Tamika Lamison, who co-founded the Make a Film Foundation as her project in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Program (see an earlier story from Landmark Education News on the foundation), was recently invited to speak at TedxFlint in Michigan. Lamison’s talk discusses the Make a Film Foundation, which allows sick or dying children an opportunity to make their own films. Watch below.
Urbanette Magazine has published an article titled '5 Ways to be Happier Now', which interviews graduates of The Landmark Forum about what it takes to be happy ongoingly in life. The 'Five Ways' suggested by the article include accepting who you are, separating your story from what happened, becoming more committed to being happy than being right, getting present to what really matters, and acknowledging others. The article also includes inspiring stories from Landmark Forum graduates, such as how one woman born without legs fulfilled a dream to be a runner. Read the whole story at the Urbanette Magazine website.
Living Beyond Life is a project created by Priyanka Shylendra in Landmark Education's Self-Expression and Leadership Program. Her idea was to have the option of organ donation available on driving license cards in India. In working on the project, Shylendra came in contact with Gift Your Organ Foundation, a non-profit group that is now completely behind the campaign. In conjunction with the organization, Shylendra created a three-day awareness campaign with media attention and in conjunction with International Organ Donation Day.
Shylendra now has the attention of transport commissioners, a local governor and other officials, who are working out the logistics and legislation to implement the program in the state of Karnataka, which will then serve as a model to be implemented in the whole country. Read the full story at Bangalore's Citizen Matters.
As the result of a project begun in Landmark Education's Self-Expression and Leadership Program, the Centre for Capoeira India has partnered with the Vatsalya Children's Shelter to offer Capoeira training to the young people living there. The project, titled Leetal Besouros and created by a Landmark graduate named Parikshit, has enabled 35 of the young people to be trained in the fast-moving, dance-based Brazilian martial art.
Parikshit enrolled 18 volunteers from Capoeira India where he trained to start the project, and the students now train in 90 minute classes. The children, all of whose parents are too poor to care for them, and who get basic education from Vatsalya, love the training – the acrobatics, the movement, and the singing. It has positively impacted their lives in a variety of ways, from fighting less, to becoming more open and less shy, and even opening up other opportunities – one student recently appeared in a movie.
The kids still need more gear, such as pants and instruments – email Vatsalya at thevatsalyafoundation@gmail.com to get involved, and go to Capoeira Connection to read the whole story.
