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44-619: (Redirected from Hpa ) HPA may refer to: Organizations [ edit ] Harry Potter Alliance , a charity Halifax Port Authority , Canada Hamburg Port Authority , Germany Hawaii Preparatory Academy , a school in Hawaii, US Health Protection Agency , UK Heerespersonalamt , the German Army Personnel Agency 1920-1944 Hollywood Post Alliance , an American trade organization Houston Peace Academy of

88-511: A campaign dedicated to making sure more girls have access to education and opportunities to change the world. Fandom Forward partnered with She's the First and kicked off the campaign with an unusual Hogwarts letter to prompt conversations about why making sure every girl can go to school and be a leader is important. During the campaign Fandom Forward fundraised for scholarships for STF scholars, and helped to raise $ 43,045, donating enough for She's

132-768: A group of schools in Tijuana Hydraulic Project Approval , an approval for hydraulic projects granted by the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title HPA . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HPA&oldid=1230523996 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

176-511: A local house party. In April 2005, Matt Maggiacomo invited Harry and the Potters to play at an all-Harry Potter show at his Rhode Island home. That night, Maggiacomo made his debut as The Whomping Willows , and his friends, Mehlenbacher and his brother, Brian Ross, played for the first time as Draco and the Malfoys . There were also festivals focused on the genre such as Wrockstock , which

220-485: A series of YouTube videos about the "Dark Lord Waldemart" in order to educate fans about Walmart's labour practices. The three videos have been viewed nearly three and a half million times total. In 2007, Fandom Forward broadcast a special edition of PotterCast , a popular fandom podcast, called "Becoming Dumbledore's Army: Harry Potter Fans for Darfur," to educate fans about genocide in Darfur . They partnered with STAND,

264-862: A student branch of the Genocide Intervention Network , and asked members to participate in the annual STANDFast project by giving up one luxury for a week and donating the money they saved to STAND to benefit civilians in Darfur. The effort raised $ 15,000 for STAND. They also joined the 24 Hours for Darfur project, which sought to make a 24-hour video of individuals speaking out against the genocide in Darfur, by asking members to submit videos as fans. When CNN.com's asked for submissions of fans showing their love for Harry Potter to their iReporter site, Fandom Forward asked members to upload submissions showing their love for Harry Potter while holding signs that said, "Save Darfur." Then, in 2008, Fandom Forward asked members to withhold support for sponsors of

308-417: A total of $ 94,803 from 2,289 donors across the globe for their equality-related initiatives. They nearly doubled their goal of $ 50,000. Donors gave money in exchange for exclusive perks from people such as John and Hank Green , Potter Puppet Pals , Evanna Lynch , LeakyCon , StarKid and more. They have repeated the fundraiser each fall since, raising over $ 180,000 in 2013 and over $ 150,000 in 2014. At

352-693: A total of 31,081 books to 71 literacy programs, including schools, community centers, libraries, and children's hospitals. Over the summer of 2020, Fandom Forward completed over 650 actions to reunite families and worked with Never Again Action to disrupt I.C.E. 's "Citizen's Academy" efforts in Chicago. When I.C.E. wanted to recruit regular people for a propaganda program to teach "awareness and appreciation" for ICE's deportation work, and train them on "firearms familiarization and targeted arrests," Fandom Forward responded by flooding them with fake applications. In

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440-493: A video to the organization's YouTube channel explaining that he was an undocumented immigrant. The organization partnered with Define American and later launched their "Superman Is an Immigrant" campaign, inviting members to tell their families' immigration stories and change the conversation about immigration reform. Later that year, Fandom Forward ran a fundraiser entitled Equality for the Win, or Equality FTW, on Indiegogo raising

484-637: A viral video consisting of many well-known figures speaking out for the cause, several of the people who took part were John Green , Hank Green , Wil Wheaton , Maureen Johnson and Adam Savage . In this video they all urged the Federal Communications Commission to preserve net neutrality. In the months leading up to the final Harry Potter film release, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 , Fandom Forward launched their Deathly Hallows campaign. Each month,

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528-655: A wider repertoire of music (notably Led Zeppelin to The Lord of the Rings ), wizard rock bands take their inspiration entirely from the Harry Potter universe. When performing live, wizard rock bands often cosplay , or dress as, characters from the novels. Some bands perform at fan conventions. The earliest Harry Potter-themed song is conventionally traced to 2000 when the Los Angeles-based pop-punk band Switchblade Kittens released an "Ode to Harry" from

