We here at the HP Alliance know that the Harry Potter Series is more than just a “fun” read, they make a statement and raise awareness on countless issues that pertain to the Muggle world we live in.  So beginning today we will be bringing to light, via the blog, HP fans who are inspired by the series to effect change in the world around them.

This letter was written to JK Rowling by a missionary who paid a visit to disabled children in Jamaica and was humbled by what he saw.  I’m in awe.

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Today is the birthday of Harry Potter and her creator Jo Rowling. Can we even begin to describe how much you have both touched us? Happy and Healthy Birthday to you both.

Today was a very important day where the Senate heard testimony from Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration. More on this soon, but for now here is a short article followed by an opening remarks by Senator John Kerry’s.

If you’d like, think of this as the Wizengamut having a hearing about how to proceed now that Voldemort has returned. Let’s hope the US Senate and Scott Gration come to a better conclusion than the Ministry of Magic.

If you handed out nametags at the movie theater before you saw Half-Blood Prince, we want to hear about it!

First of all – Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

All of us at the Harry Potter Alliance have been in awe of the response we’ve gotten on What Would Dumbledore Do from all of our members. The work that this community has done in the past few days is beyond belief….especially during those last few hours before the midnight release, on both Twitter and at the movie theaters.

Whether you handed out 5 or 500 nametags, went by yourself or with friends, we’re interested to hear your stories. After all, you all made this happen – and you made it happen all over the world.

Three Ways to Share Your Story

1. Leave a comment on this post
2. Write a blog post about it in the Common Room
3. Email it to dumbledore@thehpalliance.org

And as you write your stories, think of all the people we’ve reached this week. Those 5 or 500 people who started thinking about Dumbledore. The people who saw more than 12,000 #dumbledore twitters in a span of nine short hours.

Be proud of yourself – for what we did, and what we’re going to keep doing.

Thank you so much for making this happen.

And if you haven’t gone yet (or are going again), remember…you can take nametags with you to ANY showing!

Another great article that examines what we do and the successes we’ve had:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/16/potter.activists.irpt/

An amazing story about the Harry Potter Alliance.

Okay. I’m officially freaking out with excitement.

First off: another Harry Potter movie coming out for the first time in two years (I feel like it’s Christmas Eve!) and second, in honor of the character whose spirit will guide Harry through this film, we are making #dumbledore one of the most popular trends on Twitter (and retweet this page!)

Momentum is moving now. #dumbledore is surging everywhere. I keep looking at this site and every time I turn away for two minutes it tells me to refresh because there are 2 to 300 new #dumbledore’s. Now tonight is the moment to show the media, to show the world about our love for the message of Dumbledore. And after talking with countless reporters, they are watching us. Let’s make this happen. At Leaky Melissa explains how you can join in most effectively:

It’s all very simple. First, in all your tweets today tack this phrase onto the end of it: “#dumbledore http://tr.im/wwdd” (minus the quotes). The “#dumbledore” tag will start ratcheting the phrase up the ranks and the link will help spread the word. Then, when you see the film, make sure you say something like this (with the phrase Harry Potter in it as well):

Just about to see Harry Potter – in honor of #dumbledore we are taking over Twitter! http://tr.im/wwdd
Just saw Harry Potter – in honor of #dumbledore we are taking over Twitter! http://tr.im/wwdd
Harry Potter was awesome! In honor of #dumbledore we are taking over Twitter! #dumbledore http://tr.im/wwdd

VERY IMPORTANT: We will all be tweeting simultaneously AT 8:59pm PST – or 11:59pm EST! No matter what you are doing make a tweet at that moment!

You get the idea – anything with the phrase Harry Potter and the Dumbledore tag, and, if you can, the link. But the Dumbledore tag is the most important part! #dumbledore

So. Are you ready? Are you ready to take over Twitter? Tweet early. Tweet often. Tweet now. The game is on!!!

Andrew Slack
HP Alliance, Executive Director

P.S. Remember to wear your name tags at the movie theater and to take pictures and post them on our Common Room. CNN has asked me for you to do that as they may want to use them! Be safe everyone and have FUN!

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey everyone, tonight’s live DA meeting is now online!

The July 13th DA meeting was hosted by Andrew Slack and Karen Bernstein. Our hosts took questions and discussion ideas from the USTREAM chat, spotlighting the Harry Potter Alliance’s What Would Dumbledore Do? campaign.

Ideas and events discussed during the meeting included:

-  Looking back at Harry and Dumbledore from Order of the Phoenix, and looking forward to the film adaptation
-  A summary the What Would Dumbledore Do? Movie Challenge
-  How to avoid spoiling the story when discussing the WWDD campaign
-  Twitter Takeover! Tweet-and-Retweeting before and after the movie. For details, click on “Twitter Challenge” at whatwoulddumbledoredo.org
-  The HPA in the media: Mashable and Canada.com among those discussing the HPA and WWDD
-  What we can blog, vlog, tweet, and post to show our loyalty to Dumbledore’s spirit
-  Where to share all your awesome WWDD pictures and experiences? Go to thehpalliance.ning.com
-  How we can follow Albus Dumbledore and other visionaries who have used love to defeat injustice
-  Chat evaluations of Andrew’s caffeine intake
-  Snogging stories with Andrew and Karen, inspired by the upcoming Harry-and-Ginny on-screen lip-lock

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