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John Malvin & Mary "Stage Coach Mary" Fields Aspirational Research & Environmental Experience (MARE)

A youth-based outdoor exploration & workforce experience

The Quick...

From March 13th to November 13th, Northeast Ohio students will build western-style, horse-drawn wagons to parade Greater Cleveland and proceed along the Ohio Erie Canal Towpath Trail where they will transform the wagons to River Drift Boats to navigate down the Cuyahoga River to Lake Erie.


*** IMPORTANT ***

Participating youth will need to report to CWRU think[box] located at the Richey Mixon Building (11201 Cedar Ave.) on Wednesdays from 4pm - 6pm.

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REGISTRATION

Registration (Harvey Rice Students Only)

Our Financial Partners

The Cleveland Foundation

REI Cooperative Action Fund

The Cleveland Foundation

St. Luke's Foundation

REI Cooperative Action Fund

The Cleveland Foundation

REI Cooperative Action Fund

REI Cooperative Action Fund

Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District

Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District

Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District

Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District

Cleveland Tree Coalition

Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District

Cleveland Tree Coalition

Our Community and In-Kind Partners

Ingenuity Cleveland

Ingenuity Cleveland

Ingenuity Cleveland

CWRU think[box]

Ingenuity Cleveland

Ingenuity Cleveland

Lake Erie Ink

Ingenuity Cleveland

Leg Up for Cleveland's Kids

Leg Up for Cleveland's Kids

Leg Up for Cleveland's Kids

Leg Up for Cleveland's Kids

Food Depot to Health

Leg Up for Cleveland's Kids

Food Depot to Health

The Village Partners

Leg Up for Cleveland's Kids

Food Depot to Health

and ALWAYS mad respect to Elder Paul Hill and The National Rites of Passage Institute!

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The Details...

Students will:

  • Learn Construction Trades (while building their wagons/boats)
  • Raise the food they will consume during the four-day expedition
  • Develop horseback riding skills
  • Plant trees in honor of African-American and other soldiers of color.
  • Publish a quasi-biographical comic book
  • Produce a multi-media documentary film
  • Excavate an alien archeological site
  • Contribute to Citizen Science by implementing air, water, & soil testing
  • ...and much, Much, MUCH MORE!

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OUR ADVISORY BOARD & COMMUNITY PARTNERS

ADVISORY BOARD

COMMUNITY PARTNERS

COMMUNITY PARTNERS

 Peter Bode (President/CEO, Nature Center at Shaker Lakes)

Mera Cardenas (Canalway Partners)

Bill Donohoe (Founder, First Level Rowing)

Dr. Laura Hammel (Board President, LUCK)

Erika Hood (Co-founder, SYATT)

Me’lani Joseph (Principal, Transformative Innovations LLC)

Cherise Kent (Holden Forests and Gardens)

Dr. Terry Wade-Lyles (Cleveland Metropolitan School District)

Malikah Adu Niasse (Founder, Camp Journey)

Shelli Reeves (Founder/CEO, Reframe History)

Jim Ridge (Founder/Executive Director, Share the River)

Scott Kraynak (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) 

Vince Robinson (Larchmere Arts)

Scott Sanders (Past Executive Director of Earth Day Coalition)

Michael Walton (Owner, NEO Solutions Network)

Veronica Walton (Owner, Food Depot to Health)

Bill Wendt (Cleveland Film Commission)

Carol White (Owner, Shynebright, LLC)

Kim Woodford (Founder/CEO, Journey on Yonder)

COMMUNITY PARTNERS

COMMUNITY PARTNERS

COMMUNITY PARTNERS

Bike Cleveland

Camp Journey

CWRU - think[box]

Cleveland Tree Coalition

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Department of Public Health (City of Cleveland)

Food Depot to Health

Free Spirit Farm

Holden Forest & Garden

Ingenuity Cleveland

Lake Erie Ink

Leg Up for Cleveland's Kids  (LUCK)

MyCom Cleveland

Organic Connects, Inc.

Reframe History

Shyne Bright, LLC

Union Miles Development Corporation

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