has developed a new program to help young girls achieve self respect through running and physical fitness. Working through the national Girls on the Run nonprofit organization, Yaich and Geogie Koch developed a 12 week training program culminating in a 5 kilometre run. The Mountain Mail of Salida, Colorado wrote a story about [...]

Allison Osborn’s Landmark Self Expression and Leadership Program project aimed to aid women in the Congo, many of whom have been the rargets of violence during Congo’s long running civil war. To do this, Osborn raised money for City of Joy, a refugee center that provides shelter and services to these women. The fundraiser took [...]

This December marks the first month of the new Madison Lights Out (MLO) energy conservation and awareness campaign, which asks residents of Madison Wisconsin to cut back on their energy consumption. The campaign, started by Jennifer Sather in her Landmark Education SELP program, was the subject of an article in the Madison Times. Here is [...]

On November 22, Steve Light held the first event for , a non-profit organization designed to educate and aid people with social anxiety disorder. The event, which was Light’s project in the Landmark Education self-expression and leadership programme, took place over the course of a full day at the Westminster Academy in London. It was [...]

The Chicago Defender recently ran a piece about the landmark SELP project of April Preyar, which is designed to impact the lives of female African American teenagers in Chicago through a “Li’l S.I.S.” mentoring Expo event being held in December. Here’s how it appeared.
Saving Our Girls
Cheryl Burton, ABC 7 Chicago newscaster, and Bionce Foxx, WGCI-FM/107.5 [...]

Lisa Stachler’s project in the Landmark Education SELP program was a benefit to raise money for college scholarships for those afflicted with cerebral palsy. The Benefit, named “Oh the Places You’ll Go,” took place on Sunday, November 2 at Cafe Live in Philadelphia, and featured top-end entertainment, as well as a mention in Philadelphia Weekly.
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Sharon Maynard is committed to making a difference in the lives of teenagers and their families, and her project in the SELP program did just that. She put on a an all day event with family activities and expert speakers talking about family issues. The event took place on October 4 and written about by [...]

Olivia Seery leads Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership programme in Ireland. Four years ago she visited the beautiful and historic Aran island of Inis Mean, located in Ireland’s Galway Bay and fell in love with the island and its people. She created a project in the programme which was an artistic weekend holiday for a [...]

For her project in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Programme, Joanne Kelly created a fundraiser event for the Northern Ireland Chilren’s Hospice. The event took place on Sunday, November 30 at the Ballysillan Leisure Centre. The event was a “Bounce-Athon” for children, which goes from 1:30-2:3-pm for 8-13 year olds and 2:30-3:30pm for 5 [...]

Jessica Bavinton of the UK has passed on the news to Leadership and Self Development that the project she created in Landmark Education’s SELP program in 2006, titled “BeRecreative” has entered successfully entered its third year. The project is an annual, free event for young people and their families to learn fun and creative ways [...]

For his project in the Landmark Education Self-Expression and Leadership Program, Philip Walter created “Mary’s March for the Cure” event, to honor his mother, Mary Ellen Walter, who died of cancer in 2000. The event took place in Itasca, IL, at 9am on October 25. Participants walked two miles through the town of Itasca in [...]

Belfast, Ireland, resident Claire McBride has channeled her passion for food into a novel Landmark Education (SELP) project: the launch of a social networking site for food lovers.
Mangetwo is designed as an interactive website combined with face-to-face events which allow visitors to be informed about “food, flavours and chefs’ signature cooking styles”, according to the [...]