In Light of Recent Events: A Message for Paris & Other Suffering Nations

Nov 16, 2015

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Events, Misc, News

In light of recent events, Leaky would like to share a message in solidarity with The Harry Potter Alliance‘s beautiful Facebook post, and in honour of all victims of violence and injustice in Paris, and worldwide. We remind those who are losing faith to stay strong and spread love and peace in these difficult times.

From Paris to Baghdad, from Brazil to Beruit – close to home and miles overseas – the world is mourning for the violence we are gradually realising is a growing part of everyday life for some, and part of horrendously sudden and unexpected massacres in others.

Now is not the time to blame the innocent or ignore the suffering. Let’s use this devastating event, and those that have come before it in all manner of places and due to all manner of causes to come together and do what we do best: be there for the people who need support.

We send our love, condolences and well-wishes to those in Paris, and to the friends and families of those deceased or suffering, and also those in equally horrific situations. As The Harry Potter Alliance said:

‘Here is how we move forward: keep loving; keep fighting; celebrate story; laugh, dance, sing – with your friends, with strangers, with every single person who keeps showing up when the world tells them not to; resist hatred; resist cynicism; know none of this is foolish; know that it is necessary; protect and defend those who – not for the first time – will be victims of hatred falsely carried out in the name of justice; give love and light to those around you and those around the world; be excellent to each other; be good.

Always, always, always: the weapon we have is love.

And, from Albus Dumbledore himself:

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The Leaky Cauldron is not associated with J.K. Rowling, Warner Bros., or any of the individuals or companies associated with producing and publishing Harry Potter books and films.