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Short picture book memoir

Empowering Clerks Network (ECN) Director Ori Alon creates various participatory art projects using social practice, street art and Clowning to initiate therapeutic experiences, critical thinking and improve joy rates.
Alon initiated the issuing of 500,000 Playful Paperwork documents worldwide such as Joy Permits, Forgiver's Licenses (A&B), Refurbished Report Card, Adults Special Achievement Stickers, Racism Release Forms, DIY Certificates of Recognition, Apology Declaration, OK Parent Award, Open Carry Permit for Musical Instruments, Compassion Cards and opened numerous Typewritten Letter Writing stations, co-created the #HiddenFortuneWheel street art for empathy, posted thousands Alternative Street Signs and dedicated benche in honor of victims of forgotten crimes like the war on drugs and McCarthy Witch Hunt www.JoyPermit.org

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Published by oribeacon, 2019-07-03 13:07:09

A Jew Killed / Ori Alon

Short picture book memoir

Empowering Clerks Network (ECN) Director Ori Alon creates various participatory art projects using social practice, street art and Clowning to initiate therapeutic experiences, critical thinking and improve joy rates.
Alon initiated the issuing of 500,000 Playful Paperwork documents worldwide such as Joy Permits, Forgiver's Licenses (A&B), Refurbished Report Card, Adults Special Achievement Stickers, Racism Release Forms, DIY Certificates of Recognition, Apology Declaration, OK Parent Award, Open Carry Permit for Musical Instruments, Compassion Cards and opened numerous Typewritten Letter Writing stations, co-created the #HiddenFortuneWheel street art for empathy, posted thousands Alternative Street Signs and dedicated benche in honor of victims of forgotten crimes like the war on drugs and McCarthy Witch Hunt www.JoyPermit.org

Keywords: grief,loss,drugs,murder,compassion,parenting,hope,dark humor

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