572-415: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Harry Potter Alliance Fandom Forward was founded in 2005 as The Harry Potter Alliance by comedian Andrew Slack and the wizard rock band Harry and the Potters , initially collecting donations for Amnesty International at their shows. In 2006, the organization partnered with Walmart Watch to create

616-528: The 2008 Summer Olympics who were "implicitly funding the genocide in Darfur through overseas investments." In conjunction with the release of the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince film in 2009, the organization launched a "What Would Dumbledore Do" campaign, asking fans to tweet about the lessons they learned from Harry Potter's headmaster Albus Dumbledore using #dumbledore, attend

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704-676: The LeakyCon held in London in 2013, Fandom Forward created the Apparating Library, a program where attendees donate one book to the library and receive a voucher to come back another day during the convention to redeem their voucher for a different book. The library has since been present at other large fan events, such as LeakyCon and VidCon . In 2014 as part of their annual Accio Books campaign, they created an Apparating Library in Detroit, Michigan, to distribute books donated through

748-633: The Nerdfighter community. In June 2010, Fandom Forward competed against 10,000 other charitable organizations to win a grant from the Chase Community Giving Contest on Facebook. They received 38,689 votes to win the first place grant of $ 250,000. The money received from this grant went towards expanding their reach and improving their literacy and LGBT rights programs. In June 2010, Fandom Forward and Savetheinternet.com joined to campaign for net neutrality . They launched

792-506: The Deathly Hallows campaign, Fandom Forward also partnered with ReachOut.com to fight the effects of depression and the "dementor horcrux," challenged harmful body image, incorporated an Accio Books! book drive, teamed up with Marriage Equality Rhode Island and the Gay-Straight Alliance on marriage equality and bullying, and worked with Splashlife to address climate crises. On July 31, 2012, staff member Julian Gomez posted

836-574: The First to support eight girls in attending school, working with a mentor, and graduating. Fandom Forward also started Wizard Activist School, a free, at-your-own-pace, online school for new and experienced activists to hone their organizing skills. Through Wizard Activist School, Fandom Forward has trained over 700 new activists. In July 2019, I.C.E. announced major immigration raids in ten U.S. cities: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, Denver, Miami, New Orleans, New York, Baltimore, Chicago and Atlanta. In response, Fandom Forward rolled out their Stop

880-669: The Netherlands, and England. Started in 2014, the Granger Leadership Academy is a unique annual leadership conference for fan activists. Fans and progressive organizers come together for four days to engage in Fandom Forward's "Narrative Leadership Model," a model where attendees learn real world community organizing skills through a series of workshops and keynotes that follow the Hero's Journey . Time at

924-723: The Neville Fights Back campaign, Fandom Forward encouraged people to fight back against hatred and stand up for immigrants with Dumbledore's Army Fights Back. In 2018, the Fandom Forward partnered with the ACLU , Define American, the Northwest Community Center in Dallas, and more to raise thousands of dollars for legal aid for immigrants. Fans publicly recognized native land, created plans to vote, wrote welcome letters to newly resettled refugees, made calls to

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968-422: The Potters and Draco and the Malfoys . Although most listeners of the genre are fans of Harry Potter , some bands have attracted listeners outside of the books' fanbase. Wizard rock songs are often written from the point of view of a particular character in the books, usually the character who features in the band's name. In contrast to mainstream bands that have some songs incorporating literary references among

1012-771: The Snatchers workshops for nearly 200 fans. At these hour-long workshops, Fandom Forward brought activists from RAICES , Never Again Action , and the Boston Immigration Justice Accompaniment Network to LeakyCon Dallas and LeakyCon Boston to teach these fans how to take action for immigrant rights. In 2019, Fandom Forward also developed four distinct actions aligned with the Hogwarts Houses so that everyone felt encouraged to get involved in immigrant justice. Gryffindors planned and attended protests and submitted letters to

1056-476: The annual Project for Awesome . Emerson Spartz , founder of MuggleNet , has embraced Fandom Forward. "As readers we get very emotional when werewolves and house elves are being discriminated against," he describes. Fandom Forward "shows how those feelings can relate to real problems that we can solve." Researcher Henry Jenkins said, "[Fandom Forward] has created a new form of civic engagement which allows participants to reconcile their activist identities with

