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Great Things for New Beginnings

by Kara O'Brien May 1, 2012 Leave a comment

Good news from the New Beginnings charter school, check it out!

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NBCS- It’s a Library!

by Pam Harris August 29, 2011 5 Comments

Pam of the NYDA chapter takes you through the Imagine Better Library that the HP Alliance helped build during Accio Books! The library is finally set up and ready to be explored by students.

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The Sorting Continues…

by Pam Harris June 2, 2011 2 Comments

My Chapter NYDA is helping the New Beginnings Charter School build their Imagine Better Library. We have been there once before to help sort the books generously donated by HPA members and Chapters, but there are so many that a second sorting session was in order. Since our last visit, even more books had arrived. We had our work cut out for us.

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The Sorting Begins!

by Pam Harris May 21, 2011 5 Comments

The NYDA makes its second trip to the New Beginnings Charter School to help sort books! Watch the library grow!

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The Power of Story

by Kara O'Brien May 1, 2011 3 Comments

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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Imagining Worse to Imagine Better

by Erin Millar April 28, 2011 Leave a comment

When you read a book, you can simply imagine the happy ending. You follow the characters along and learn from them. You cheer them on. In the case of imagining better, though, it’s a little different for writers. As a writer creating the story from scratch, there’s a second step in the process. For writers, we have the difficult task of imagining worse before we can imagine better.

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The Importance of a School Library

by Shrima Pandey April 26, 2011 1 Comment

School libraries are often over-looked, yet have a greater influence on the life of a student (particularly younger ones) than most people believe.

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FINAL WEEK of Accio Books! – Livestream 2 p.m. EST this Saturday

by Heather Murray April 22, 2011 1 Comment

Hello wizard activists! The final week of Accio Books is quickly approaching, and we intend to finish strong! We’re having a livestream on Saturday, April 23, at 2 p.m. EST to discuss strategies and plans as we prepare to wrap up this campaign. The show will be led by Andrew Slack and feature special guests [...]

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Visiting the New Beginnings Charter School

by Pam Harris April 11, 2011 4 Comments

My chapter, NYDA, has been lucky enough to have been asked by HPA to work with the New Beginnings Charter School to help build their library. I had been in touch with the principal a bit to try to determine what exactly we’d be helping with and when our help would be needed. When my [...]

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Snape and Spike

by Andrew Slack March 25, 2011 Leave a comment

There are striking similarities between Severus Snape and Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Let’s list some. Spoiler warning for Harry Potter and Buffy.

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