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Organic versus Fair Trade
All those labels at the grocery store can get very confusing, but you should always know what you’re supporting when you buy a product. Read more to find out just what’s behind those labels.
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Posted in Human Rights
Tagged child slavery horcrux, Chocolate, Fair Trade, House Cup, Human Rights, starvation wages
The Sorting Begins!
The NYDA makes its second trip to the New Beginnings Charter School to help sort books! Watch the library grow!
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Posted in Accio Books, Chapters, Literacy
Tagged Accio Books, bsnbcs, new beginnings charter school, nyda
Help Bring Quidditch to the Classroom!
Ever played Quidditch? If you haven’t, you should. And so should every school kid who every loved Harry. Our friends at the International Quidditch Association (IQA) are up for a $25,000 grant to help them start Quidditch teams in elementary and middle schools worldwide. You can help them make this dream a reality by voting [...]
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Posted in HPA Announcements
The Reality of Human Trafficking and What You Can Do About It
I want to talk to you a little more about child slavery, and to let you know that it isn’t just something that happens on the other side of the world. There are children, right here in the United States, who are doing certain jobs only because they are being forced to by someone else. I know these kids because they are my clients, and I am their attorney.
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Posted in Human Rights
Tagged child slavery, child slavery horcrux, Chocolate, dark side of chocolate, deathly hallows campaign, DHC
UPDATE – Ugandan Gay Death Penalty Bill Dead!
Yesterday, we told you about the Ugandan Gay Death Penalty bill. Today, I am excited to tell you, the Ugandan parliament has decided not to take up the bill for debate. One of the main reasons this came about was because of the efforts of people around the world, including you! The Ugandan leaders specifically [...]
Read MoreHow Fair Trade Chocolate Can Help
Africa’s Ivory Coast is home of at least half of the world’s cocoa. So doesn’t it make sense for major corporations such as Mars, Hershey, and Nestle to purchase their cocoa from there? Right. What makes no sense at all is the rising number of children being enslaved at these cocoa farms.
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Posted in Human Rights
URGENT: Ugandan Death Pentalty for Gays.
Remember that Make It Better Oath we all signed? Now, if ever, is the time to stand by it. In the next 48 hours, conservative Ugandan leaders are attempting to make it a crime to be LGBTQ–a crime punishable by death.
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Posted in Action, Harry Potter Alliance News, Human Rights, LGBTQ
Tagged genocide, Human Rights, LGBTQ
Stand Up for CT Anti-Discrimination Laws
Connecticut is one of the most progressive states in the country, here’s how you can help it continue to set the example.
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Posted in Action, Harry Potter Alliance News, Human Rights, LGBTQ
Tagged equality, Human Rights, LGBTQ
The Power of Story
As we move on to a new Horcrux, take a moment to consider the power of fiction, and how it infuses everything we do at the Harry Potter Alliance.
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Posted in Accio Books, Harry Potter Alliance News
Tagged Accio Books, Books, books we love, deathly hallows campaign, Literacy
