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  • Coloring Mandalas at Loma Linda Children’s Hospital

    m.a.m.a. earth is a Los Angeles-based organization that strives to make a change for the better with art, music and nature. Whether we’re working with preschoolers, teens, universities or senior centers – we always emphasize the power of creativity and community. We are so pleased to announce our collaboration with Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital to…

  • you and me and a cup of tea

    The m.a.m.a. earth family has been working together since 2007 to create opportunities to build community and experience the joy of giving. In 2007, Jaime Kailani Bayot (who happens to be big sister to international popstar Bruno Mars) founded m.a.m.a. earth with the intention of making a change for the better. Whether m.a.m.a. earth is fundraising,…

  • 2014 Year in Review

    This m.a.m.a. earth project began in 2007. The intention was simple: make a change for the better by using the power of art, music and nature and encourage others to do something good. We invited the artists, performers, teachers and community activists we knew to come together and help support the work of charities we loved.…

  • ALTER: An After-School Arts & Writing Program

    “When you learn, teach, when you get, give.” -Maya Angelou Since 2007, m.a.m.a. earth has been presenting enrichment classes with a focus on art, music and nature. We’ve presented workshops at schools, senior centers and learning gardens. People of all ages, backgrounds and walks of life have painted, made jewelry, shaped seed bombs and so…

  • 4mamaearth Fall 2014 Classes at Center for Living Peace

    We are so honored to continue to be an affiliate of the non-profit community hub called Center for Living Peace (in Irvine, California), alongside the likes of Pacific Symphony, The Ecology Center and Girl Scouts. For the last few years, we have been proud to present all-age classes to inspire creativity and vision with classes…

  • Celebrate the first weekend of Summer with us!

    We are so excited to get the summer started with the 2nd Annual ONE PEACE charity art exhibit. The weekend will be a great way for families to spend time together and have fun with art for a good cause. The weekend will include a hands-on art project, DJ’s, live music and dance performance, live screenprinting,…

  • ONE PEACE ART EXHIBIT 2014

    “The arts, whether as formal therapy, community outreach or enrichment, do impact lives in positive, far-reaching ways. They change the way we experience the world.”  -Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, LPCC, LPAT, ATR-BC This June, m.a.m.a. earth will present the second installment of the One Peace Charity Art Event at the historic Bergamot Station in Santa Monica,…

  • The Next Labor of Love: ALTER

    “The arts, whether as formal therapy, community outreach or enrichment, do impact lives in positive, far-reaching ways.” -Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, LPCC, LPAT, ATR-BC m.a.m.a. earth is a Los Angeles-based grassroots community organization, founded by Jaime Kailani Bayot – big sister to Grammy-award winner, Bruno Mars. Our mission is to inspire others to give back in their…

  • Celebrating World Doula Week

    m.a.m.a. earth celebrates the many ways that we can make positive change in our communities around the world. As this week marks World Doula Week, we are celebrating the sentiment that it’s not just the making of babies, but the making of mothers that is the miracle of birth. What is a doula? A Doula is…

  • magical + mystical Malasimbo

    Was it really only two weeks ago that I was dancing on a mountaintop in the Oriental Mindoro, Philippines? This m.a.m.a. earth project begin in 2007 with a creative idea from my dear friend, Jaime Kailani. In the same year she began, I was working with another dear friend, now internationally-recognized Urban Farmer, Eugene Cooke,…

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