HRI: UNArts -- USAID 2010 - Caring For Our Own

Website: http://www.unarts.org
Music: http://airplaydirect.com/music/stephenmichaelapatow2/

The size, scope and extent of suffering on the grassroots level across the United States, is but a reflection of 20 percent real unemployment/underemployment with the toolbelt recession closer to 25-30 percent [1]. People are stressed, millions have watched their lives destroyed, loosing their homes and life savings during this economic downturn that makes the Great Depression look like a down day on Wall Street. [2]

USAID 2010 is a grassroots effort to turn this picture around. How? We need to define unmet needs on the community level, in the same way we went house to house, business to business after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Southern United States. We can no longer turn our back in denial of the suffering in our communities.

As with the Tour de America Campaign, [3] directed by Stephen Michael Apatow, [4] in the early 90's, our first step in this process is exposure or light on the problem..... this will bring an immediate response. This means reaching every community, in all 50 states and territories.

Artists can join USAID 2010 by mediating these efforts on the grassroots level, in every city, state and region. The focus is unmet needs and the mission is "Bridging Unmet Needs to Untapped Resources" through the United Nations Arts Initiative:

United Nations Arts Initiative
Arts Integration Into Education
Url: www.unarts.org
Twitter: unarts

Hope & Strength During a Time of Trial

Few are aware of the angels that accompany us. In the Old Testament, a servant came to Elisha in the midst of attack, only to find him calm and collected. The servant asked, how can you be calm, when we are about to see the city destroyed. Elisha prayed, O LORD, please open his eyes. At that moment the servant could see the hills full of horses and chariots of fire, sent by the Lord to keep them safe. -- Background discussion on the soundtrack "No Fear" from the album compilation "Outside of the Box." [5]

One God: One Game: The interfaith community unites in a common mission, the weapons are active care, compassion and concern, the vehicle encompasses successful initiatives that address the ills of conflict, ignorance, poverty and disease. -- The Ultimate Objective: Humanitarian Resource Institute. [6]

References:

1. Economic Crisis Devastates Rich & Poor - Tent Cities in America: Humanitarian Resource Institute, 19 March 2010. Url: http://www.unarts.org/news/aiie_impact3192010.html
2. EducationNews.org: A Global Leading News Source: Humanitarian Resource Institute, 25 March 2010. Url: http://www.unarts.org/news/aiie_edunews3252010.html
3. Tour de America: Url: http://www.tourdeamerica.com
4. Stephen Michael Apatow, Founder of Humanitarian Resource Institute and the United Nations Arts Initiative. Url: http://www.apatow.org
5. Stephen Michael Apatow Aka H-II Releases "No Fear" The Soundtrack: Music Industry News Network. 20 May 2010. Url: http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=130373 Soundtracks: Listen/Download for Radio Stations:
Url: http://airplaydirect.com/music/stephenmichaelapatow2/
6. The Ultimate Objective: Humanitarian Resource Institute. Url: http://www.humanitarian.net/interfaith/studycenter/Omnia_vincit_amor

UNArts: H-II - Human Trafficking Of Children/Adults - Global Law Enforcement/Relief Intervention

Website: http://www.unarts.org/H-II

Human Trafficking is the "'...recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons...' by improper means, such as force, abduction, fraud, or coercion, for an improper purpose, such as forced or coerced labour, servitude, slavery or sexual exploitation." -- UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons. (1)

The H-II UN International Legal/Human Rights Focus is Human Trafficking of Children and Adults (2), the intervention encompasses an intensive coordinated global law enforcement incursion and relief initiative that includes:

* prosecution of criminals responsible for associated crimes.
* sheltering, medical care and rehabilitation for children and adult victims.

According to the "Training manual to fight trafficking in children for labour, sexual and other forms of exploitation" (ILO, UNICEF and the Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking) (3):

* UNICEF estimates that 1,000 to 1,500 Guatemalan babies and children are trafficked each year for adoption by couples in North America and Europe.
* Girls as young as 13 (mainly from Asia and Eastern Europe) are trafficked as “mail-order brides.” In most cases these girls and women are powerless and isolated and at great risk of violence.
* Large numbers of children are being trafficked in West and Central Africa, mainly for domestic work but also for sexual exploitation and to work in shops or on farms. Nearly 90 per cent of these trafficked domestic workers are girls.
* Children from Togo, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana are trafficked to Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Cameroon and Gabon. Children are trafficked both in and out of Benin and Nigeria. Some children are sent as far away as the Middle East and Europe.
* Surveys indicate that 30 to 35 per cent of all sex workers in the Mekong sub-region of Southeast Asia are between 12 and 17 years of age.
* Mexico’s social service agency reports that there are more than 16,000 children engaged in prostitution, with tourist destinations being among those areas with the highest number.
* In Lithuania, 20 to 50 percent of prostitutes are believed to be minors. Children as young as age 11 are known to work as prostitutes. Children from children’s homes, some 10 to 12 years old, have been used to make pornographic movies.

