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GLA Highlights -- Days 1 and 2

The next generation of heroes has gathered in St. Louis for the annual Granger Leadership Academy! Were you not able to make it this year? Want to re-live your own GLA experience? We’ll be recapping the days here!

We kicked off the festivities with a welcome feast where the trainees got a surprise interruption from Sabrina Cruz (NerdyAndQuirky herself) where they learned that global peril is reaching critical conditions! The Academy is relying on the energy and wit of GLA attendees to stop it.

The trainees at #GLA17 got a surprise interruption from @NerdyAndQuirky during their opening feast tonight. Peril awaits. pic.twitter.com/a0ZxDn7vbY

The evening closed with some feminist wizard rock from Tonks and the Aurors where the crowd smashed the patriarchy...literally.

Photo: Claudine H

#GLA17 Welcome Feast is ending the best way possible! Witch rock with @TonksNtheAurors! https://t.co/GJpm5INt9I

On Thursdays, we smash the patriarchy. #GLA17 pic.twitter.com/bvMrxTB9gm

On Day 2 the trainees woke up to find the Academy halls lined with Educational Decrees. The trainees did what they do best -- resist.

The Apparating Library returned and attendees have been dropping off and picking up books. HPA merch is also available at the Wizard Junk table!

Training sessions continued throughout the day and attendees were able to hit up the self care table during breaks.

Celebrating that self care magic #GLA17 #hogwartsroadtrip pic.twitter.com/08d2IV04fh

"I'm a recovering perfectionist and an aspiring good-enough-ist." Paige Reite #GLA17 Feels like solid advice for activists in this moment.

So many future and aspiring politicians at #GLA17 Let's make sure we are registered to vote for these awesome Potterheads! #BGCDoesGLA

Create your space. If someone else isn't going to give you a space, create it for yourself. #GLA17 #FanToCreator

Field Museum Chief Curiosity Corresponded and host of YouTube’s The Brain Scoop, Emily Graslie (@Ehmee), rounded off the afternoon with an empowering and inspiring keynote.

"Anyone can be a scientist! There is no formula or dress code or sexual orientation. I want to show that."-@Ehmee at @TheHPAlliance #GLA17

"If an idea makes me nervous, it's probably worth pursuing" @Ehmee about making videos on topics that she felt queasy about. #GLA17

Hearing @Ehmee speak at #GLA17 is super awesome. Who knew hearing someone talk about preparing roadkill could be so engaging? #herojourney

Day 2 was capped off with an excursion to the City Museum!

Photo: Isabel

I have conquered so many fears in this museum. #GLA17

Day one at the #GLA complete. I am in love with this community and everyone here. Thank ylu @TheHPAlliance #BGCDoesGLA

That’s a wrap on the first two days at GLA! To follow along in real time, be sure to follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram! You can also follow us on Snapchat (thehpalliance) to get a behind the scenes look. 

Tag your own GLA posts with #GLA17 and they may be featured in our next recap!

[solobutnothan]

The majority of the first half of this video is just the words "amazing" and "awesome" arranged in slightly different phrases ok but seriously GLA was so amazing and awesome like can you blame me??

Also, announcing @findyourwaffle, which I’m working on with @gotmagicwithoutwands and @robynravenclaw! It’s gonna be super creative and super motivational and super awesome!

[gotmagicwithoutwands]

It's been a hell of a weekend. #GLA17 #beyourownhero

[partly-alive]

Can not believe how quickly this weekend passed us by, and how much learning we were able to fit into that small amount of time! Shout out to @thehpalliance for creating such an amazing experience!!! I love you all so much, especially @geekyteaparty for being the most wonderful babe of a roommate anyone could ever have (sit on you)!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤ #GLA17 #grangerleadershipacademy #hpa #thehpa #life #amazing #headinghome #allthefeels

[sahelhkj]

#Repost @queenrania ・・・ ‎دعونا نحتفل بقوة النساء على التواصل عبر الحواجز التي تفصل. لأن النساء يعملن أكثر من شق طرق جديدة: نحن نزرع أرض مشتركة. وتلك هي الارض التي سيزهر فيها التقدم- من خطابي في حفل تسليم جائزة القيادة العالمية لمنظمة الأصوات الحيوية في العاصمة واشنطن ‎ #المرأة #الأردن #حب_الأردن #امريكا #واشنطن Let us celebrate the power of women to connect across lines that divide, because women do more than blaze new trails: we cultivate common ground. And that is the ground on which progress will blossom – Speaking at the Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards in Washington DC, where I was honored to receive the Global Trailblazer award #GLA17 #Women #Jordan #LoveJO #USA #WashingtonDC

[jedikittie]

Best picture taken of me ☺️ photo credit: @gla17

[hellagay-arcadiabay]

31 Days of Trans Visibility! So I decided to hop on this. I'm starting half way through the month so I'm going to be posting 2 days per real life days to catch up! Anyway, Day 1: Make yourself known. Tell the world your name, age, and how you identify. Post a picture of yourself. Day 1: My name's Elrich (Ricky or Ricks is cool too). I'm a 22 year old bisexual transman! (Also this pic was from the City Museum in St Louis while I was at GLA17 and it was amazing!)

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If your networking skills are on par with ~Ron Weasley at the Yule Ball~, Super Heroines, Etc has some tips to help you transform into Hermione Granger!

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Whether you learned how to unlock your inner leader, use the Leslie Knope approach to volunteer management, or even research like an activist at the Granger Leadership Academy this weekend, use those skills and become a hero by taking action with Neville Fights Back.

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The Apparating Library is returning to GLA! Madam Pince wanted us to pass along this helpful information so you know exactly how you can take home an awesome new book from our leadership conference! What book are you bringing to exchange?

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Headed to GLA? DFTBYHPAS (Don't Forget to Bring Your HPA Shirts)! We'll be having photo session and fashion show and *you* could be featured on our social media! Not going to GLA? You can still participate! Share a pic of yourself with anything from DFTBA.com/HPA or Out of Print's When in Doubt collection and tag us in the pic. We might feature your shot along with other wizard activists from around the world!

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The Apparating Library is returning to GLA! Have you ever borrowed a book from the Apparating Library? What was it?

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Want to celebrate wizard writers? Want to see your own name in print? The magic makers at @wizardsinspacemag create incredible literary magazines that allow wizards like you to share their stories. In honor of their commitment to supporting new work, they are also sponsoring Open Mic Night at GLA17! Support creative wizardry & submit your work at wizardsinspacemag.com!

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Whether you want to meet your team, hone your skills, visit a museum, rock out, fight evil, or all of the above, the Granger Leadership Academy is ready to welcome you home. Today is the last day to register, so do it before time runs out!

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The people headed to the Granger Leadership Academy must have had a little Felix Felicis in their coffee because it's completely sold out. See you in St. Louis!

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Granger Leadership Academy keynote, Emily Graslie, has announced that she will be donating her honorarium to support the work of @aclu-action! We are a small, scrappy conference and we are continually honored and inspired by the incredible work and dedication of our presenters and our attendees. We can’t wait to see you in St. Louis, @ehmeegee!