Weekly Wrap-up: June 1-6

WWDD

A huge majority of the posts on the Common Room this week are part of our What Would Dumbledore Do? project. What is WWDD? Find out here. Want to get involved? Join our Common Room! And be sure to check out what others have learned from Dumbledore at this link.

NEWS

• There’s still time to register for Azkatraz, the Harry Potter fan conference taking place July 17-21 in San Francisco, CA. All proceeds from the Wrock around the Rock event will be divided between the Harry Potter Alliance and Amnesty International. Find out more: http://www.hp2009.org
• New Hampshire has now legalized equal marriage, becoming the 6th U.S. state to do so! http://www.thehpalliance.org/lgbt/1034

BLOGS

• Vanessa shares how audiobooks introduced her to the magic of Harry Potter, and how being a part of this community has inspired her in her struggle with dyslexia. http://thehpalliance.ning.com/profiles/blogs/harry-potter-and-the-dyslexic
• LuthienTinuviel calls on us to remember the events at Tiananmen Square twenty years ago, and reflects on intolerance and the right to free speech. http://thehpalliance.ning.com/profiles/blogs/remembering-tiananmen-square
• Sick of plastic grocery bags? You’re not alone! Delana discusses some great ides for reducing, reusing, and recycling those pesky plastic sacks! http://thehpalliance.ning.com/profiles/blogs/those-pesky-plastic-grocery
• Sophia describes a confusing and frustrating situation when her school was evacuated due to a bomb threat. http://thehpalliance.ning.com/profiles/blogs/bomb-threat
• Meara Aideen talks about her reactions to an article about women, religion, and sex, and raises questions concerning sex education in religious contexts. http://thehpalliance.ning.com/profiles/blogs/women-religion-and-sex-may-not

VIDEOS

• Arletta introduces Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince as the next Book Club pick and delves into discussions of Chapters 1 and 2.
• In her No New Stuff video this week, Hope discusses some temptations she’s facing and what she can do to deal with them.
• Three friends show off some mad skills in a video posted by Alexandra.
• All videos can be viewed at http://thehpalliance.ning.com/video or http://www.youtube.com/thehpalliance.

PHOTOS

Check out WWDD photos in two albums now: WWDD and WWDD2

UPCOMING EVENTS

• Be on the lookout for the upcoming date for the Ustream chat for Write Naked.
• June 30th marks the launch of the Top 100 Lessons from WWDD, as well as more information on our partnership with the Love in the Sky project.
• Azkatraz is coming (July 17-21)! To register or find out more, click here.

If you are a Chapter Organizer and would like to send us an update, we’ll put it in the Weekly Wrap-up so everyone can know what you’re doing. Please e-mail us at grace@thehpalliance.org or hope@thehpalliance.org.

See you in a week!