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Monthly Archives: April 2009
Congress Is Standing Up For Darfur
The following press release comes from the Save Darfur Coalition. It’s huge! (though keep in mind, these are our most active members of Congress. Most of Congress is not nearly doing any thing close to this)
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Posted in Press
Tagged Darfur, Genocide Prevention Month, press release, Save Darfur Coalition
In Defense of Activism
Some of you may be surprised that activists for Darfur get criticized for our activism. John Norris, Executive Director of the Enough Project addresses that here. By the way, as far as activism on Darfur goes, this has been a CRAZY week. Mia Farrow has started a 21 day hunger strike and Congress people included [...]
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Posted in Action
Tagged activism, hunger strike, Washington DC
A Misunderstood Visionary
At Dumbledore’s funeral, many, Harry included were looking back on what we feel about Dumbledore. Others, mostly Ministry officials were pretending they knew him to save face – but it was apparent that they didn’t really know him at all. It seems that from the moment that we met Dumbledore, we realized that not only [...]
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Posted in Connect
Tagged Albus Dumbledore
Well Then
Posted by Sam on the NING on April 27th: “‘Watching the news…’ he said scathingly. ‘I’d like to know what he’s really up to. As if a normal boy cares what’s on the news-Dudley hasn’t got a clue what’s going on, doubt he knows who the Prime Minister is! Anyway, it’s not as if there’d [...]
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Posted in Connect
Tagged John Green, news, Sri Lanka
Refusing To Be a Bystander
Posted on the NING by VeganMudblood: I was inspired to write this blog after a post made on an Internet forum, by someone who refused to just be a bystander to an atrocity. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ She is walking her dog in a park, when she comes across a group of around seven young teenage boys who [...]
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Posted in Connect
Tagged Ning, taking action
The Sharing of Grief
Part 2 to the Moment Dumbledore Died (below) After Dumbledore died, my mind was immobilized. I couldn’t believe it. How could this be? Random thoughts kept entering my mind like, ‘Harry! Don’t tell Hagrid! Please don’t tell Hagrid! It will make it too real for me. For both of us! You know what Dumbledore means [...]
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Posted in Connect
Tagged Albus Dumbledore, Grief
Happy Birthday, Dinah!
Today is Dinah’s birthday!!! As our managing editor, past Tri-Wizard Tournament House Parties coordinator, and generally awesome staffer, Dinah has done so much for us in the past year…even when spending a semester abroad in Scotland!!! I know that for me personally, she has also been an incredible person to work with and a great [...]
Read MoreThe Moment That Dumbledore Died
I was in a subway holding the book, terrified as I watched the shocking scene. “Dumbledore began to cower as though invisible torturers surrounded him; his flailing hand almost knocked the refilled goblet from Harry’s trembling hands as he moaned, ‘Don’t hurt them, don’t hurt them, please, please, it’s my fault, hurt me instead…Make it [...]
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Posted in Connect
Tagged Albus Dumbledore, death, Grief, Harry Potter books
Everyday should be Earth Day
(written on the 22nd)… Today was Earth Day and the first year that I didn’t do anything special. In college, I was on the Environmental Committee and in high school, there was a club that would plant a tree every year. This year, I planted a couple of sunflower seeds and rode my bike around [...]
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Posted in Action
Tagged Earth Day, Global Warming, Recycling
HPA Book Club!
What does it mean to “write naked?” How can the process of creative writing allow us to shed our masks and stand naked before the page, giving us access to a deeper connection to each other and the world? These questions lay out the theme of “Write Naked” – a story about about a teen-age [...]
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Posted in Harry Potter Alliance News
Tagged Accio Books, book club, Books, write naked
