Role models who stand up instead of being a bystander.
Film Selections
Dr. Hawa Abdi is Somalia's first female gynecologist. When the central government collapsed in 1989, Dr. Abdi's one-room clinic on her family farm began housing local people fleeing the fighting.
9 year-old Milo Cress is concerned about the millions of straws that pollute waterways, waste fossil-fuel resource and harm ocean creatures - and convinces restaurants to “go straw-free”.
10-year-old Jaysa rallies the community with speeches about a power plant causing asthma and “so much suffering.” They succeed in shutting down the plant, Jaysa concludes that “words have power."
Story Selections
Heather Heyer was a young civil rights activist killed by a white supremacist at a white supremacist rally. An everyday hero: a normal person who did what she could to educate others by her own example.
Helpful Tutorials and Links to Submit Stories, Short Films, Art, Spoken Word and Music
Create a Class Code and share it with your students. Students register using the class code.
Tutorial for Students: Use the MY HERO Create Program to submit stories, art, short films and audio.
Organizer created on 5/12/2021 1:02:00 PM by Laura Nietzer
Last edited 5/12/2021 2:54:07 PM by Laura Nietzer
