Human Awareness Institute
| Founded | 1968 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Stan Dale |
| Type | 501(c)(3) |
| Focus | Creating a world where everyone wins |
| Location | |
| Method | Education |
| Website | http://www.hai.org/ |
The Human Awareness Institute (HAI), is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Northern California that offers participatory workshops on "Love, Intimacy and Sexuality".[1] [2] The primary workshops are a series of nine, each lasting a weekend. The first five are taken in a linear sequence. The workshops are given worldwide, with regions in Australia, Canada (Ontario), Germany, Spain, United Kingdom and five United States areas: East Coast (Western Massachusetts), Midwest (Michigan), Northern California (Harbin Springs), Rocky Mountain (Colorado), and Southern California. Since 1968 more than 85,000 people have attended the Human Awareness Institute’s workshops and seminars in various parts of the world.[3]
The Human Awareness Institution has many scholarship funds that are offered in different regions around the world for the events that they hold. The requirements for these scholarships are different depending on the area in which the applicant comes from. The main purpose of these scholarships is to help fund people who may not be able to attend the events because of lack of financial resources.[3]
Founder
Stan Dale is Radio Talk Show Host and Entertainer, Founder of the Human Awareness Institute, and the Originator of the Love, Intimacy & Sexuality Workshop Series. Many of the listeners of Stan Dale’s radio show called in requesting to talk about intimacy and sex in 1968. Stan took heed to his listeners requests and invited them to join him for his celebration titled “The Sex Workshop”. This celebration was the start of his workshops and many endeavors to come. Due to Stan being a supporter on the anti-war movement, he got kicked off the air and moved in 1972 to the San Francisco Bay Area.[3] Stan Dale founded the Human Awareness Institute in 1986.
In 2005, performance artist and sex educator Annie Sprinkle singled out HAI for offering workshops that integrate communications exercises into the exploration of relationships and sexuality. [4]
Stan Dale died on June 8, 2007 due to having many health issues and cancer. While in the hospital on his deathbed, Stan died with his wife and other family members by his side.[3]
Purpose
The HAI Mission statement: “The Human Awareness Institute (HAI) empowers individuals to be potent, loving, contributing human beings. HAI promotes personal growth and social evolution by replacing ignorance and fear with awareness and love. “HAI aims to create a world where people live together in dignity, respect, understanding, trust, kindness, compassion, reverence, honesty and love. The Human Awareness Institute is committed to creating a world where everyone wins.”
References
- ↑ Paul David Black (December 2006). "Love, Intimacy and Sexuality". Conscious Mind Journal. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- ↑ Dossie Easton; Janet W. Hardy (10 March 2009). Ethical Slut. Random House Digital, Inc. pp. 278–. ISBN 978-1-58761-337-1. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 "HAI Global". HAI.org. 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
- ↑ Annie Sprinkle (30 May 2005). Dr. Sprinkle's spectacular sex: make over your love life with one of the world's great sex experts. Penguin. pp. 111,293–. ISBN 978-1-58542-412-2. Retrieved 19 December 2011.