MY HERO Lesson Plan

For 25 years, The MY HERO Project has been using media to celebrate the best of humanity.

Watch our short introduction video for more information.

WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT

Browse our about pages to get quick overviews of the different areas of MY HERO.

Download our Annual Report for more detailed information about our daily operations.

Read our IMPACT:blog to see how teachers, visitors and organizations around the world are using MY HERO to affect positive chanegs in the world.

Our Mission
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Shonda Rhimes

Shonda Rhimes is an Emmy-winning producer known for TV dramas with multicultural casts and strong women.

Jerry White

Jerry White is co-founder of the Landmine Survivors Network. He lost his leg after stepping on a landmine in Israel left over from the Six-Day War.

ABOUT OUR COLLECTION OF STORIES
Visitors, teachers, students, and MY HERO staff publish all kinds of stories, from inspirational essays about a close friend, to important global issues.

STORIES HOME

CATEGORIES

Angels
Animals
Artists
Business
Community
Earthkeepers
Essays on Heroism
Explorers
Faith
Family
Freedom
Health
Hero's Hero
Inventors

Lifesavers
Literary
Musicians
My Hero in the News
Peacemakers
Philosophers
Poets
Scientists
Sports
Teachers
Women
Writers
Young Heroes

Fannie Lou Hamer by Robert Shetterly

From the Americans Who Tell the Truth portrait series

Ilse Bing

was known as the queen of the Leica

ABOUT THE DIGITAL ART GALLERY

Our gallery features art in the theme of heroism. All artworks in our commercial free, age-appropriate Gallery are contributed by professional and student artists as well as curated from art institutions around the world.

MY HERO Project seeks unique works of art by professional and student artists that celebrate the lives and courageous acts of heroes who work to promote change by positively affecting others and their communities. Completed artwork should reflect thoughtful ideas to show how the selected hero demonstrates heroic action and creates positive social change.

ART HOME

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PROGRAM INFO

MY ARTWORK

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CATEGORIES

Angels
Animals
Artists
Business
Community
Earthkeepers
Essays on Heroism
Explorers
Faith
Family
Freedom
Health
Hero's Hero
Inventors

Lifesavers
Literary
Musicians
My Hero in the News
Peacemakers
Philosophers
Poets
Scientists
Sports
Teachers
Women
Writers
Young Heroes

INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
The world's most inspirational film competeition because of YOU.

SCREENING ROOM
Browse, share, and add to our enormous collection of inspiring hero films.

MEDIA ARTS RESOURCES
Professionally created material to help you get started in hero film making!

MY HERO EDUCATIONAL DVDS
Support our cause by purchasing or downloading our DVDs.

NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS

October 1st is the final deadline to submit work for the 2020 International Film Festival! Learn more here.

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View the winning films in the 15th Annual International Film Festival!

814 DAYS AGO

Submit your film TODAY!! Accepting Ongoing Submissions!

1500 DAYS AGO

Learn more about sponsorship opportunities!

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FILMS HOME

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Wild Geese

Read by Olivia Milch.

You do not have to be good.

You do not have to walk on your knees For a hundred miles through...

Ariel Horowitz and The Heartbeat Project

The project: "To strengthen math skills in Navajo K-12 students and, simultaneously, to introduce age...

ABOUT THE AUDIO ROOM
Browse and share audio in our library. From the spoken words of influential leaders, to emotionally powerful lyrics in a song, heroic audio is all around us.

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International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists Lesson Plan

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