Celebrate peacemaking through song – Join us for singing, dancing, family-friendly festivities, food, fundraising and fun!

Please join us for our family-friendly Mosaic of Music summer concert! Celebrate The Mosaic Project’s musical curriculum of songs, written and sung around the campfire by our staff and students throughout our 23-year history.

Be among the first to hear songs from our latest album LIVE! These songs, of many different genres and styles, are a mosaic of music that embraces the challenges and joys of peacebuilding.

The concert will feature Mosaic Resident Rocks stars past and present including:

• Chano Tizon (aka SAP SOUNDS)
• Gyasi Ross (aka Gyasi Ross)
• Ashanti Johnson (aka Casti)
• Maiya Lanae Evans (aka DJ Mai Girl)
• Freya Forstall
• the Kid’s Board Band

Arrive before the concert starts to enjoy food and beverages from the café, and participate in family activities including face painting and games. Stay after the concert for a dance party!

Doors open: 3 pm

Concert: 4-6 pm

Post-concert Dancing: 6-7pm

There is nothing that brings us more joy than spreading peace through music. We can’t wait to see you there!

About The Mosaic Project

We work toward a peaceful future by uniting children of diverse backgrounds, providing them with essential community building skills, and empowering them to become peacemakers. Our complementary work with youth and adults not only supports our youngest peacemakers, but also enables us to reach wider communities through schools, community-based organizations, and the workplace. Together, we create microcosms of the just, diverse, inclusive world we envision, demonstrate that peace is possible, and inspire action.

Celebrate the return to the Outdoor Project virtually or with friends!

We are excited to invite you to our 2023 Annual Community Fundraising Brunch! We are immensely proud of everything we accomplished together during our time away from the Outdoor Project due to the pandemic. But as we were reminded this fall, nothing compares to the powerful magic of a week in the Mosaic Woods.

Please join us to celebrate and learn more about this transformational experience! There are three ways to participate in this year’s event:

• Attend on Zoom.
• Host your own in-person Brunch Watching Party for your friends, family, and colleagues at your home! We will send you Mosaic-themed brunch recipes as well as decoration ideas.
• Attend someone else’s Brunch Watching Party. If you are looking for one in your area, just let us know and we’ll hook you up!

No matter how you decide to attend, please register and select the appropriate ticket. 

This virtual extravaganza will include:

• Firsthand accounts of the Outdoor Project’s impact from different generations of participants.
• Personal interactions with current and future Mosaic family members.
• Exciting updates on our progress toward the creation of our own permanent home in Castro Valley.
  Mosaic gametivities!
• Live music played and sung by Mosaic’s Resident Rock Stars and our Children’s Board of Directors.

While this is a free, family-friendly event and there is no obligation to make a donation, it is our hope that our amazing program will inspire our guests to make a contribution that is personally meaningful to them.

Thank you for your unwavering support through the pandemic. We cannot wait to celebrate our return to the Outdoor Project with you on March 4th!

See the 2021 Brunch Videos 

Celebrate the release of Mosaic’s new album virtually with our present and future family from around the world!

You are invited to a very special Mosaic Community Fundraising Brunch. This year’s Brunch will double as our Album Release Party! Please join us as we celebrate the release of the long-awaited Children’s Songs for Peace and a Better World, Volume 2. 

When we released Volume 1 in 2003, Mosaic had barely begun. Now we have 22 years of experience writing musical curriculum and singing around the campfire with children. We are excited to share this next generation of Mosaic music and magic with you on March 5, 2022 at 10:30am PST.

This virtual extravaganza will include:

• Personal interactions with current and future Mosaic family members.
• Surprise musical guests.
• Never-before-heard songs from Mosaic’s second album played live.
• Mosaic family from around the world sharing how Mosaic lessons and music have traveled with them beyond the Mosaic Woods to serve as an invaluable anchor of justice!

