Dear Friends,

Summertime is beach time and to honor those who protect our precious water resources we congratulate the winners of the 2022 Sylvia Earle Ocean Conservation Award. 

• Voice Above Water - 2022 Winner
• All the Way to the Ocean - Inspiring the Future Winner
• Ocean Hero Spotlight - Student Winner

This annual award is named for Dr. Sylvia Earle, world-renowned marine biologist, author and explorer, and is sponsored by MacGillivray-Freeman Films’Educational Foundation's One World One Ocean campaign.

In this newsletter, we also share upcoming events and contests. Please remember the final deadline to submit short films for the 2022  MY HERO International Film Festival is September 1st. We will be presenting several Special Awards with cash prizes for professional and student work.

Wishing you all the best,

The MY HERO Team

Professional artists and students are invited to submit portraits of someone they admire for significant contribution to their community, the planet, or themselves. Entries are judged by artist Robert Shetterly, founder of Americans Who Tell the Truth, and the MY HERO Gallery staff.

Art speaks all languages. Explore the world through the MY HERO Gallery.

Festival submission fees waived for students

Thanks to our Special Awards sponsors, who contribute

cash prizes for student and professional filmmakers.

JUNE

LGBT Pride Month

World Environment Day - June 5

World Oceans Day - June 8

World Day Against Child Labor - June 12

African-American Freedom Day (Juneteenth) - June 19

World Refugee Day - June 20

International Surfing Day - June 20

MY HERO Workshop @ ISTE 20 - June 28

JULY

Dalai Lama Birthday - July 6

Malala Yousafzai Birthday - July 12

Nelson Mandela Birthday - July 18

MY HERO Online Teachers' Workshop - July 26

International Day of Friendship - July 30

AUGUST

International Youth Day - August 12

World Humanitarian Day - August 19

Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition - August 23

Women's Equality Day - August 26

Inspire learning all summer long with MY HERO

Become a MY HERO Ambassador in three simple steps:

1. Become familiar with the MY HERO resources and digital storytelling tools you will be using with students. 
2. Help your students use MY HERO's digital storytelling tools to publish their projects.
3. Be a mentor for new teachers as they learn about MY HERO's multimedia tools and resources.

Save the date — June 28, at 5:00 pm (EDT)

Join MY HERO's Education Outreach Director Laura Nietzer online, as she discusses creative ways to use MY HERO resources to enhance creativity and compassion at the ISTE Conference this month. More details here.

On July 26, 12 noon EDT, learn how you can use MY HERO resources to enhance creativity and compassion in the classroom and at home. Learn more.

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