The Empowering Clerks Network with Ori Alon
In episode #021 Chris meets with artist, writer, and teacher Ori Alon.
They discuss his participatory art project Empowering Clerks Network (Center for Supportive Bureaucracy) that has offered Playful Paperwork since 2006. The Empowering Clerks Network is an international organization providing Playful Paperwork services to diverse populations and offers pop-up office hours in various communities, schools, workplaces and events. Applicants can receive assistance from licensed Empowering Clerks and issue Joy Permits, Refurbished Report Cards, Forgiver’s Licenses and more. So far the ECN has issued and distributed more than 32,000 official documents.