Fandom Forward

Fandom Forward
Founded	2005
Founder	Andrew Slack, Paul DeGeorge, and Seth Soulstein
Type	Charity
Focus	Human rights, Education, and Literacy
Location	Binghamton, New York, U.S.;
Website	http://fandomforward.org/
Formerly called	The Harry Potter Alliance

Fandom Forward (formerly The Harry Potter Alliance) was a nonprofit organization that was initially run by Harry Potter fans but that has since expanded to include members of various fandoms. It was founded by Andrew Slack in 2005 to draw attention to human rights violations in Sudan.^[1] Since then, the organization's campaigns have focused on topics such as literacy, United States immigration reform, economic justice, LGBT rights, sexism, labor rights, mental health, body image, and climate change.^[2] They have received recognition from many popular figures in the Harry Potter community and have been the subject of multiple academic studies on fan activism and civic engagement among youth.^[3]^[4]^[5]

^ Snyder, Chris (20 July 2007). "Harry Potter as a political force". Politico. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
^ Weiss, Joanna (20 November 2012). "Organizing a real Dumbledore's Army". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
^ Jenkins, Henry (1 January 2012). ""Cultural acupuncture": Fan activism and the Harry Potter Alliance". Transformative Works and Cultures. 10 (10). doi:10.3983/twc.2012.0305. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
^ Hinck, Ashley (1 January 2012). "Theorizing a Public Engagement Keystone: Seeing Fandom's Integral Connection to Civic Engagement through the Case of the Harry Potter Alliance". Transformative Works and Cultures. 10 (10). doi:10.3983/twc.2012.0311. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
^ Kligler-Vilenchik, Neta; McVeigh-Schultz, Joshua; Weitbrecht, Christine; Tokuhama, Chris (1 January 2012). "Experiencing fan activism: Understanding the power of fan activist organizations through members' narratives". Transformative Works and Cultures. 10 (10). doi:10.3983/twc.2012.0322. Retrieved 11 September 2013.