KALAMAZOO (MICH.)- The Merze Tate Explorers continued their tradition of meeting amazing women in unique careers during a visit to the Kalamazoo Valley Museum. The Explorers’ Saturday Academy hosted by Kalamazoo Valley Community College, has provided programming that has introduced girls to careers in the floral industry and museum curation. Explorers began their day at
@merzetate TRAVEL FLASHBACK MOMENT! In honor of Black Music Month, Explorer Sierra Ward poses with Michael Jackson and Beyonce wax figures at Madame Tussauds in Tokyo, Japan. Ward along with other Explorers “explored” the historic cultural, education, and business of Japan during a 2019 visit to Numazu, Japan with the Kalamazoo Sister City delegation of
Mt. Fuji, the historic Skywalk, and Tokyo were just some of the amazing places the Explorers visited during their two weeks in Japan. Thanks to a partnership with Kalamazoo’s Numazu Sister City delegation, four Explorers experienced the food, culture, and host family life of Japan. This year’s Girls Can! Magazine will feature the stories from
The Merze Tate Explorers are creating travel experiences and sharing them with the world! This first episode of Explorers Travel the World takes viewers on a fun historic journey of Capitol Hill in Washington DC. The Explorers will visit DC in July to create multi-media projects of their adventures! Stay tuned! Check out this episode:
Olivet, Michigan- In 2013, the Merze Tate Explorers took travel writing to a new level. A collaboration with the Ladies’ Library of Kalamazoo and Kalamazoo College led to our inaugural Residential Travel Writers Academy. Since then, collaborations with the University of Michigan and Olivet College have provided girls in grades 4th-12th, the opportunity to experience
Okay, you said you were going to do more of it this year…yes, TRAVEL! What better way to start the year than to plan an educational experience of a lifetime. The Merze Tate Explorers will explore the black sand beaches of Hawaii during an all-inclusive, tour-guide led study in June, 2018. In addition to students
Header image: Shi’Terriona Straham of Albion (in sweatshirt that reads “Michigan”) poses with other Explorers on the Friends Good Will sailing ship in South Haven, MI. Program leader Sonya Bernard-Hollins is in the middle of the photo. (Courtesy photo) Shi’Terriona Straham makes a presentation at the Albion District Library about her upcoming writers’ group trip
by Sonya Bernard-Hollins, founder Merze Tate Explorers Photos copyright protected-Merze Tate Explorers After months of planning, fund raising, and a few unexpected twists and turns, the 2016 Travel Writers Academy was a success! The women of Whirlpool in Benton Harbor, Michigan, provided us with a tailor-made two-day hands-on experience that inspired the girls in so
This year students of the Tate-Stone Travel Writers Academy will meet women executives at Whirlpool, visit the Holocaust Museum in Farmington Hills, and participate in an amazing travel excursion they could only take part in as