History & Accomplishments
Since 2000, we have served over 96,000 individuals:
4th and 5th graders through our principal program, the Outdoor Project
High-school and college-aged students through the Youth Leadership Project
Students through the In-School Project
Adults through the Mosaic Consulting Project
4th and 5th graders through the Classroom Project
And thousands more through our virtual resources!
25 Years of Important Work
2000 | Our founding
2001 | Outdoor Project launches with two pilot sessions
2003 | Parent’s Choice award-winning musical curriculum is released
2006 | Youth Leadership Project expands to run throughout the entire year
2008 | In-School Project grows beyond assemblies to serve all grades in the classroom
2010 | Our curriculum guide is released
2011 | Mosaic Consulting Project launches
2015 | Family Camp launches
2018 | Site of our future home is purchased
2020 | Virtual workshops and resources as well as Gap Year Program created in response to community needs during the pandemic
2021 | Site plan for our future home is completed
2022 | Second album of original music is released + Safe return to the residential Outdoor Project following the pandemic
2023 | Draft of Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for our future home is completed; intensive permitting process continues
2024 | Mosaic Classroom Project is piloted + Vice President Kamala Harris supports our work
2025 | Our 25th Anniversary!
AWARDS
2023 Partners in Educational Excellence Regional Award from the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA)
Co-Founder/Executive Director Lara Mendel named as a JEWEL (Jewish Entrepreneurial Women Executive and Leader) and a member of the 2021 Collective of the Jewish Women’s Foundation of New York (JWFNY).
2017 Warren Knight Distinguished Service Award, national award that recognizes the work of extraordinary individuals and organizations in advancing collaborative forms of dispute resolution and the peaceful resolution of conflict
Oaklandish Nonprofit of the Month, January 2017
Winner of 2016 Jaffe Awards, national award recognizing leaders making a difference in the lives of children
Association for Experiential Education’s Organization of the Year Award 2013
Community Boards San Francisco Leadership Peacemaker Award 2013
Exemplary Practices/Practitioner Award, Western Region of the Association of Experiential Education 2013
Executive Director Lara Mendel received 10 Women Campaign Award 2009
The Rising Peacemaker Prize, Agape Foundation, 2005
Empathy Song won a Children’s Music Web Award 2004