PUSHH TOUR MAKES BIG SPLASH IN PERU!

Graffiti Murals, Concerts, Workshops and Solutions Leave a Lasting Impression of the PUSHH Tour 09 throughout Guatemala and Panama.

Global Block and the Hip-Hop Association to Re-launch Hip-Hop Gear Drive

In 2002, the Hip-Hop Association and Hon. George Martinez began a Hip-Hop clothing drive as a part of Project Hip-Hop Honduras, which has yielded several hundred pounds of good condition second hand Hip-Hop clothes to date. Notable, donors have included One9, DJ Jazzy Joyce, Martha Diaz, and ESPN's Bobbito the Barber to name a few.
Beginning in the spring of 2009, the Global Block Foundation, in association with the Hip-Hop Association will join forces with the Hip-Hop Closet to launch a new clothing drive as a part of Project Hip-Hop Americas and the PUSHH Tour.

Chairman Martinez Named "Anonymous  Hero" of 2008 in Honduras

As a way of celebrating his selfless work throughout the region and country of Honduras, the leading news paper in the capital city of Tegucigalpa, El Heraldo, selected "George" as one of its People of the Year, identifying him as one of its 10 "Anonymous Heros" of 2008.

Photo: (Members of Project Hip-Hop Honduras, Clara Guerrero Martinez, Chairman Martinez, Ambassador Charles Ford and his wife, and Mayor Ricardo Alvarez and his wife, Tegucigalpa)

Embassy Supports Prevention Programs for Children and Youth at Risk in El Salvador

Embassy Supports Prevention Programs for Children and Youth
at Risk
June 10, 2008
San Salvador
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During May the Embassy Public Affairs Office sponsored two programs focused on prevention for children and youth at risk. Both programs used language which appeals to the young audiences:  in one it was sports, in the other, music.

U.S. Soccer Star and Olympic Gold Medalist Cindy Parlow Cone, and U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team Staff Coach, Jeff Pill got to share the beauty of soccer with 700 Salvadoran children and teenagers as US Department of State Sports Envoys.  Thanks to the valuable help of Peace Corps Volunteers, and their Salvadoran counterpart,  Fundación Salvador del Mundo (FUSALMO) seven clinics were carried out in four days in both urban and rural settings in Chalatenango, San Miguel and in the Soyapango area of San Salvador.

Then, in another successful program, US hip-hop singer George Martinez energized the spirits of hundreds of Salvadoran youth with his positive messages about staying away from drugs and gangs.  This program received the support of the Centro Cultural Salvadoreño Americano bi-national center and FUSALMO.

Mural Project at Covenant House Honduras Sponsored by US Embassy Completed

El Heraldo, Tegucigalpa, Jan 15, 2009
Un ejemplo de altura para los jóvenes...
"Siempre estamos buscando hacer una red de jóvenes que sea grande y fuerte para demostrar que sí hay talento y deseos de seguir adelante”. George Martínez - Artista

Hondudiario.com, Jan 15, 2009
“El objetivo es motivar a estos niños que están en riesgo social que hay muchas maneras de salir adelante y que una de ellas es a través del arte como yo lo hice”, manifestó Martínez.

Tiempo, Jan 16, 2009....
 En Honduras, Martínez  ha sido catalogado como “héroe urbano” por el trabajo que llevó a cabo en el 2008 trabajando con jóvenes en riesgo social  y ayudarles así a cambiar su vida de forma positiva.

United States Department of State
Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, October 2008, Newsletter.

NICARAGUA:  Reaching Out to Nicaraguan Youth Through Hip Hop Embassy Managua, with support from the Bureau of Education and  Cultural Affairs Performing Arts Initiative and the Managua International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Office, sponsored American  Hip Hop performers George "Rithm" Martinez and  Jelani Yeboah  a.k.a. DJ Smash to conduct a week-long program of workshops, performances, and inspirational talks in Nicaragua from August 21-27.   The Embassy worked with the Nicaraguan National Police's Juvenile  Affairs Division to bring the Hip Hop artists to various public  schools and marginalized communities throughout the country where  they performed for hundreds of at-risk youth and delivered messages  of "anti-violence, anti-drugs, anti-gangs, and community activism  among youth."  Speaking to these young audiences, Rithm declared  "Hip Hop is not just a musical genre, it is a cultural and educational phenomenon."  The Hip Hop duo also worked  with approximately 100 ex-gang members to develop creative outlets through the Hip Hop art form as an alternative  to gang violence.  The program continues to generate wide and positive print and television coverage in the Nicaraguan media.  It received front page coverage in the Friday, September 5-12, 2008 edition of The Nica Times—the nation's leading English language newspaper.

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