The 2013 MY HERO International Film Festival honored PETER COPEN with the GLOBAL EDUCATOR AWARD for his leadership in launching iEARN.  This year iEARN is celebrating its 25TH anniversary, and Peter joined joined with the MY HERO team to be honored at the 9th International MY HERO Film Festival held on November 23rd at USC School of Cinematic Arts.

Check out a video interview with Peter here:www.myhero.com/copen2013award

As part of the Global Educator Award presentation to Peter Copen,Cheikh Seck, a teacher from Senegal shared his film covering the iEARN Conference of 2013 in Qatar. PEACE IN THE WORLD is a short film that highlights the importance of education to build a more peaceful world.