http://leadershipandselfdevelopment.com Landmark Education graduates create extraordinary projects that make a difference Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:01:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ryan Mueller's project in the SELP is literally an adventure: He is embarking on a "grassroots project that is committed to giving back to others through community projects and cultivating cultural exchanges through artistic expression," according to Mueller's Extra Mile Adventure website. On December 1, a team of 18 people will ... http://leadershipandselfdevelopment.com/2008/11/20/ryan-muellers-extra-mile-adventure/ Risa Caudles held a unique event on November 14 for female students at the Proviso high school in Chicago where she teaches. The event provides the young women bra fittings, a free bra, and information on how to do self breast exams. Caudles is receiving support from the v103 Radio ... http://leadershipandselfdevelopment.com/2008/11/19/caudles-causes-bra-education-support/ As a project in the Landmark Education SELP Program, Hamilton Simons-Jones took on having a fundraiser dinner for the Gulfsouth Youth Action Fund be an extraordinary event. Based in New Orleans, the GYAF is a youth-led philanthropy initiative developed to empower them to make strategic investments in their peers ... http://leadershipandselfdevelopment.com/2008/11/18/simon-jones-fuels-youth-change-campaign/ Bala Venkat of the metropolis of Bangalore, India, has come up with a novel idea to reduce the noise pollution of the city. His project in the Landmark Education SELP programme is to create a campaign against this by raising awareness, educating drivers about indiscriminate honking, and working ... http://leadershipandselfdevelopment.com/2008/11/14/venkat-seeks-to-quiet-bangalore/ For his project in Landmark Education's Self Expression and Leadership Program, Eric Riley held a gala, black tie fundraiser for Betty's Haven, a prominent women's shelter located in Houston. The event, which he named the 'Essimage Beauty Celebration' also featured some of the women from the shelter as guests of ... http://leadershipandselfdevelopment.com/2008/11/11/beauty-celebration-benefits-bettys-haven/ Liza Shaw created a powerful project in her Landmark self expression and leadership program earlier this year - an anonymous, online program to allow people the opportunity to make amends; to forgive and ask forgiveness. According to the Amends Project, participants have the opportunity "to heal their pasts, share the ... http://leadershipandselfdevelopment.com/2008/11/06/amends-project-encourages-forgiveness-healing/ Caroline Glasner's project in the Self-Expression and Leadership Programme (offered by Landmark Education) is clearly a first: She put on a public walk and fundraiser with people wearing their underwear on the outside to raise underwear, money and attention for destitute asylum seekers in the U.K. Glasner's walk on ... http://leadershipandselfdevelopment.com/2008/11/03/urgently-seeking-underwear/ Sandy Lawrence works in the marketing of books running a company named Perceptive Marketing. He is also committed to making sure young people be able to read have full access to books. As a result, in his self expression and leadership program Perceptive Marketing launched "Operation Storytime," a unique program ... http://leadershipandselfdevelopment.com/2008/10/31/lawrence-launches-operation-storytime/ For her project in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Programme, Meghan Murphy put together a major art display as part of Albany, New York’s prominent First Friday art festival which takes place each year on the first Friday in November. Murphy’s exhibit featured art of Albany’s famous Washington Park, which has ... http://leadershipandselfdevelopment.com/2008/10/30/first-friday-exhibit-showcases-washington-park/ A Self-Expression and Leadership Programme project like no other has led to an equally novel photo exhibit taking place over the month of October. Jessica Bavinton was curious about where cats go when humans aren't around, so she began attaching cameras to them to find out. Her project in the ... http://leadershipandselfdevelopment.com/2008/10/28/window-into-the-world-of-cats/