Monthly Archives: May 2009

Margo Roth Spiegelman Day

Today, May 29th, is what nerdfighters worldwide are celebrating as Margo Roth Spiegelman Day. If you are not familiar with the writings of John Green or with nerdfighter culture, you may not know what this is. In the novel Paper Towns by John Green, the main character, Quentin, goes looking for his mysterious, enigmatic, and [...]

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Happy Birthday, Kate!!!

Today is Kate’s Birthday! As our  staff coordinator, Kate, in essence, Makes Things Happen. She’s the one who’s behind-the-scenes  working with all of our staff, hiring new staff, helps design and coordinating campaigns, keeping us all sane at the same time. She’s also the one responsible for making us laugh, play with slinkies, becomes culturally [...]

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New Book Club Selection: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

In honor of our current campaign What Would Dumbledore Do? and the upcoming movie release, our next book club choice is Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling.  The reading period will start on June 1st and end on June 21st. What makes the HPA Book Club different from other reading groups, is [...]

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Reflections on Leakycon

This weekend, the Harry Potter Alliance had an incredible presence at Leakycon. Between programs, selling merch, and our numerous staffers wandering around, we had something going on almost every minute of the convention. We also had an incredible online presence this weekend through the launch of our new internship program, Not in Harry’s Name, and [...]

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Weekly Wrap-Up: May 17-24

It was a huge week for the HP Alliance! We’ll start this Weekly Wrap-Up with the LeakyCon news! • Darfur Petition: conference goers filled out postcards to President Obama asking to do whatever it takes to end genocide. You too can sign this petition online. Check here for more info: http://www.thehpalliance.org/darfur/darfur-petition/ • Do you want [...]

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What Would Dumbledore Do?

Hello fellow Wizard Activists! Ready for another amazing project? Us too! At LeakyCon, the HPA is going to be launching a new project: “What Would Dumbledore Do?” We’re starting something awesome, something of epic proportions. As you all know (SPOILER WARNING), our favorite headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, dies at the end of Half Blood Prince. With [...]

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Not in Harry's Name

This weekend at Leakycon, the Harry Potter Alliance is launching our new campaign “Not in Harry’s Name.” Are you unable to meet up with your fellow wizards and witches in Boston? Don’t fret. You can be part of our online D.A. meeting right here, by reading some of the same information presented at the conference. [...]

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Announcing: The Harry Potter Alliance Internship Program

The Harry Potter Alliance is exited to announce the HPA Internship Program! We know how hard it is to find the time to volunteer when you are a student, and we want to help. Being an intern at the Harry Potter Alliance will give you the opportunity to gain work experience and school credit at [...]

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Darfur Petition

At Leakycon this weekend, the Harry Potter Alliance is asking conference-goers to sign postcards that ask President Obama to keep Darfur a priority and do whatever it takes to end the genocide. All of these postcards will then be sent to the White House. We hope to get 300 postcards signed this weekend. However, we [...]

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What are you doing this weekend?

For the past few weeks, the Harry Potter Alliance staff has been hard at work getting ready for Leakycon. We’re getting ready to launch new campaigns and involve the entire conference in the Harry Potter Alliance. As many of you have commented on from this blog post, it’s going to be amazing. But it is [...]

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