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Energy for Life

DJacoby — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:41:38 +0000

Barb Holland contacted Leadership and Self Development to let us know that her project in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Programme is ‘Energy for Life’, out of her personal experience of watching a friend struggle with Stage IV breast cancer while at the same time having to figure out her treatment options and what resources were available to her. She decided to create an event that gave free energy treatments (Reiki, Healing Touch, Reflexology, Massage, etc) to women with breast cancer and their caregivers. The event is also designed for cancer patients to be able to network with local organizations, so as to receive products or services without delay.

The event is taking place at the Spirit in the Desert Retreat Center in Carefree, Arizona, on Saturday, February 11th from 9am – 5pm. To get involved, contact Holland at 480-760-3921, email energyforlife2011@gmail.com, or visit the Energy for Life Facebook Page.

Colour Your City Makes London More Vibrant

Julia Taylor — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:10:52 +0000

In Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Programme, a Londoner has created a project to bring colour and vibrancy to her city in a variety of ways. On January 16th, ‘Colour Your City’ held its first meeting to come up with different ways for people to ‘Colour Your Day’.

Plans include developing large scale art projects to colour neighborhoods, planting new gardens and flowers, creating homemade craftwork for public locations, and even having individuals dress more colourfully. Read more at Colour Your City.

Miami Book Donation for Literacy Taking Place November 18th

DJacoby — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 02:24:58 +0000

According to a notice in the Biscayne Bay Tribune, Landmark Education graduates in Miami have created a project to distribute books to children who don’t have them in their own home. On Friday November 18th a large number of books will go to schools to give children with few books of their own. People can contribute new or gently used books to a variety of locations, including at 1400 Biscayne Center, 1444 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami, and New York Roma Pizza, 2985 McFarlane Rd. in Coconut Grove. To arrange to drop off a large amount of books, contact Hilary Andalman at Hilary@mygreatlifecoach.com or 305-962-6097, or Leti Cadavid at lettyon@bellsouth.net.

Awaken to a Balanced Life

Julia Taylor — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:52:10 +0000

A participant in Landmark Education’s SELP programme in the UK has written a self-help book as his project, titled ‘Awaken to a Balanced Life’. The book was written by Hernando Garces, with the intention of looking at every area of one’s life, and how when can achieve effective action, change and balance in those areas.

The book also tells of Garces’ journey from being raised on a farm in Columbia, to becoming a successful IT consultant to London’s financial institutions, to leaving that whole career behind to pursue what is next in his life. To find out more about Garces and the self-help book he has written, visit Garces’ personal blog.

Strictly Community Brings Ballroom to Fernwood

Julia Taylor — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:09:24 +0000

Here’s another community project devised in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Programme that offers old-fashioned dancing in a fun social environment – Philip Van Wyk came up with a tea and cake social event to meet his neighbors in the Wimbledon Park Estate in Fernwood, and also brought free ballroom dancing lessons to the party!

Titled Strictly Community, the whole party/event is taking place free of charge tomorrow, Saturday, November 12th, at St. Paul’s Community Center, 23 Inner Park Road (a short walk from Wimbledon Park Estate) from 5-7pm. Cake and hot drinks (tea and coffee) are being provided, and Van Wyk invites others to bring along other food, such as home baked goods.

YouCube Art Shares Influences, Visions for the World

DJacoby — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:27:19 +0000

A distinctive project created in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Program has appeared on Youtube – YouCube Art, wherein 108 artists created ‘cubes’ of sculpture art that represent their lives. The cubes were exhibited on September 17th at the Saanich Arts Centre in Victoria, British Columbia.

Each piece of artwork was supposed to give a self portrait, and answer questions about what stops and what inspires the artist, what their biggest positive and negative influences have been, and what their biggest dream is for their own self or for the world. Visit the YouCube Art website and watch the video below.

Take Action Milwaukee Aims to Aid City’s Homeless Youth

DJacoby — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 22:41:26 +0000

As her project in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Program, Rayna Andrews has created Take Action Milwaukee (TAM) to take on the important but neglected problem of youth homelessness in Milwaukee. The first plan for TAM is the Feeding Milwaukee’s Homeless Youth Project – TAM is partnering with the Pathfinders organization to provide 500 meals for young homeless residents of Milwaukee.

Besides providing the meals, the intention of this initial project is to raise awareness, get more people involved, promote partnerships between different organizations, spark other projects to address the issue, and ultimately empower Milwaukee’s homeless youth to overcome their circumstances and become powerful contributors to their community. Those interested in volunteering, donating for the meals, or finding out more information can visit the Pathfinders website or call Andrews at 414-803-7879.

‘Property Does Strictly’ Raises Funds for Disadvantaged Children

Julia Taylor — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:38:59 +0000

Janine Tijou from London created ‘Property does Strictly’ while participating on Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership program. According to Tijou the charity event, which takes place September 29th, features:

’Some toe-tapping, hip-swinging salsa, Latin, jive and ballroom dancing as your peers compete in a dance-off from 8.30pm in front of the prestigious panel of judges. Celebrate with the winners and take to the dance floor for what promises to be a highly entertaining evening, a chance to dance with the stars and the opportunity to make a difference by helping to raise £10,000 for LandAid — A charity who make a positive difference for the UK’s vulnerable and disadvantaged youth.’ For more information, visit the Property Does Strictly website.

Feel Good and Support Day

DJacoby — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:19:43 +0000

A spa day for people from Grantham, Australia, who were impacted by the flooding there was the project created by Dee Stephens as her project in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Program. Stephens owns the Mooloolah Hair Studio, where a busload of about 50 people will come to for haircuts, manicures, massages a barbecue and much more. Read the whole story about the Feel Good and Support Day at the website of the Sunshine Coast Daily where this story was first reported.

Standing Together Set for June 11th

Julia Taylor — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 17:19:07 +0000

Ryan Mathie is harnessing the power of social media to realize his vision of a world where people stand together. As his project in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Programme, the UK resident has organized a time, 7pm (British Standard Time) on June 11th, where people across the world take five minutes to be connected to people around them. Mathie’s intention is that people look at least a single action that will create connectedness in their own home, community or nation. So far, over 10,000 have said they will take part in the event:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=200237603339951#!/event.php?eid=200237603339951