1100-639: The annual Accio Books campaign, members have now donated over 400,000 books worldwide, with the most recent being Anne Beers Elementary School in Washington D.C. in 2020. On June 8, 2021, partly in response to Rowling's remarks critical of transgender people, the Harry Potter Alliance changed its name to Fandom Forward. The change also aimed to reflect its community better, because it also included fans of non- Harry Potter media. Fandom Forward has chapters in more than 30 countries around

1144-746: The books to communities in need across the Mississippi Delta , the Imagine Better library at Bedford-Stuvyesant New Beginnings Charter School, Read Indeed, Books For Kids , and other local organizations. Since 2013, they have partnered with the International Quidditch Association and NaNoWriMo for the campaign. After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti , Fandom Forward partnered with Partners In Health and other fan communities to create Helping Heal Haiti. With

1188-446: The campaign. With the release of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (2014), and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 (2015) Fandom Forward launched their on-going Odds In Our Favor campaign, focused on economic justice. The campaign encouraged fans to hijack Lionsgate's social media marketing with three-finger salutes and discussion of real-world economic inequality. Wired described

1232-620: The conference always concludes with attendees partnering with local and national organizations for a series of actions to create real change. Past GLA action partners have included Sunrise, the American Library Association , Borderlinks, Raise the Age Missouri, and more. The GLA has been hosted in Auburn, AL (2014), Warwick, RI (2016), St. Louis, MO (2017), Tucson, AZ (2018), and Philadelphia, PA (2019). In 2020, GLA

1276-613: The editor. Ravenclaws researched to help create a database, DA Fights Back Near You . Hufflepuffs then used that database to find and support immigrant-led and immigrant-serving organizations near them. The same year, Fandom Forward partnered with Reading is Fundamental to send books to three partner sites: San Ardo Union Elementary School in San Ardo, CA, Bernie's Book in Chicago, and The Book Fairies in New York City. Fandom Forward sent nearly 8,000 books to our partner sites, and

1320-518: The ethical sourcing of Potter chocolate, but he was met with the comment that they are satisfied with the practices of the company they are using to source the chocolate. On January 13, 2015, the Washington Post reported that Warner Bros. had committed to ensuring by the end of 2015 that "'all Harry Potter chocolate products sold at Warner Bros. outlets and through our licensed partners will be 100-percent UTZ or Fair Trade certified.'" During

1364-461: The film release wearing a nametag with one thing Dumbledore taught them, and apply those lessons in their lives. Fandom Forward also began its now-annual Accio Books! campaign in 2009, collecting over 13,000 books for their partner Agohozo Shalom Youth Village in Rwanda . Since then, the annual drive has collected over 86,000 books, benefiting The Delta Center for Culture and Learning who distributed

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1408-614: The fundraiser each fall since. Fandom Forward is also a frequent grant winner from the Project4Awesome . The Granger Leadership Academy has been sponsored by ActBlue , Mischief Management , the Ford Foundation, the American Library Association , and more. Fandom Forward has received significant support from the Vlogbrothers , John Green and Hank Green . Fandom Forward is a frequent favorite for donations from

1452-489: The government to protect immigrants, and held a Wizard Rock show to #ReuniteEveryChild. In 2019 Fandom Forward partnered with RAICES to host a series of actions to defend and support immigrants, including hosting and attending multiple protests to #CloseTheCamps, a letter to the editor campaign, and creating an open source database for wizard activists to find immigrant-serving organizations to volunteer with locally. In Fall 2017, Fandom Forward began "A World Without Hermione",

1496-705: The help of partners, the Wizard Rock community, Maureen Johnson , John and Hank Green , Fandom Forward auctioned over 100 items including the Harry Potter books. In two weeks, Fandom Forward raised over $ 123,000 for Partners in Health In Haiti. The money raised helped Partners in Health charter five planes to Haiti full of medical supplies. The planes were named after characters in the Harry Potter series and DFTBA ("Don't Forget To Be Awesome") in honor of

