Monthly Archives: January 2010

Late Night Snack with Andrew Slack Tonight!

Tonight, Monday January 18 at Nine and Three Quarters (9:45 EST) is a Late Night Snack with Andrew Slack, where I will have an awesome guest on to discuss the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and how that legacy ties in to our help for Haiti. Tune in and take part tonight right here!

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Make a Video For Emma Watson (and more!)

Like Hermione Granger who advocated for fair and equal wages, Emma Watson is representing “People Tree” in promoting Fair Trade fashion – a way to buy awesome clothing and know for sure that the people it came from were treated with fair wages and not exploited (as is too often the case). Emma has invited [...]

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"Light Through Darkness" Available in iTunes

Last week’s episode of Potterwatch, “Light Through Darkness” is now available for download on our iTunes feed. If you missed the show last night, or just want to listen again, the podcast is a great way to listen again. We covered a lot in last night’s show, including….

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Reaching Out To Haiti

The HP Alliance is standing with people across the world asking you to support Haiti in this incredibly devastating time where so many have suffered due to a catastrophic earthquake in already impoverished nation. Please consider donating $10 to Haiti by texting “HAITI” to 90999. Or if you have access to a credit card, we [...]

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Livestream on Wednesday at 8:30PM EST

Join us for our first show of 2010 this Wednesday! Throughout this year, we’ll have a live Potterwatch every other Wednesday at 8:30pm EST. We kick off this week by continuing our discussion about stress management and Breaking Out of the Muggle Mindset. We’ll also have a Pledge2Protect update and some news about another new [...]

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Portugal Protects Marriage Equality!

Despite the energy that some placed in using government to attack people’s marriages, despite the fact that yesterday New Jersey decided to not let consensual adults have the right to marry, despite whatever tides of hatred we see in our world, we also are seeing tides of justice, love, and equality where governments respect marriage. [...]

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Dancing In Rwanda

I strongly encourage you to read this short and powerful piece by Rebecca Davis who will hopefully be partnering with us in the near future, about her experience with a Rwandan orphan in Rwanda. It is both heart breaking and inspiring. Below is a video of some of the kids Rebecca works with dancing to [...]

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From Our Ning: a Blog About an Exciting New Youtube Channel!

Max here, HPA Ning Manager, bringing you the latest activity over at the Ning! Nicolette, Gryffindor, has written a blog post about a new Youtube channel that she is starting along with Ravenclaw Terry, Hufflepuff Vanessa, and fellow Gryffindors Emma and Sylvia Battcock. The channel will focus on the HPA and on Harry Potter as [...]

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