Interpol estimates have placed human trafficking and illicit migration as a USD 28 billion enterprise, a crime that amounts to modern slavery, requiring a multitude of strategies at a range of levels to address the problem. Trafficking in human beings (THB) takes many forms, five of which are briefly covered below (4):

* Trafficking in women for sexual exploitation
* People smuggling
* Child sexual exploitation
* Trafficking for forced labour/servitude
* Trafficking in organs

Listen to the Victims

After the collapse of communism in 1989, millions of former Soviet bloc residents migrated abroad, breathing life into one of the oldest criminal enterprises—the trafficking of humans into sexual slavery. Since then, thousands of Eastern European women have been sold into prostitution. Photojournalist Mimi Chakarova investigates this rarely documented journey. -- The Price of Sex: Women Speak: Center for Investigative Journalism. (5)

Listen to the victims Jenea, Aurica, Corina, Olesea, an overview of Women at Risk and Sex Trafficking: How It Works:

www.priceofsex.org

UNArts: Humanitarian Intervention Initiative (H-II)

Protective Forces in Humanitarian Relief Operations, Non Lethal Fires, and Intervention Initiatives are the focus of the UNArts: Humanitarian Intervention Initiative (H-II) (6). The objectives are to increase exposure, strategic planning, development and implementation of relief efforts for the world's most complicated emergencies.

Country Music Association Artist Stephen Michael Apatow, (7) founder of Humanitarian Resource Institute and the United Nations Arts Initiative is currently expanding collaboration and collecting video footage of humanitarian interventions from DOD/NATO, United Nations, Relief Organizations and NGO's working in UN member countries.

References:

1. International Human Trafficking Research: U.S. Department of Justice: National Institute of Justice. Url: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/international/programs/inttraffick.html
2. International Bar Association Human Rights Institute: Url: http://www.ibanet.org/IBAHRI.aspx
3. Training manual to fight trafficking in children for labour, sexual and other forms of exploitation: ILO, UNICEF and the Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking. Url: http://www.unicef.org/protection/index_exploitation.html
4. Trafficking in human beings: Interpol. Url: http://www.interpol.int/Public/THB/default.asp
5. The Price of Sex: Women Speak: Center for Investigative Journalism. Url: http://www.priceofsex.org
6. Humanitarian Intervention Initiative (H-II): Humanitarian Resource Institute, United Nations Arts Initiative. Url: http://www.unarts.org/H-II
7. Stephen Michael Apatow, Founder of Humanitarian Resource Institute and the United Nations Arts Initiative. Url: http://www.apatow.org

HRI: UNArts - Haiti - Hope For Humanity Campaign

Website: http://www.unarts.org
Music: http://www.apatow.org

The international community is now engaged in the systemic collapse of Haiti, following the devastating earthquake, this last week. As the world struggles to respond to this humanitarian emergency, the cost of negligence and neglect of the worlds severely impoverished populations, is finally being grasped by world leaders.

* ReliefWeb: Haiti: Relief Operations Overview.
* Pan American Health Organization: Haiti: Relief Operations Overview.

With 3.5 Billion people or half of the worlds population living in severe poverty, the United Nations Arts Initiative "Hope for Humanity" Campaign, will target the completion of objectives outlined in the "Stand Up Against Poverty - 2009: The Next Level" Initiative.

"STAND UP 2009 was a starting point that engaged the use of technology in a Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube world. But as noted, the issues on the table need to go far beyond a tweet or a post of support on Facebook or MySpace. We need real time communication of prioritized issues, engagement of top experts and formation of background discussion groups for review and analysis, compilation of peer reviewed supporting information for communication to the decision making level, media, etc., etc. Through this advocacy approach, consensus building, grassroots strategic planning, and response are achievable at the speed of an email."

