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Wizards Can Wrock the Vote
Have you ever voted? According to statistics there’s an excellent chance that you’ll say no if you’re under 30, aside from if you are not yet or were not 18 in the last election.
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Posted in Action, Empowerment, Harry Potter Alliance News
Tagged Vote, Why Should I Vote?, Wizard Rock the Vote, Wrock the Vote, WRTV
Last day to enter the #VLOGAVERSARY Giveaway!
For those of you who are just checking in or have otherwise been hiding under a non-HPA rock, this week is the one year anniversary of the HPA Vlog! Exciting, eh? We agree and so we’ve been joining them in their festivities all week. One of the biggest ways they are celebrating is by hosting [...]
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Posted in Harry Potter Alliance News, HPA Announcements
It’s a Vlogaversary! (Oh, and there’s free stuff)
This week is the one-year anniversary, ahem I mean Vlogaversary, of the HPA’s YouTube Channel. The year has been filled with a range of videos from funny and playful, to introspective and enlightening. Lauren, Julian and Kelly regularly cover social justice issues, musings of college students, and discussions of HPA campaigns.
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Posted in About, Harry Potter Alliance News
Tagged Vlogaversary, vlogs
Are We the Capitol?
In Monday’s vlog Julian posed two questions: “How can we break through the norms of our society that prioritizes the wrong problems, and do you think you do enough to help end world hunger?” Easy questions, yes? Right. Not so much. They’re great questions. Don’t get me wrong. But I’ve been sitting here for quite [...]
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Posted in Action, Empowerment, Human Rights, Hunger Games
Food is the Ultimate Leverage. It’s #notagame
Have you been following our cross-platform discussions? If not, go read our tumblr post from this week and Kelly’s vlog from Wednesday. Caught up now? Excellent. So Kelly asked us to answer – what motivates leaders who use hunger a tool to control? Well Kelly, it’s hard to tell for sure. But I do have [...]
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Posted in Harry Potter Alliance News, Human Rights, Hunger Games
Tagged Hunger, hunger games, starvation
Women of the World… Unite?
As you all probably know by now, this past Thursday, March 8, was International Women’s Day. We’ve been talking a great deal here on our blog and over on our Imagine Better site about what fictional women inspire us. This conversation will continue throughout the month for Women’s History Month and to celebrate The Hunger [...]
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Posted in Empowerment, Harry Potter Alliance News, Human Rights
Tagged Empowerment, International Women's Day, Women
And the Guest Blogs Continue…
As you all probably noticed, all of last week we posted blogs from our staff and guest bloggers on how fictional women inspired, influenced, and changed them as a lead up to International Women’s Day. From Rory Gilmore to Esther from the Bible, female characters from books, movies, television shows, and more make large impacts [...]
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Posted in About, Harry Potter Alliance News
Tagged International Women's Day
I Don’t Want to Be a Shoe!
In the pilot of “FRIENDS” Rachel Green, the spoiled, ditzy, daddy’s little girl who runs out on her wedding when she realizes she isn’t really in love with her husband, shows up in her wedding dress at the apartment of her friend she hasn’t spoken to in years. In a scene that foreshadows much of [...]
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