We Must Act Now

Rwanda Video Project

The HP Alliance Hearts the Vlog Brothers Quick update: we’ve had over 120 videos sent to us! It’s amazing! Keep them coming!!!!!!! PLEASE! This means sooooo much!!!!!

Darfur Update

President Obama has named a special envoy to Sudan! It is difficult to imagine the stakes being much higher. There are over one million people in Darfur who may die in the immediate future. Let me say that again: there are over one million people who may die in Darfur in the immediate future. I [...]

The Rwanda Video Project

This April 7th marks the fifteenth anniversary of the Rwandan genocide where about one million people were killed in 100 days. And each of us has the honor of being part of the commemoration process. Here’s how: Make a video of yourself – light a candle and then say into the camera – “Hi, my [...]

Live DA meeting this Sunday with Hank Green and more!

Please join us this Sunday March 15th at 2 pm EST for the fifth ever live DA meeting! You get to listen to and be part of this conference call simply by going to this web site at 2 pm EST. And you’ll get to chat directly with the speakers, who include Hank Green of [...]

Innocent Person To Be Murdered

An innocent person is about to be murdered. And the worst thing is, he is one person. But he has over 999,000 friends. They too are innocent. And they too are about to be murdered. When someone is about to be murdered you dial 911 and tell the police. Hopefully the police come right away. [...]

One Million People At Risk

Do you remember the end of Batman: The Dark Knight when the Joker holds what looks like hundreds of people hostage on ferry boats? Or in Harry Potter when Voldemort attacks Hogwarts – I’m not sure how many people were there. It was A LOT. But it wasn’t one million. And right now, one million [...]

No New Stuff Q&A live on Thursday!

Hey guys! Matt and I will be guest on a live Pottercast this Thursday evening. During the show we’ll be talking a bit about the 2009 Wizard Rock EP of the Month Club (which benefits the HPA). After the show, we’ll be hanging out and talking some more about No New Stuff and answering any [...]

Choices

We all know the choices we make matter. They have consequences, whether soon or in the distant future. We don’t always know what the right choices are, and sometimes we know but it’s too hard to make them. Either we are too shy, or too scared, or too uncertain. Sometimes the timing just isn’t right. [...]

Darfur in Danger, Call Now

We have reached a crossroads. One road is for the international community to use its current leverage to end the genocide in Darfur. The other road is allowing the people of Darfur to be in worse danger then they have been in since the early days of the genocide. You have influence in what happens [...]