Access full release at:

www.unarts.org/news/hopeforhumanity_1202010.html

Thank you for your support.

Stephen Michael Apatow
Founder, Director of Research and Development
Humanitarian Resource Institute
United Nations Arts Initiative
Url: www.unarts.org
Twitter: unarts

Stephen Michael Apatow: Outside Of The Box

Website: http://www.unarts.org
Music: http://airplaydirect.com/music/stephenmichaelapatow2/

Maximal Impact describes the focus of the "United Nations Arts Initiative," (UNArts.org) established to return operations to the front lines, "Bridging Unmet Needs to Untapped Resources" on the grassroots level in every United Nations member country. The vehicle encompasses the grassroots support of the arts and entertainment industry and logistical support of the medical, veterinary and legal professions.

24X7 response capability reflects our focus on creativity, the capacity to think differently, unconventionally and from a new perspective.... "Outside of the Box"

The high energy "Outside of the Box" album compilation provides the world with a taste of powerful lyrics, arrangement and production by Country Music Association Artist Stephen Michael Apatow (Apatow.org). Soundtracks include:

-- If You Loved Me
-- Rock The World
-- Push for the Summit
-- 911 Song
-- Time to Kick Some Ass
-- Lead
-- Seize The Moment
-- All I Want
-- Please Listen Now
-- I Will Rise

All tracks available to radio stations on AirPlay Direct (tracks streaming online for all in continual play format).

Happy New Year: 2010 - A New Beginning

Url: http://www.unarts.org
Sound: http://airplaydirect.com/music/stephenmichaelapatow/

2010 represents 20 years of work in the mission field for Country Music Association Artist Stephen Michael Apatow, Founder, Humanitarian Resource Institute:

-- 1990: NCADI Campaign opens the first toll free hotline providing access to the largest information bureau in the world for substance abuse information, materials and support. Largest touch outreach ever coordinated through the Office for Substance Abuse Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
-- 1993: National Community Service Campaign impacts 133 cities from Washington, DC to San Francisco, California. Backed by the U.S. House Select Committee on Hunger and supporters of the Medford Declaration to End Hunger in the United States.
-- 1994: Humanitarian Resource Institute established, moving from work on the front lines to U.S. and International Policy Development.
-- 2010: HRI United Nations Arts Initiative established to return operations to the front lines, "bridging unmet needs to untapped resources" on the grassroots level in every United Nations member country, with support of the arts and entertainment industry and logistical support of the medical, veterinary and legal professions.

Shortly after Humanitarian Resource Institute was formed, the following article entitled "The Ultimate Objective" outlined the scope of our mission:

Url: www.humanitarian.net/Omnia_vincit_amor

The weapons are active care, compassion, concern and focused efforts to confront the causes of violence, bigotry, hatred and depravity. The vehicle encompasses successful initiatives that address the ills of conflict, ignorance, poverty and disease.

In the context of The Ultimate Objective : "When campaigning, be swift as the wind; in leisurely march, majestic as the forest; in attack, like fire; in standing, firm as the mountains. As unfathomable as the clouds, move like a thunderbolt." -- Adapted from Sun Tzu. "The Art of War"

MusicDish presents: Stephen Michael Apatow - Nessun Dorma

Not only is Stephen Michael Apatow the President, Founder, and Director of Research and Development of the Humanitarian Resource Institute, he is now able to credit himself as an accomplished recording artist. He is promoting his most recent track, "Nessun Dorma (None Shall Sleep)" - an aria from the Puccini opera, Turnadot. Apatow does a splendid job of conveying the emotions of Puccini's original composition and considering this piece is not an easy one to sing, his version is something to be heard. Apatow has certainly been blessed with a powerful tenor voice and "Nessun Dorma" is surely the beginning of an outlet through which this humanitarian will inspire his listeners.

Listen to the track on Fairtilizer!

Check out "Nessun Dorma" and soundtracks from the Country Goes Global album compilation through AirPlay Direct:

www.airplaydirect.com/music/stephenmichaelapatow

Country Goes Global: "Nessun Dorma"

Url: http://www.unarts.org
Sound: http://www.airplaydirect.com/music/stephenmichaelapatow

Classical music is considered the root of all music genres. Our contemplation and respect helps us appreciate music's ability to touch and carry our soul. Every artist, has a direct connection with the grassroots level and the capacity to inspire hope, healing and progress.