1540-808: The organization highlighted a different "horcrux," or injustice, for members to work to end. The first horcrux, "Starvation Wages," focused on inhumane working conditions in the chocolate industry and asked that the Harry Potter themed chocolate frogs made by Warner Brothers be fair-trade certified. This later developed into Fandom Forward's currently on-going "Not in Harry's Name" campaign. According to their website, an independent report gave Harry Potter chocolate an "F" in human rights. Executive director Andrew Slack personally reached out to Warner Bros. CEO Barry M. Meyer about Fandom Forward's concerns, and Meyer responded with comments about their commitment to ethical sourcing. Slack reached out again to discuss ways to ensure

1584-473: The perspective of Ginny Weasley . Harry and the Potters originated the Harry Potter-themed band, which became the genesis of a fandom -centered genre of music called wizard rock. As Harry and the Potters increased in popularity, other wizard rock bands emerged. Brian Ross and Bradley Mehlenbacher originally conceived Draco and the Malfoys as a parody of Harry and the Potters performing at

1628-613: The pleasurable fantasies that brought the fan community together in the first place." Wizard rock Wizard rock (or Wrock ) is an evolving type of novelty rock music and filk music themed around the Harry Potter franchise. The music was largely prevalent in the United States in the early 2000s. Wizard rock initially started in Massachusetts with Harry and the Potters , though it has grown internationally. Leading bands in this genre include Harry and

1672-442: The political process without being able to vote. In December 2016, Fandom Forward launched Neville Fights Back, a movement dedicated to resisting bigotry and hate in communities. The campaign encouraged individuals to stand up and defend what they believed in from education, to immigration, to healthcare, to saving library funding, while also encouraging people to stay informed about what was going on in their communities. Following

1716-476: The tactics as " culture jamming ". During the campaign they partnered with groups such as AFL-CIO, Oxfam, Fight for $ 15, Project UROK, Campaign for Youth Justice, and many more. In 2016, Fandom Forward launched "Protego", using the powerful shield spell as the name of a campaign dedicated to helping transgender people become empowered and providing resources for everyone to create safe spaces for transgender people. Wizard activists completed 1,225 actions to support

1760-765: The trans community and Fandom Forward partnered with the National Center for Transgender Equality to support legislative advocacy campaigns in six U.S. states and Canada. Wizard activists spoke up to get gender neutral bathrooms and language established in their favorite public spaces. The 2016 election was a very charged one, and through the Wizard Rock the Vote 2016 campaign the Fandom Forward assisted in registering hundreds of new voters. Chapters of Fandom Forward banded together to do everything from holding mock votes at schools to raise voter awareness to starting an education campaign to show young people how they can influence

1804-467: The wake of COVID-19 , Hermione Granger 's fake presidential campaign created real world change by providing fans with ways to take action and find joy and community from home. By the end of March 2020, Fandom Forward raised over $ 20,000 for Team Granger. This fundraiser allowed Fandom Forward to mobilize thousands of fans, such as through their Small Things Con, a free, digital conference filled with weeks of livestreams, actions, and community care. Through

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1848-472: The world on six different continents. Chapters are autonomous and use the resources of Fandom Forward to work on the projects they feel are most needed by their communities. Fandom Forward also has individual members who are not associated with a chapter on six different continents. Through the Accio Books campaign, Fandom Forward has helped to build or stock libraries in the United States, Rwanda, Uganda,

1892-500: Was first held in 2007 in the United States and ended in 2013 after six editions. In 2015, Mexican band Velvet Darkness released the song "Death Eaters" as part of their debut EP Delusion . It was later re-recorded in 2018 as a bonus track for their debut LP Nothing but Glory , and a music video for the song was released in 2019 with a live recording of it. "Death Eaters" has led the band to play at several Harry Potter -themed events, playing both their songs and heavy metal covers of

1936-594: Was hosted virtually for the first time and trained 340 wizard activists. Fandom Forward is funded primarily by private donations from members around the world. In 2012, Fandom Forward ran a fundraiser entitled Equality for the Win, or Equality FTW, on Indiegogo raising a total of $ 94,803 from 2,289 donors across the globe for their equality-related initiatives. They nearly doubled their goal of $ 50,000. Donors gave money in exchange for exclusive perks from people such as John and Hank Green , Potter Puppet Pals , Evanna Lynch , LeakyCon , StarKid and more. They have repeated

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