This Week in Wizard Activism: Goodbye, 2020!
By: The Harry Potter Alliance
Tags: Books, Immigrants, Activism, Vote, Week In Wizard Activism

This Week in Wizard Activism: Goodbye, 2020!

Graphic of our This Week in Wizard Activism logo! It features the words “This Week in Wizard Activism” and our logo on a blue background.

Happy Thursday, y’all! It’s the last update before we go on break, happy holidays, have a wonderful new year, and see y’all in 2021!

From Happiest Season, Jane standing with Sloane and saying, “I have a way with routers.”

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Even better, you’ll be eligible to receive a FREE play-along commentary track for the Order of the Phoenix film! Featuring the voices of The Whomping Willows’ Matt Maggiacomo, Harry and the Potters’ Paul DeGeorge, Author Jack Bird, and HPA Director Katie Bowers, this track will make you feel like you’re hanging out with your Potter pals (social distanced though we may be!).

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2020: A Recap

Here’s what we accomplished this year at a glance!

Granger 2020 — We launched this voter engagement campaign back when we imagined we could do a lot of street work, but the HPA adapted like champs. We reached over 110,000 young voters in Arizona and Michigan!

— We launched this voter engagement campaign back when we imagined we could do a lot of street work, but the HPA adapted like champs. We reached over 110,000 young voters in Arizona and Michigan! Launched THREE virtual conferences this year: Small Things Con, Camp GLA, Fall into Democracy — the goal was accessibility and to still celebrate/participate even when homebound!

— the goal was accessibility and to still celebrate/participate even when homebound! Immigrations Actions — We partnered with Never Again Actions (#FloodICE).

— We partnered with Never Again Actions (#FloodICE). So many live streams — Live streams for all our campaigns, thanks so much for everyone who participated!

Live streams for all our campaigns, thanks so much for everyone who participated! Partnered with Black Girls Create —We fundraised for Black Lives Matter together. Justice for Breonna Taylor.

—We fundraised for Black Lives Matter together. Justice for Breonna Taylor. Accio Books — We ended this year with our favorite, feel-good campaign!

— We ended this year with our favorite, feel-good campaign! Avatar Toolkit — Our Resource Team released this pandemic-related toolkit.

— Our Resource Team released this pandemic-related toolkit. We released a new Wonder Woman toolkit with LYNDA CARTER.

Lastly, but still importantly — we made people feel hope again! Especially new members and recruits!

Thank you all for being a part of the HPA during the stressful and challenging year. We hope the HPA brought you some measure of joy.

Volunteering

Harper and Abby laughing together

Interested in volunteering or know someone who could be? Have a passion for Harry Potter and social justice? Why not join our amazing volunteer family! Whatever your strengths may be, we’re certain to have a place for you here at The HP Alliance. Check out our Volunteer page for more information and position openings!