Owner: Leadership and Self Development URL:http://leadershipandselfdevelopment.com Join Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:08:16 -0500 Rating:0 Site Description: People taking Landmark Education's Self-Expression and Leadership Course each create a difference making community project. This blog catalogs some of these inspiring efforts. Site statistics:Click here
Pennies for Peace Comes to Hickory Grove 2008-06-27 14:47:33 Third grade teacher Tracey Mott decided to make her Landmark Education Self-Expression project be something that would directly impact her students, as well as the lives of students around the world. She decided to bring the “Pennies
for Peace
” program to the Hickory Grove
Elementary School where she works.
Pennies for Peace is a program that [...]
Supporting Seniors with Alzheimers 2008-06-26 10:45:42 Cynthia Zenner took Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership program in Atlanta, and the area of life she wanted to impact was educating people about elderly people who are dealing with Alzheimer’s disease. She created a symposium at her church, the All Saints Episcopal Church in Atlanta, where a panel of experts came together on May [...] Read more:Seniors
Keeping Community Vibrantly Alive 2008-06-25 18:08:30 Ivan Vega lives in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Northwest Chicago. As gentrification continues to expand into the Puerto Rican part of the neighborhood, it has become more difficult for residents and businesses to stay connected to their heritage. Out of doing Landmark Education’s Self-Expression program, Vega decided to start a project and contribute to [...] Read more:Alive
Love Project Empowers Kids to Give Back to Moms 2008-06-24 09:07:44 Linda Kamka created “Project
with Love” as her community project in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Program. The project was a fundraisher which inspired her local community in Orange, CA, to donate new jewelry, which would then be passed on to kids in the care of the Children’s Hospital of Orange County. These children weren’t [...]
Helmet Heroes 2008-06-23 12:40:17 Dr. Bryce Crowley, of Centerville, Utah, recently put on a safety event, Helmet
Heroes, to protect young bike riders from head injuries. About 500 young people were fitted with and given new, high quality bicycle helmet. Crowley chose this as his project in landmark’s self-expression and leadership program based on personal experience – He recently had a close [...]
Soul 2 Soul: A Day for Single Moms 2008-06-20 11:40:39 For Monet Critchley’s Self Expression and Leadership program project, she didn’t have to look further than her own life. As a single mother, she is acutely aware of what single moms have to deal with in their lives.
“Single mothers have a more difficult time than some may realize,” says Critchley, a Draper, Utah resident. “They [...]
German Family Picnic 2008-06-19 14:33:10 According to the Arlington Advocate, Sabine Keller of Arlington, Massachusetts has created a project out of taking landmark education’s self-expression and leadership program that is a special event for German
families to be held on June 22. Working with several of her friends, Keller has organized a potluck picnic that at least 30 families have [...] Read more:Family
, Picnic
Irish Family Celebration 2008-06-18 11:30:12 Jacinta McManus’ project in Landmark Education’s Self Expression and Leadership Programme took the form of a huge family celebration. The McManus family came together to celebrate the lives of its three most senior ladies. The matriarch of the family, Mrs. Mary McManus, recently turned 95 years of age. Her sister, Mrs. Kate McManus, is 91, and [...] Read more:Family
, Irish
Chicagoan Takes on Abandoned Lots 2008-06-17 14:29:28 Chicago resident Sean Parnell is a kind of local celebrity–He is well known for his Chicago Bar Project, a website that reviews practically every notable bar in Chicago. Perhaps less well known is Parnell’s work to combat urban blight. While taking the Landmark Education Self Expression and Leadership class, Parnell decided to take on the problem of abandoned buildings and [...] Read more:Abandoned
It’s All About Trees 2008-06-16 11:07:47 Jill McAdaragh decided to make a difference in her Self-Expression and Leadership program by supporting an organization that plants and conserves trees, Trees
Atlanta. On June 21, from 7-10pm, she is holding a collaborative event that is a fundraiser/art auction designed to bring artists, art lover, and lovers of the environment together to hlep support [...]
English Activist Raises Funds for Pump Aid 2008-07-09 16:39:25 In 2004, Kevin Burch gave 1,000 pounds to Pump Aid, a charity that works with local residents in Africa to install pumps to produce clean water where it would otherwise not be available. He forgot about the donation until, much later, a personal, hand written letter came from a child in the village giving thanks. [...] Read more:English
, Activist
, Funds
Self-Expression and Leadership Program Leader Makes a Difference Through Film 2008-07-08 19:11:51 Jessica Kizorek is a Self-Expression and Leader
ship.htm">Leadership
program leader for Landmark Education and a founding partner of Two Parrot productions, a video production company that specializes in getting out the word about worthy charities around the globe. Kizorek also recently wrote a book, titled Show Me: Marketing with Video on the Internet that helps readers [...] Read more:Program
Picture the Earth 2008-07-02 18:58:49 Phil Zenner’s passion has always been nature photography. When he took the Landmark Self-Expression and Leadership Program this past spring, he decided to create a project, “Picture
the Earth
”, that raised money for the Sierra Club by auctioning off great framed nature photographs. He worked to have local photographers and studios donate photos and framing [...]
