Monthly Archives: March 2008

Seattle Photographer Leads Media Based Social Awareness Tours Overseas

Amanda Koster is both an acclaimed Seattle photographer and a graduate of the Landmark Forum. She has long used her skills to spotlight compelling issues around the world and the valuable work being to done to make a difference with them. She … Continue reading

Posted in Arts/Entertainment, children, India, Seattle | 2 Comments

Chicago Graduates Rescue Doomed Pets

Over a thousand puppies and adult dogs were saved from euthanasia in Kentucky last year, thanks to the work of Margie Swift and other Chicago area graduates of the Landmark Forum. Margie Swift always had a love of animals. Prior to … Continue reading

Posted in Animal Rights, Chicago | 2 Comments

Fired Oregonian Completes Landmark Forum; Reconciles with Reporter

Before Hillary Barnes did the Landmark Forum, she managed a Starbucks branch for nine years. When a newspaper reporter for the Oregonian observed a chalkboard advertisement at the store that she found to be racially inflammatory, she wrote about it in one … Continue reading

Posted in Landmark Education, Society | 3 Comments

Graduates Fight Deportation of Endangered Mother; Spotlight on Female Genital Mutilation

Little did I know that my Self-Expression and Leadership Programme Project, World Community Day, which was held in Sligo, Ireland, in the Autumn of 2005, would have such far reaching effects. My commitment was to have the many new immigrants be formally welcomed … Continue reading

Posted in Africa, children, Family, Health/Medicine, Immigration, Ireland, Issues, Landmark Education | 3 Comments