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Monthly Archives: June 2008
Going to see Jo Rowling!
On the eve of the release of Deathly Hallows, I helped Emcee a concert led by Harry and the Potters and Draco and the Malfoys in Harvard Square which they aptly retitled “Hogwarts Square.” Almost one year ago, we had the honor of watching JK Rowling speak on the very same stage that all of [...]
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Some Strides For Gay Marriage
Apparently more Americans today think gays should be able to get married than they did four years ago when Massachusetts first legalized gay marriage. Perhaps many Americans have realized that Massachusetts did not fall apart because people were allowed the chance to visit their loved ones in the hospital? Let us build environments that are [...]
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Some Thoughts On Father's Day
Many families in the US today are at barbeque’s and restaurants celebrating their dads, grandfathers, uncles, and father figures. And while Father’s Day is a holiday of tremendous celebration for some families, like almost all holidays, it carries with it a great deal of ambivalence for others. If there was a Father’s Day in Harry [...]
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Andrew Slack speaks at Media Reform Conference
In my post below, I talk about how I attended an amazing and energizing conference on Media Reform. Below is a talk I gave on a panel amongst such panelists as Craig Newmark, the founder of Craigslist. It’s sometimes hard to see yourself on video. Here I wish I talked slower, talked more into the [...]
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National Media Reform Conference
Many of you are familiar with the HPA campaign, “Rocking Out Against VoldeMedia” where ten Wizard Rock bands came together to create a free online comp that connected media consolidation in Harry’s world to media consolidation in our world. Thanks to groups like us at the Harry Potter Alliance, we managed to stop the Imperiused [...]
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NEW CYBER ROOM OF REQUIREMENT!
The HPA forums just turned one year old! And now they are very much revised and much more AWESOME! Check them out please and meet us in the Dumbledore’s Army for the real world’s Cyber Room of Requirement. People are talking about amazing things there and continuing to build a supportive community – just as [...]
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WIZARD ROCK THE VOTE!!!
It is our choices that make us who we are as individuals, it is also our choices that make us who we are as a society. For all of us in the US who will be “of age” by this November we need to WROCK the vote and exercise our choice on who the next [...]
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Jo Rowling's Speech at Harvard
Via Leaky the text of the speech as well as the audio. Also via Leaky the video of the speech. This was hands down one of the best speeches I have ever heard…ever. And her words about imagination, empathy, and human rights speak to the values that all of us: you, me, and the thousands [...]
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JK ROWLING SPEAKING AT HARVARD TODAY!!!
According to Snitch Sneeker you can see live streaming of JK Rowling’s commencement speech in Harvard Yard today. The very same place that Harry and the Potters and Draco and the Malfoys led a crazy concert of about 15 to 20 thousand people the night that Deathly Hallows came out. It was a very cool [...]
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Save The Quibbler Video
Song can be found here. Thanks to “Wrocking Girl” for making the video: While we’re at it, here is Gred and Forge performing the song live at Wrockstock. This was my first time seeing a song from the “Rocking Out Against VoldeMedia” comp performed live. I lost my voice but I was still screaming as [...]
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