Tour
de America - Grassroots Youth Leadership
Projects Lead to the Formation of Humanitarian Resource Institute
As an athlete, coach of arts,
sports and Olympic development
programs and graduate of the Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts
Professional
Program, Stephen
Michael Apatow had an interest in connecting
with a broader spectrum of youth. This interest led to the
development of two national youth leadership
projects impacted hundreds of cities across America, the first for
substance abuse in 1990, in cooperation with the National Clearinghouse
for Drug and Alcohol Information (today CSAP), and the second for
community service in 1993, in cooperation with the U.S. House Select
Committee on Hunger and twenty national organizations:
CycleAcrossAmerica.org (1990):
--
a
6000 mile double continental crossing, in 60 days, through 270 cities.
-- Daily youth and community talks, media interviews press
conferences to
open the first toll free hotline (1-800-SAY-NO-TO-DRUGS or
1-800-729-6686) that provided access to free print materials and
audiovisual loan programs through the federal resource for alcohol and
drug information.
--
The largest touch outreach ever coordinated through the Office for
Substance Abuse Prevention.
The next leg was RunAcrossAmerica.org (1993):
-- A 3000 mile run, 12-25 miles per day, from Washington, DC to San
Francisco, California.
-- Initiatives
in 133 cities that included scheduled youth and community talks, media
interviews to
spotlight unmet needs of frontline programs across the United States.
Efforts to address the vast unmet
needs revealed during these projects, led to the formation of the
nonprofit organization Humanitarian
Resource Institute (HRI) in 1994.
Today, Humanitarian,
writer, composer, artist H-II:
Stephen Michael Apatow cuts to the heart
of emotions and intensity of life on the fast track. 2010 marked 20 years of
dedication to humanitarian relief efforts and policy development as
founder of the nonprofit organization Humanitarian
Resource Institute. In the late 2000's, his work as an
artist/publisher with American Society of Composers, Authors and
Publishers (ASCAP), dance educator, founder/director
of the International
Dancescience
Development Program he developed the HRI "Arts
Integration Into Education" initiative that is today known as the United Nations Arts
Initiative. The mission, utilizing artists,
who
have the innovation, creativity and a connection with the grassroots
level
as a
bridge, to lead U.S. and international humanitarian relief efforts and
policy development.
"Arts
Integration Into Education," through the "United Nations Arts
Initiative" provides a
unique opportunity for members of the arts community to impact
prioritized humanitarian emergencies and relief operations across
the globe. Efforts to "Bridge Unmet Needs to Untapped
Resources,"
includes participation with strategic planning, critical
analysis,
expert think tank development for background discussions, peer reviewed
data compilation and communications that engage decision makers and
target audiences on the grassroots level in 192 United Nations
member countries.
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