Moving beyond prison system
From the Philadelphia Inquirer
By David Parrish
Today, everyone is concerned about crime. We all live with the threat of becoming victims.
The alarming costs of crime include loss of life, traumatized people, disrupted families, and the enormous financial burden involved in maintaining a police presence and housing an ever-growing prison population.
The evidence continues to […]

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Jamesburg packs revitalization meeting
From the Princeton Packet
By: Audrey Levine, Special Writer
03/23/2007
The meeting focused on finding ways to better the downtown business district.
JAMESBURG — More than 100 residents attended a meeting at the Grace M. Breckwedel School to talk about how to improve the borough’s downtown.
The March 15 meeting was sponsored by the Jamesburg Revitalization […]

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Olympic ambitions for lots
From: The Booster Wicker Park
January 24, 2007
By ANITRA ROWE Staff Writer
Sean Parnell of Wrigleyville is doing his part to get Chicago ready for its 2016 Olympic bid.
Parnell doesn’t have millions for a new temporary stadium. But he does have a plan to turn abandoned Chicago properties into points of community pride.
And Parnell […]

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Bringing joy to the world …
From the The Star
Canterbury, New Zealand
14.03.2007
By AMANDA LEGGE
Les and Bridgette Richards no longer have concerns about an empty future without children.
The Bromley couple, who had been trying to conceive since they married in 1999, will not only have their own child next month – they are also helping make the […]

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EarthTimes.org
SAN FRANCISCO, Landmark Education is offering its flagship program, The Landmark Forum, in the Korean language for the first time on March 23, 24, 25, and 27 in Seoul, South Korea. With the launch of The Landmark Forum in South Korea, Landmark Education has expanded its operations to 25 countries.
Over the years, Seoul, a forward-thinking […]

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Single Working Moms, A Journey to Greatness - Author Cheryl Parker Moves, Leadership Program
NEW YORK, March 14 /CNW/ — With her recently self-published book,
“Single Working Moms, A Journey to Greatness,” Cheryl Parker has added book
author to an already diverse repertoire of professional roles that includes
National Spokesperson for Organ Donation until 1999, President of Cheryl’s
Mops […]

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Reprinted from RecordBreeze.com
Glo. Twp. students give books ‘from the heart’
Books recently took on a different meaning for students at Loring-Flemming Elementary School in Gloucester Township.
The school launched its first “Books from the Heart” this year. The project asked students to bring in a book for needy children in Camden.
“Books from the Heart” began in […]

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Landmark Graduates and Jewelry Business Owners Launch a Clear Concience Project
See Coverage on KTVU News Oakland, CA

Lori Bonn Designs, a 15-year old jewelry business based in Oakland, CA, founded by Lori Bonn Gallagher and operated by her husband, Bill Gallagher, has launched a long term industry project called Clear Conscience jewelry and accessories that […]

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How the Other Half Lives: “Walk a Mile” dares welfare policymakers and welfare recipients to swap lives
How’s this for a devastatingly simple solution to an age-old social problem? While Natasha Grossman was studying social work and interning at a welfare-reform lobbying organization in Washington state, she saw first-hand the cultural gap that existed between […]

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Learning center for cancer patients’ children teaches new frames of reference
Seattle Times
March 1, 2007
By Alan Berner Staff Photographer
Through My Eyes, Photography taught to kids at Hutch Cancer Research Center
Hutch School
A camera company used to advertise, “You push the button, we do the rest” — as if good photography comes from a machine instead of the […]

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