A campaign to allow an organ donation option on drivers’ licenses in the Indian state of Karnataka is Priyanka Shylendra’s project in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Programme. According to Citizen Matters of Bangalore, Shylendra has been working with transport commissioners in the state and an NGO called Gift Your Organ Foundation (GYOF). India does not have an automatic option for drivers to be able to choose to be organ donors, and Shylendra and the commissioners hope a Karnataka program can be a model for the whole country.
From November 27th and 29th, in conjunction with International Organ Donation Day, a three day awareness programme took place which included media coverage and celebrity events. Soon Shylendra will be meeting with the health secretary and other organizations to move the project to the next level. Read more at The Bangalore Citizen.
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.
Last fall, David Bates put on a unique haunted house event in Brookline, Massachusetts, as a benefit for sick children. ‘Scary-Good’, his project in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Program, was both a haunted house and costume party held on Sunday, October 30, with a $10 fee that went to Milagros Para Ninos (Miracles for Children) Fund at Children’s Hospital. Bates has a strong connection to Children’s Hospital – his own son Andy was diagnosed with a terminal illness, and survived it thanks to treatment and care received at the hospital. Bates wants to be sure that all parents and children have access to groundbreaking research and care. The full story of the event is available at Wicked Local Brookline.
Veronica Spencer took a novel approach with her project from Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Program. In an effort to raise awareness about Diabetes and encourage people to take actions to reduce their risk from the disease (November is Diabetes Awareness Month), Spencer arranged a Flash Mob dancing to Michael Jackson’s Beat It in Oak Harbor, Washington, at a Chamber of Commerce after hours event. The Flash Mob Project, titled ‘Beat It – Diabetes’, was made into a video for Youtube and reported on in The Whidbey News-Times.
On Wednesday, November 9th, a concert event took place as part of Emily Bingley’s project in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Programmme. The concert/recording event, titled ‘Concert on the Lewin’ took place from 6:00 – 7:30 in the evening and featured music by a variety of jazz, folk and classical music performers. Specifically, there was a the Cam Sax Quartet, a jazz group; Nicky Hair and Andrea Cockerton, a duo featuring jazz and folk violin; and classical music played by Classic Buskers ‘on unlikely instruments at unusual speeds’.
The event took place for patients at the Lewin Stroke and Rehabilitation Ward at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge – a recording was made, and proceeds went towards stroke and rehabilitation ward at the hospital.
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A campaign to allow an organ donation option on drivers’ licenses in the Indian state of Karnataka is Priyanka Shylendra’s project in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Programme. According to Citizen Matters of Bangalore, Shylendra has been working with transport commissioners in the state and an NGO called Gift Your Organ Foundation (GYOF). India does not have an automatic option for drivers to be able to choose to be organ donors, and Shylendra and the commissioners hope a Karnataka program can be a model for the whole country.
