The Mosaic Project is an 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization

Nonprofit organization

Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...

 that has been teaching peace and understanding to children in the San Francisco Bay Area since 2001.

Curriculum

Various teaching methods are used, including kinesthetic learning

Kinesthetic learning

Kinesthetic learning is a learning style in which learning takes place by the student actually carrying out a physical activity, rather than listening to a lecture or merely watching a demonstration. It is also referred to as tactile learning...

. Students are taught self-respect and respect

Respect

Respect denotes both a positive feeling of esteem for a person or other entity , and also specific actions and conduct representative of that esteem. Respect can be a specific feeling of regard for the actual qualities of the one respected...

 of others, as well as ethnic awareness. The pedagogy is supported by social science research.

Outdoor School

The Outdoor School is a program for fourth and fifth grade students. During the duration of five days and four nights, students are exposed to diverse settings and experience racial integration firsthand. The program focuses on community

Community

The term community has two distinct meanings:*a group of interacting people, possibly living in close proximity, and often refers to a group that shares some common values, and is attributed with social cohesion within a shared geographical location, generally in social units larger than a household...

 and building self-esteem

Self-esteem

Self-esteem is a term in psychology to reflect a person's overall evaluation or appraisal of his or her own worth. Self-esteem encompasses beliefs and emotions such as triumph, despair, pride and shame: some would distinguish how 'the self-concept is what we think about the self; self-esteem, the...

. It is well regarded by area parents.

Staff

The year-round staff consists of the five individuals who oversee the organization. There is also a board of directors. The Mosaic Project works with over two dozen partner schools.

Children Songs for Peace and a Better World

The Children's Songs for Peace and a Better World

Children's Songs for Peace and a Better World (album)

Children's Songs for Peace and a Better World is the album released by the non-profit organization called The Mosaic Project. The organization is famous for having one of its co-directors as Brett Dennen, the rising folk-musician who wrote and performed the majority of the songs on the album.-Track...

album is a compilation of songs written and performed by members of the Mosaic Project, including Brett Dennen

Brett Dennen

Brett Dennen is a folk/pop singer and songwriter from Northern California.-Biography:Brett Dennen attended UC Santa Cruz from 2000–2004, where he was a student at Kresge College....

 . It has received a Children’s Music Web 2004 Award as well as a Parent’s Choice 2004 Approved Award . Songs from the CD have been aired on the KFOG

KFOG

KFOG is an FM radio station in San Francisco, California, broadcasting on 104.5 and sister station KFFG 97.7 FM MHz. The 97.7 transmitter is located near Cupertino, California, and it is a simulcast of 104.5 KFOG....

 and KPFA

KPFA

KPFA is a listener-funded progressive talk radio and music radio station located in Berkeley, California, broadcasting to the San Francisco Bay Area. KPFA airs public news, public affairs, talk, and music programming. The station signed on-the-air April 15 1949, as the first Pacifica Station...

radio stations.