MY HERO is used in over 160 countries.  Millions of visitors and students each month view thousands of web pages about heroes from around the globe.  All are invited to contribute stories, art and short films to this ever-growing Internet archive.

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"Courage is contagious and we need heroes right now. We need to break from the lion pack and side with truth. It can just take one or two people to affect change."
-Francis Moore Lappe


Frances Moore Lappe is a pioneering activist in many movements, from the fight to end poverty to the struggle for social reform.

by Rosemary Pritzker


Global Exchange

Visit our Global Exchange Projects!

myhero.com/globalx

Nathan Smith (art director and webmaster for MY HERO) with Cheikh Seck (A Global Exchange teacher from Senegal)

MY HERO Media Arts Educators Skip Blumberg, Antonio Mendoza and Wendy Milette will work with students, artists, and community members in the Balkans, Jordan, and Senegal this spring to create short films celebrating local heroes.

iEARN-MY HERO
Learning Circle


Congratulations to the Fall '07 participants who took part in this successful collaborative learning program:

-Franklin Township Elementary School,
New Jersey, USA
-Henry Street School for International Studies,
New York, USA
-Mehmet Ozoncel Anadolu Lisesi, Seyhan, Turkey
-Nitzanim School, Illinois, USA
-PCVS Peterborough Collegiate, Ontario, Canada
-Quadim Lumiere Elementary School,
Peshawar, Pakistan
-School 213, Minsk, Belarus
-Stephen Lewis Secondary School, Ontario, Canada
-School #4, Novosibirsk, Russia
-Trinity Episcopal School, Texas, USA

For more information about the MY HERO Learning Circle, please visit Facilitator Wendy Jewell's lesson plan

 


The 3rd Annual MY HERO Short Film Festival welcomed an international audience to the George Lucas Screening Room at the University of Southern California.


2008 Film Festival
CALL FOR ENTRIES!
People of all ages are invited to submit short films
for our 4th annual Short Film Festival.

DEADLINE JUNE 15th, 2008


2007 Media Award

Darfur Now
Participant Productions
and director Ted Braun


For their ongoing commitment
to changing the world
one story at a time.


2007 Best of Fest

Light of the Himalaya
Produced by
Michael Brown and David D’Angelo


Follow the work of doctors
who provide eye surgeries
to the people of Nepal.


Grant News

Thanks to Google, the California Arts Council, and AT&T for their support of MY HERO.  Each of these organizations has funded a component of MY HERO,  and we appreciate their commitment.


(above, left) Wendy Milette at Weems Elementary School.  Support for this project comes from the California Arts Council

We appreciate donations of funds, equipment, or any in-kind products that will help us improve our programs.

To make a contribution, please visit us at myhero.com/donate
Outreach
Look for MY HERO at these upcoming conferences:

Foundations, Inc.
February 14-16
Jacksonville, Florida
CUE
March 6-8
Palm Springs, California
TechEd 2008
April 13-16
Ontario, California

Center for Summer Learning
April 17-18
Albuquerque, New Mexico
NECC
June 28-July 3
San Antonio, Texas


Check out myhero.com/teachers for lesson plans and resources

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