Tag: m.a.m.a. earth
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Supporting Journey School 7th Graders!
Since 2007, the m.a.m.a. earth team is proud to have worked with nearly 20 schools from preschool to University. Through classes, lectures, workshops and after-school programs, we strive to inspire students, teachers and parents to make a change for the better in their own communities through the power of art, music and nature. This past November,…
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collecting our own history
Recently, one of our favorite community hubs, William Grant Still Arts Center, hosted The West Adams Collectors Club for an 8-week, intergenerational workshop on archiving grassroots histories. From Black dolls and mix tapes to books, flyers, social movements and community spaces, the group learned about collecting, keeping, and exhibiting cultural and social history through personal collections and…
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help for dominica
I met Jaime Kailani and her best friend Kim, when I was 16. They had just moved to LA from Hawaii. I was at a club in Downtown Los Angeles (yes, we all had fake IDs, don’t try this at home, kids!) and a pretty girl named Kim complimented my hair in the ladies bathroom.…
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A Mural Project at Crenshaw High School
Last summer, as part of an after-school arts and writing program at Crenshaw High School, Mama Earth helped coordinate a campus beautification mural to be installed in the entryway of the school by visual artist, Aise Born. Why A Mural? Murals become landmarks in the community. Murals give the youth a positive means to express their identity…
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A Story About Ezra and the Power of Art
“Art helps kids to express themselves and not focus so much on the pain”, says Myra Benitez, Manager of Social Work at Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital. Last February, the m.a.m.a. earth family visited Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital with a COLORING MANDALAS art project, curated by mother, artist and longshoreman, Valerie Zaks. We setup…
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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…
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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,…
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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.…
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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…
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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,…