About Children’s Songs for Peace and a Better World, Volume 2:

Nearly 20 years in the making, we are excited to announce our new album! Children’s Songs for Peace and a Better World, Volume 2 features songs written and sung around the campfire by Mosaic’s Residential Rock Stars throughout our history. It also features some brand-new songs that will be performed for the first time at the Brunch! This album embraces the joys, challenges, and fun of peace-building. The following are some of the songs on the album:

• Assertiveness Song
• BB Wolf
• Fighting is Not the Solution (Remix)
• Listening Song
• The Lost Sock Blues
• MOSAIC is the Place to Be
• Peace Blockers
• Peace High 5
• Pick it up (Homesickness Song)
• Wash Your Hands
• You Really are a Superhero

More songs to be announced soon!

While this is a free, family-friendly event and there is no obligation to make a donation, it is our hope that our amazing program will inspire our guests to make a contribution that is personally meaningful to them.

We cannot wait to see you on March 5th.

Peacing It Together!
The Mosaic Team

See the 2021 Brunch Videos 

Tuesday, November 9, 2021

7-8pm

Join Chinaka Hodge, Head Writer of the new Marvel Disney+ series, IRONHEART, in conversation with Mosaic Board Member Kara Murray-Badal. Drawing on their shared passion for inspiring young activists, Chinaka and Kara will explore Hodge’s experience with IRONHEART, the importance of diverse representation in media, and her journey with storytelling as a tool for inspiring social change. While this is a free, family-friendly event, it is also a fundraiser for The Mosaic Project’s youth programs. We welcome donations!

In addition to the conversation, you will experience:

• A reading of Chinaka Hodge’s poems.
• How The Mosaic Project also inspires social change superheroes.
• An audience Q&A with Chinaka Hodge.

About Chinaka Hodge

Born and raised in Oakland California, Chinaka Hodge is an accomplished poet, educator, playwright and screenwriter. She received her BA from NYU and studied Writing for Film and Television at USC’s Graduate School of Cinematic Arts under the prestigious Annenberg fellowship. She is a founding curator of Brave New Voices, the National Teen Poetry Festival, as well as a co-founder of Life is Living, West Oakland’s interdisciplinary arts festival.

Chinaka has served as Program Director and Associate Artistic Director at Youth Speaks and The Living Word Project. She was Visiting Editor at California Sunday Magazine, a Senior Fellow at YBCA, and served on the Board at Headlands Center for the Arts. Chinaka’s performances have been featured by TEDWomen and ACLU National. She has published 3 books, including her 2016 poetry collection, Dated Emcees.

Her writing for TV credits include NBC’s RISE; AMAZING STORIES for AppleTV+; SNOWPIERCER for TNT/HBOMax and Netflix’s THE MIDNIGHT CLUB. Her most recent credit is as the Head Writer of Disney’s IRONHEART. It tells the story of child genius Riri Williams, who reverse engineers Iron Man’s suit to create her own. As a new mother, Hodge is especially excited for Riri to inspire the social change superhero in young girls!

This workshop will be offered on a sliding scale from $20 – $440 for the entire series. There will also be an opportunity to make a donation to support another family’s participation in The Mosaic Project. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Please contact us if you would like a discount code.

Do you know of a friend, neighbor, or coworker who would appreciate an opportunity like this? We would love for you to spread the word and share widely. Space is limited, so register now! Feel free to email [email protected] with any questions. We look forward to sharing the Mosaic magic with you!

FAQs

Q:  Can I join even if I don’t have children, or if my children are outside of the age range (7-12)?
A:   Absolutely!  Come to the four adult workshops and we’ll have small breakout groups for you too.

Q:  Can I attend along with a child younger than 7?
A:  Absolutely! Just be prepared to sit with them throughout the series so you are ready to give extra explanations or support if needed.

Q:  Can I spread the word to other people?
A:  Absolutely!  Please forward this email far and wide.

Q: What will my child learn?
A: So much about how to build inclusive, just, and peaceful communities! Watch 4th-grader Coco share about what she learned from the 7-part workshop series we offered in her school.

Q: Will adults be participating with the children at the same time?
A: No, adults are not required to be present for the kid’s sessions. However, if your child needs extra support you are welcome to sit near them while they participate.