Blue Flashing Light Visits China 2008-06-30 11:32:15 Howard Cattie had a couple of different goals in mind as he began Landmark’s SELP program. He loved music, and wanted to support something musical that made a difference in the world. He also wanted to strengthen his relationship with his family, and finally he wanted to promote something he was really passionate about. In the [...] Read more:China
Useful Blog Directories 2008-06-27 19:18:50 Here are some useful blog directories that might be useful in finding other interesting websites or difference making projects around the world:
a directory of blog rankings
Blog Directory
Cold Directory
Directory Web Sites
My Queue Link Directory
HyperLiNK - SEO Friendly Directory
blogarama.com Read more:Useful
, Directories
Jamaica Gleaner Writes about Step Up For Life 2008-07-23 11:41:48 MaryKay Mullally, a Jamaican born woman whose Self-Expression and Leadership Program of training women to run marathons and half-marathons led her to form the “Step Up For Life” organization, was recently interviewed by the Jamaica Gleaner, a leading Jamaican newspaper. Mullally talked about being honored by ABC News and Prevention Magazine as one of five [...]
Cleaning up along the Chicago River 2008-07-22 13:28:42 Wayne Fetman decided to have his project in the Self-Expression and Leadership Program be about cleaning up. He had heard that Friends of the ChicagoRiver
was having its annual spring cleaning, the Chicago River Day, on May 10, and he decided to make sure his local community participated.
In all, Fetman managed to get about [...] Read more:Cleaning
, along
Pass It On 2008-07-18 09:13:05 Chris Gardner wished to find a way to encourage random acts of kindness in the world. To this end, her project in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Program, “Pass It On,” involved creating acknowledgment cards for people to give away to thank others for their acts of generosity. The idea is for that person to [...]
Classical Evening in South Beach 2008-07-16 11:35:25 Miami native Gustavo Briand had a musical idea in mind for his project in the Self-Expression and Leadership Program. He Created “An Evening with Music”, an evening of classical music held May 30 at 7:30 pm at the Standard Hotel in Miami Beach
.
The evening was a free concert featuring some of South
Beach’s best classical [...] Read more:South Beach
Youth Music Festival Hits Hampton 2008-07-14 11:13:15 Rosy Maria of Hampton
, England, has brought youth together inside of her project, titled Hampton’s Street Dance and MusicFestival
, while taking Landmark’s Self-Expression and Leadership Program. The project she created, with the partnership of fellow youth worker Peter Moorcock, attracted the attention of The Informer newspaper of the Hampton area. The article appears below.
Hampton
Silk Aids Domestic Violence Sufferers 2008-08-08 09:31:50 Kansas City resident Candace Vanice began her passion for helping victims of domestic violence by volunteering at a local shelter, teaching a physical fitness class. In so doing see saw first hand how much was still needed to support these victims.
When she took Landmark Education’s Self Expression & Leadership Program, she used her project as [...] Read more:Domestic
, Violence
, Domestic Violence
Inspiring News 2008-08-06 09:40:43 Jarda Dokoupil decided to do something about the preponderance of bad news that occurs in the media and the news today. For his project in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership programme, he decided to create a sort of news broadcast that consisted of 100 inspiring stories told by 100 amateur reporters from around the world.
Dokoupil [...]
Into our World 2008-08-04 10:15:28 For her project in the Self-Expression and Leadership Program, Lynne Richardson is supporting young people in creating a family play day in Plymouth, Massachusetts, called “Into our World
” Day. The project was created with the desire to empower children and parents by coaching child leaders to create this fun event for families in their communities. [...]
Parachutes for Penny 2008-08-01 09:32:55 Inspired by a friend with an inoperable brain tumor Sue Lees-Low is using her Self-Expression and Leadership Programme to raise money for brain cancer research using a novel fundraising method–Parachute Jumping. Sue describes her project:
My project is to organise parachute jumps for 10 or more people and raise over £10,000 for the Samantha Dickson Brain [...] Read more:Penny
Lincoln Students Raise Easter Seals Funds with Dancing 2008-07-31 08:56:52 Deb Carroll has had children dance in her second grade class, but it wasn’t until she took on a project in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership program that she decided to enroll the whole school in dancing, and raising money for a good cause at the same time. The Chicago Daily Herald reports.
Cha-cha-cha-ching!
Wheaton Students Kick [...] Read more:Lincoln
, Easter
, Funds
, Dancing
Be Heard, Be Visible 2008-07-29 10:00:46 ‘Be Heard
, Be Visible’ is the brainchild of artist, entrepreneur and web designer Melinda Taylor. During the Self-Expression and Leadership program of landmark education, Melinda Taylor became reacquainted with the childhood desire to sing. This led her to take voice lessons from friend and performance improvement specialist MaryBeth Smith. Truly hearing her voice during the [...]
Busting out against Breast Cancer 2008-08-25 15:22:43 Caralea Arnold designed a novel way of fighting breast cancer as her project in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Program, creating Bust Out! Eating Awareness Day among businesses in her Philadelphia community. So far 14 restaurants and cafes have signed on to participate in the event, which took place August 1. The eateries will sell [...] Read more:against
, Breast
, Cancer
Making a Park a Reality 2008-08-22 09:14:18 LeeAnn Mason of Hunter Village Utah wants to make the park that has been promised to the community a reality. In Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Program, she has been working towards this goal, which was written about by the West Valley Journal.
Residents Raising Funds to Make Community Park a Reality
by Kimberly Martinez
Homeowners at [...]
Tea Parties to Save Teens 2008-08-20 10:09:49
Various television stations and newspapers have recently covered the story the the Self-Expression and Leadership Program project of Charlene Westgate. Westgate, who tragically lost her son to suicide two years ago, created a series of events in the form of tea parties to raise awareness about teen suicide and raise money as well. Two stories [...] Read more:Teens
1000 Books - 1000 Lives 2008-08-18 13:22:14 Chris Kriklas of Texas has created a project in his Self-Expression and Leadership Program to make books available to underprivileged youth and the homeless in his community. Titled ‘1000 Books
- 1000 Lives
’, the project will get the books to people in need through two different charities. Here are excerpts from his website and why [...]