Medical, Veterinary, Legal and Performing Arts encompass the true meaning of "ARTS INTEGRATION INTO EDUCATION" and mission of promoting the arts as a vehicle for solution oriented strategic planning and development, on the community level, in every United Nations member country.

In the spirit of collaboration, Humanitarian Resource Institute (humanitarian.net) developed the "Global Arts Integration Into Education Initiative," url:

www.unarts.org

Radio and television networks can access the Stephen Michael Apatow cover song "Nessun dorma" and soundtracks from the "Country Goes Global" album compilation through AirPlay Direct:

www.airplaydirect.com/music/stephenmichaelapatow

Stephen Michael Apatow - If You Loved Me

Stephen Michael Apatow's latest track, "If You Loved Me," is an uplifting song that testifies to this artist's passion for humanitarianism and the grassroots fight against poverty. "If You Loved Me" features a driving beat behind ambient synthesized tones and rich chords. The piece builds to a thumping, danceable groove under the heartfelt lyrics. If this tune does one thing, it shows how passionate Apatow is for his music and, more importantly, for his cause.

Listen to "If You Loved Me" on Airplay Direct: http://airplaydirect.com/music/stephenmichaelapatow/

http://www.humanitarian.net

Global Music Release: "If You Loved Me"

Dear Artists and Friends:

I would like to ask your help with the largest grassroots effort that has been developed to "Bridge Unmet Needs to Untapped Resources" on the community level, in every United Nations member country. The name of project is the "Global Arts Integration Into Education Initiative," url:

www.unarts.org

Our latest global focus was Stand Up Against Poverty 2009 where 173,045,325 citizens gathered at over 3,000 events in more than 120 countries, demanding that their governments eradicate extreme poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

Radio and television networks can access the release "If You Loved Me" and soundtracks from the "Outside of the Box" album compilation through AirPlay Direct:

www.airplaydirect.com/music/stephenmichaelapatow

Questions or requests for additional information can be directed to:

Stephen Michael Apatow
Founder, Director of Research and Development
Humanitarian Resource Institute
Internet: www.humanitarian.net
Email: s.m.apatow@humanitarian.net

Director, HRI Global Arts Integration Into Education Initiative
Url: www.unarts.org
Twitter: unarts

UNArts.org - Rock The World Campaign Impacts 192 United Nations Countries

The nonprofit organization Humanitarian Resource Institute, founded in 1994, is moving ahead the Rock the World Campaign through the Global Arts Integration Into Education Initiative. The campaign is being directed by Country Music Association Artist and Founder of Humanitarian Resource Institute, Stephen Michael Apatow.

Project Overview

Rock The World Campaign: Soundtracks from "Outside of the Box" available on MySpace and AirPlay Direct (High Quality Streams for radio stations and television). "Outside of the Box," compilation by Country Music Association Artist Stephen Michael Apatow.

Orchestrated through the Global Arts Integration Into Education Initiative, international objectives are to:

* Promote collaboration and empowerment of artists in every United Nations member country, who will promote citizen advocacy in support of the felt needs of their fans and communities. * Provide a support system for artist collaboration in strategic planning, including targeted policy development initiatives. * Assist grassroots, national and international level communications support in conjunction with concerts, events and media initiatives.

Today, communication network integration, from the non-governmental organization Humanitarian Resource Institute reaches:

* newspaper, radio and television, corporate, intergovernmental, non-governmental, United Nations, community action and interfaith organizations in approximately 195 countries. * grassroots networks (household level), corporate, municipal, state and federal government, community action and interfaith organizations in approximately 3100 United States Counties.

Contact Information:

Stephen Michael Apatow

Founder, Director of Research and Development Humanitarian Resource Institute Phone: (203) 668-0282 Internet: www.humanitarian.net Email: s.m.apatow@humanitarian.net

Director, Global Arts Integration Into Education Initiative Internet: www.unarts.org Twitter: unarts

Connect with Stephen Michael Apatow on: Myspace I Artistopia I Airplay Direct

-------------------------------------------- What happens behind the scenes, is what shapes the face of progress. Artists have the direct connection with the grassroots level and have the capacity to inspire hope and healing. The combination of these two encompasses the face of "Arts Integration Into Education," and our spectrum of work here in the United States and 192 member states of the United Nations. -- Stephen Michael Apatow -------------------------------------------