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A Chocolaty Similarity: Raising the Fair Trade Bar to Hershey

by EmilyR January 28, 2013 2 Comments

Hershey, Pennsylvania – “the Sweetest Place On Earth”. This chocolate-loving town is only a stone’s throw away from my native Scranton, but it has a pretty unsavory business when it comes to its candy. Like Warner Bros., Hershey does not have fair trade practices despite their lavish chocolate spa, chocolate theme park rides, and multi-million [...]

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As Strong As We Are United, As Weak As We Are Divided

by Erin Millar November 15, 2012 Leave a comment

The United States elections ended over a week ago.  The day after the election, one of three things happened–you were either complaining about the outcomes of an office or an issue, you were gloating on Facebook because the person or issue you wanted to win won, or you were merely celebrating the end of the campaign [...]

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The Story’s the Thing: Pure Wimsey

by Kara O'Brien September 26, 2012 Leave a comment

We all know and love the power of story, and there’s nothing better than finding new ones to lose yourself in. Check back on the blog every Wednesday for an eclectic smattering of the blogger’s favorite stories of all kinds. We hope you’ll discover new worlds, friends, and adventures–and maybe get re-acquainted with some old [...]

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HPA, Meet New York Times.

by Sara Danver March 22, 2012 Leave a comment

The Harry Potter Alliance is in the New York Times!! I mean, how cool is that?!

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Andrew’s Going on Tour! Sort of…

by Kara O'Brien February 25, 2012 Leave a comment

Help us spread the word about Andrew’s upcoming speeches!

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HPA in the News

by Monica Watson November 27, 2010 Leave a comment

Thanks to all of your support and involvement we’ve had around 20 news hits on the Harry Potter Alliance over the past few weeks. Here’s a quick rundown of some of the articles, videos, and radio shows!

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The Harry Potter Alliance won $250,000 from Chase Community Giving

by Kate Looby July 13, 2010 9 Comments

The Harry Potter Alliance has won first place in the the Chase Community Giving Challenge, which means we have won $250,000. Voting ended on Monday at 11:59pm EST. It was a tense and crazy night, but we did it. Thanks to everyone who voted and supported us! We’ll have more info soon, but for now [...]

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JK Rowling and Helping Haiti Heal!

by Andrew Slack June 26, 2010 29 Comments

In light of the fifth and final plane, “Dumbledore” arriving in Haiti this week, yesterday morning, I was floored in getting the following note from JK Rowling addressed for all of us:

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Ning Weekly Wrap-Up Blog (June 18th-June 25th)

by Emma June 25, 2010 Leave a comment

Why, hello there! How’ve you been? How’s your mother? Is that a new haircut? Now that we’ve got those tedious formalities out of the way, on to the regularly scheduled Weekly Wrap-Up Blog, written by moi, Emma.

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Dumbledore Has Landed! 5th flight that we funded for Haiti reaches destination!

by Andrew Slack June 22, 2010 7 Comments

Tears are welling up in my eyes right now. I just got an email from Partners In Health letting me know that “Dumbledore,” our fifth and final plane for Helping Haiti Heal, has landed! We will be celebrating this occasion this Sunday at 2 p.m. EST during a big Livestream! As a community, we have [...]

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