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EXPEDITION INFORMATION

2016 Teenager Research Expedition to JAPAN!

Dates: July 1-18, 2016

Cost of expedition per participant (17 nights):

--Application and refundable $200 deposit due by February 17, 2016

Application available at www.gleansworld.com (starting 10.20.15)

Tuition: $4,500

Does not include cost of airfare

This exciting GLEAN research expedition to JAPAN is for adventurous and curiousteenagers who have a certain taste for design and/or food. You have the unique

opportunity to explore these topics in Tokyo and Kyoto/other rural regions by developing

your own independent research project. Interested in learning more about fashion, puppet

theatre, dance, anime, ramen noodles, farming techniques, pop culture, architecture, or

ceramics? APPLY NOW!

By exploring topics relating to their core values or interests, participants will learn more about

who they are and what they'd like to do or be in this world. All research topics are feasible and

include multi- perspectives. They will receive help with this and all steps in the research

process... an invaluable skill to acquire!

Ideal candidates

This personalized expedition will accommodate only 6-12 teenagers. Depending on the

applicant pool, this expedition could be coed. Teenagers from all backgrounds and countries

may apply. We prefer a diverse group. We seek to compose a team that inspires, champions,

respects, challenges, holds a place of safety and acceptance for, and brings levity to its

members.

The main features sought in potential candidates are

• Maturity

• A sense of humor and adventure

• Curiosity

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Detail-oriented

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Ability to collaborate with a team as well as work independently

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Personal core interest in the region visited / topic you would like to study

• Desire to understand and explore an issue or topic from many perspectives

• Commitment to completing your project by the August due date

• Open-minded

• Respectful attitude

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Willingness to stretch yourself in order to grow as a learner and as a human being



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Grit

•

A positive attitude

GLEAN USA: Head Guide for JAPAN Expedition

Head Guide

Laura Klivans has worked in education for over ten years as a teacher, facilitator, curriculum

developer, and program manager. Past experience include managing, expanding and guiding

international programs with education nonprofit World Savvy, performing/educating with Kaiser

Permanente's Educational Theatre Program, teaching in refugee camps and villages along the

Thai-Burmese border with World Education, and leading numerous trips with high school and

college-aged youth to Asia, and Central & South America. She is a self proclaimed “fellowship

and grant junkie” and has taken advantage of several of these, including the Coro Fellowship in

Public Affairs and the American Jewish World Service World Partners Fellowship. Laura has beentelling stories from a young age through theater, improvisation, sketch comedy, and writing

theater pieces based on interviews. These interests morphed over the years into a passion for

journalism, especially audio. You can hear her radio work on KQED, KALW, KALX, and others.

Laura is currently completing a master's in journalism from UC Berkeley. She has a master's in

education from Harvard University and a bachelor’s from Northwestern University.

Co-guide

Rossi Lamont Walter, Jr. (Dallas, TX) received his formal dance education at the Dallas Ballet

Center under the direction if Judy and Brent Klopfenstein and Thom Clower. In 2014, Rossi

graduated with a B.A. in the History of Science and in Jewish Studies from Harvard University

(Cambridge, Massachusetts), where worked in the Harvard Dance Program under the direction

of Jill Johnson (Frankfurt Ballet/Forsythe Company). Rossi has performed the works of

internationally-recognized choreographers Pontus Lidberg (Sweden), Aszure Barton (Canada),

Francesca Harper (USA) and Dwight Rhoden (USA). In 2014, Rossi received scholarships to study

the Gaga Movement Language in Tel Aviv, Israel where he was accepted to the Maslool Pre-

Professional Training Program and performed as a guest artist with the Jerusalem Dance Theater

under the direction of Lior Lev (Stuttgart Ballet). Currently, Mr. Walter dances professionally in

San Francisco with the San Rafael-based Inside Out Contemporary Ballet, to debut dances in

October 2015, and as a first-year trainee on full scholarship with the Training Program of the

internationally-renowned Alonzo King LINES Ballet. Ever curious to explore language and

culture, Mr. Walter has been educated in French, Modern Hebrew and German. In summer 2015

he began his study of Japanese in order to pursue more deeply his interest in storytelling and

emotional representation, such as in classical ballet, Japanese Butoh dance and Japanese

animation.

Co-guide

Lucy Pecora has been involved in GLEAN and participated in 3 GLEAN expeditions over 9 years.

