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maya angelou quote
❝Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea...
art of communication quote
❝The art of communication is the language of leadership.❞ ‒James Hume
Language Quote
❝Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.❞ ‒Rita Mae Brown


Why English? Rethinking Ideas and Setting Goals
Why English? Rethinking Ideas and Setting Goals It’s fairly safe to say that English has been, and continues to be the global lingua...


You’ve traveled abroad. Now what?
You’ve just spent an amazing week, maybe two, in the United States. Were you on the West Coast? East Coast? Were you able to visit more...


Facing Fears and Embracing Challenge
Adventurous, courageous, and eager junior high and high school students came to visit us this past March from Kyoto. These students not...


Nakatsu students experience New Hampshire High School
This past spring we had 10 high school students from Nakatsu, a city on the northern boarder of Oita Prefecture in Kyushu, Japan,...


2014 Empowerment Program in Japan
In the summer 2014, 40 University of California students went to Japan for four weeks to intern for our Empowerment programs. Some of...


Skype Session at Polytechnic Primary School
Fourteen 5th graders at Ritsumeikan Primary School in Kyoto, Japan will come to Polytechnic Primary School in Pasadena, CA for one week...
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