The tears are still blurring my vision after watching 14 year old Royce Mann do his poetry slam called “White Boy Privilege.” I feel full of hope when someone so young can see the inequality so many need to battle. Recognizing the problem is step one, next up admitting it…followed by real solutions to raise everyone up to that top run of privilege.  Below is video of the full poem and here is a news interview with the amazingly eloquent youth.

I’m always pleased when I hear about people out doing good deeds…and even more when it is kids. Deep hope for the future! Here’s a great Facebook post with a video about kids in Bristol out doing good deeds. Great job kids…let’s keep it going.

https://www.facebook.com/Coughlan616/posts/10208656710388938

We will be at Happy Streets Ahmedabad again tomorrow May 15th. Come play “Acting Kindly.” It’s a social game where players practice random acts of kindness and playful deeds to bring joy to others. In the game each team is a spaceship.

They draw cards and do deeds, challenges or are interrupted by rascals. Together they gather fuel from their actions in order to merge with other teams to create a whole community of Earthlings helping others, meeting strangers and entertaining crowds. The Proto-Deck was recently finished and we’re getting a fantastic reaction to the cards and game play.

Please come to CG Road near CG Square Mall right opposite the little Havmor Ice Cream shop. We’ll be playing the game and kids can draw there own aliens and create cards for a prize. Come Act Kindly and change the world.

There are times when you’re working on an idea you just don’t know if anyone else will like it. Stomach flip-flops and morning panic are fairly common no matter how much one’s “gut” feels good about the concept.

Yesterday, at Happy Streets here in Ahmedabad we had a tremendous validation of the “Acting Kindly” card game. Hundreds of kids and

parents showed their interest starting from anxious curiosity, followed by active engagement and ending with energetic excitement.

The smiles were wide as people started understanding the idea behind the game. To be publicly practicing random acts of kindness and fun things to bring joy to others touched people and got them truly enthused.

We threw together a quick video to give everyone an idea about how incredible the event was. Confidence is high and we’re getting ready for a CrowdFunding campaign so we can finish the complete game and have people all over “Acting Kindly.”

For the past few weeks Greg and his friends from the Compassionate Clowning group in Ahmedabad have been attending Happy Streets on Sunday mornings (6:30 to 9:30 am) and have a tremendous time. The event has one of the main business streets closed for three hours on one side and is full of pedestrians, skaters, bicyclists…loads of people laughing and smiling…along with a few CLOWN.

“It’s one of the best events I’ve ever attended in my life,” says Greg Acuna the Planet Earthlings founder. It’s pure joy interacting with so many people, having photos taken with hundreds and bringing them smiles and laughter. The connection has been incredible. The warmth so touching.

This coming Sunday Planet Earthlings will be having a huge game of our “Acting Kindly” card game. Check it out on a separate post clicking this sentence. 

Anyone interested in Compassionate Clowning please let us know. On Saturday afternoons we have the honor of going to entertain the kids in the pediatric cancer ward at GSC Hospital. This kind of clowning is an opportunity to really touch children who need it and affects the clowns deeply. We hope to encourage many more to take the time to become clowns for a fantastic cause. It will change your life.

Let’s close this post with a little video of Greg dancing at the main stage of Happy Streets Ahmedabad. The zumba teacher is amazing…and we’ll introduce him soon.