Dumbledore's Army - still recruiting?

[Janette]

No: HPFGUIDX 173948

I was thinking of Neville's rallying cry again - his bravery and persistence
really resonated with me.  And as I mentioned before, the message I take
from the books is that it is important to do the right thing, and not to be
put off by fear of social pressure, pain, or even death.

It occured to me that Harry Potter fans number in the many thousands, and
this list alone has nearly 27,000.  (Wow!)  We all appear to be against
discrimination (the Slytherins), bullying (Umbridge), detainment of the
innocent (Black, Shunpike, etc), cruelty in general, and we are all prepared
to spend long periods of time (whether or not we really have it - I am
typing this at work...) reading the books, reading and writing emails, and
in many cases making Potter-related crafty objects.

Wouldn't it be a tremendous acknowledgement of JKR's achievements if we
channelled this energy and these numbers (and we could be an almighty force
to reckon with) into writing emails on behalf of her pet causes?  i.e.
Amnesty International, the caged babies, etc.  Or if we each contributed one
pound or dollar or euro to MS or another of her pet charities, in her name?


I just feel it would be a shame to let all this righteous indignation
against the iniquities of the Wizarding World dissipate, when we could be
working as a group to help right the wrongs of our real world.  All the
people who have felt disappointed that the WW did not change after the fall
of LV can show how it can/should be done.

Dumbledore's Army!

montims


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