In 2006 she traveled to West Africa to conduct research on West African Religion. While in Mali,

she was inspired by a group of musicians in Timbuktu who were using music to preserve

tradition story and song and to also raise awareness about current issues. The Timbuktu Music



Project was established, and Lucy returned to Mali in 2007 with GLEAN to deliver instruments

and to meet with village elders and official to continue plans for the development of the project.In 2014 Lucy acted as assistant leader on the Indian Himalaya Expedition, were she focused her

research on the pastoral nomads and herding culture of Ladakh. Lucy has participated with

GLEAN between expeditions by promoting GLEAN expeditions through public presentation,

coordinating and co-leading pre-expedition workshops, and managed travel arrangements and

protocol. She is interested in learning more about the evolution of bunraku or traditional

Japanese puppet theater.

Alternate Head Guide: Suzanne Lettrick

Suzanne Lettrick, M.Ed., Ed.M., GLEAN Founder and Director, is an educator/coach, qualitative

researcher, and social entrepreneur based in Northern California. Through her life’s work she

seeks to answer questions about human potential, fulfillment, and connection. She has helpedyouth and adults develop aligned lives so they may effectively and joyfully live, learn, work, solve

problems, collaborate, and create. Suzanne has been a classroom teacher at the Pre-K,

elementary, middle and high school (9th grade) levels as well as an enrichment educator in arts

institutions and in private homes. After completing a thesis envisioning the public learning

spaces of the future based on human physiology and neurology research--and graduating with

her second masters in education from Harvard University in May 2011-- Suzanne directed a large

study based in Jordan on the entrepreneurial mindsets and ecosystems of youth in nine Middle

Eastern and African countries. Her latest qualitative studies explore 1) Himalayan nomadic and

Tibetan Buddhist ecosystems promoting individual and community wellbeing and 2) the

development of empathy in elementary school children. She is founder of The Global Education

and Action Network (GLEAN), and precursor program Kids Studying Eurasian Nomads,providing custom-designed research expeditions and advocacy to teenagers studying global

issues and cultures since 1996 in remote regions of the world, including Mongolia, Siberia, and

Timbuktu. Her company Lettrick and Associates – Educational Strategies has provided whole

service academic coaching, consulting, and enrichment experiences to hundreds of youth and

their families. She is currently developing an integration mechanism (patent pending) that will

enable learners of all ages and regions to hone their interests and “good work” skills in practical,

real world ways. The conceptual underpinnings of her life’s work are being synthesized into a

nonfiction book currently entitled, To Learn and To Lead: Humans and their biological

connections to time, space, self and each other

https://twitter.com/SuzanneLettrick

Expedition Tuition includes

1-2 required reading books to prepare for our expedition

Pre (3), during (many), and post (2) expedition workshops/lectures and GLEAN personal

development activities

Lodging for entire trip (Airbnb homes for most of stay, a few nights of home stays, and

traditional Japanese lodging)



Three meals per day for entire trip, including cooking dinner together with private Japanese

chef/s and/or home cooks (via travelingspoon.com)Ground transportation in Japan (including trains, taxis, etc.)

Main guide from GLEAN USA for full supervision during expedition

Co-guides from GLEAN USA (if more than six student participants)

Two translators per six student participants (includes primary GLEAN Japan guide)

Emergency evacuation insurance

Entrance fees

Expedition tuition does NOT include

Flights (international or US domestic)

Personal snacks, personal drinks, gifts, personal incidentals

Some sources for intro to Japan and research topic ideas

http://www.japanstore.jp/about-us.html

listhttp://www.travelandleisure.com/search/japan

http://www.afar.com/places/tokyo-tokyo

http://www.afar.com/travel-guides/japan/guide

http://www.economist.com/topics/Japan

http://www.fairobserver.com/?s=japan

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/4142.htm

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/search/?q=japan&no-ist

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/search?q=japan

http://kamisoe.com

http://seikosha-glass.com

http://tezomeya.com

http://tezomeya.com/en/about.html

http://japanstore.jp/blog/kaori-tatebayashi-ceramic-artisan/

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2092.html

Traveling Spoon https://www.travelingspoon.com

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=anthony+bourdain+japan+kyoto&view=detail&&&mid=

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http://www.konami-digital-entertainment.co.jp/en/

http://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/01/magazine/butoh-dance-of-darkness.html

GLEAN is a 501 C3 non-profit organization. Donations that do not receive goods or services in

kind will be deemed tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.

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