June 22, 2020June 30, 2020

Explorer Travel Flashback: Black Music Month in Japan

Posted By: Sonya Bernard-Hollins Beyonce, Community Voices, Japan, Merze Tate, Merze Tate Explorers, Michael Jackson, Tokyo, Youth Media

In honor of Black Music Month, Explorer Sierra Ward poses with Michael Jackson and Beyonce wax figures at Madame Tussauds in Tokyo. Ward along with other Explorers learned of the culture, food, business, and educational history during a 2019 trip as delegates with the Numazu/Kalamazoo Sister City partnership.

Sonya Bernard-Hollins

Community Voices was founded in 2005 by James and Arlene Washington in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The weekly print publication provided a unique opportunity to inform the multicultural community of news important to them. In addition, it provided an affordable advertising source for small businesses in the community.