Monthly Archives: September 2008

WRTV: Did the first Presidential debate fail the world?

According to our fellow Darfur activists: yes. The United States is still the most powerful country in the world, and the next president of this country did not face one question on genocide, global poverty, and AIDS. This was supposed to be THE debate that focused on foreign policy. It’s more than understandable that due [...]

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Global Warming

I’d like the HPA to address the issue of global warming. Talk about the need for a Dumbledore’s Army to wake the world up! It seems that each day that we don’t see a green revolution global warming grows more powerful.

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Happy Holidays!

Our warmest wishes to all Muslims and Jews as the world celebrates Ramadan and the Jewish New Year.

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Patronus Update

After this post our web designer Acacia let me know that a person’s Patronus is not necessarily an animal reflection of their personality (that would be an animgus). According to Acacia and her husband Jason, a patronus is about an animal that serves as your protector. Harry identified his father as his protector, so his [...]

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Wizarding Elections

So the US and Canada are getting ready for elections. Did the Wizarding World have elections? Was Rufus Scrimgeur elected or appointed? And if appointed, by whom?

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What Would Your Patronus Be?

Someone asked me this recently and I’m having a really hard time settling on one! While in the Golden Compass series a person’s daemon keeps changing until they reach adulthood, a person’s Patronus can change too. However, for now, do you know what yours would be?

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Awesome HP event in DC

Check it out. It should be really interesting and goes from now until December 31. Medieval science, magic, and Harry Potter? That rocks!!!

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The Gringotts Crash of 2008

Contrary to popular belief, Gringotts can be broken into. And contrary to popular belief, the banks of our world that were once thought to be unstoppable are collapsing. While I’m not an expert in expert in economics, I hope you and your loved ones are doing okay as the Gringotts of our world collapses. Those [...]

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Happy Birthday Karen!

Crack out some firewhiskey and butterbeers, because today a very special Chapters Coordinator is celebrating her birthday! Without her hard work and selflessness, the HPA’s chapters would hardly be what they are today and the Harry Potter Alliance would be one (amazing) ally short. As such, we hope you’ll join us in wishing Karen a [...]

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Wizard Rock the Vote with Debate Parties!

The last Wizard Rock the Vote wrock show was the NYC Wrock Festival this past Sunday and it was a great culmination to our summer concert series! We’ve worked with fantastic volunteers, amazing bands who were so great to let us tag along, and we registered well over 200 people. But now what, you ask? [...]

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