Old Age as an Asset

Conversation with Parker Palmer

Parker is a world-renowned writer, speaker and activist who focuses on issues in education, community, leadership, spirituality and social change. He has reached millions worldwide as founder and senior partner of the Center for Courage & Renewal and through his many books, articles, speeches, podcasts and videos.

Parker said to us recently that, rightly understood, “aging as an asset” has a lot to do with community development. We will take about fifteen minutes to talk about what he means by that and then transition into how all of our experiences in

working with citizens to build asset-based communities can be translated into your own work.

Running time: 01:04:43

Read Parker’s blog post Withering into the Truth here. Click title to download or listen to his conversation with John and Peter. 

About the Lead Author

Parker J. Palmer
Parker J. Palmer
World-renowned writer, speaker and activist, Parker J. Palmer is the founder and senior partner of the Center for Courage & Renewal and author of nine books, including several best-selling and award-winning titles: Healing the Heart of Democracy, The Heart of Higher Education (with Arthur Zajonc), The Courage to Teach, A Hidden Wholeness, Let Your Life Speak, The Active Life, To Know As We Are Known, The Company of Strangers, and The Promise of Paradox. Over the last two decades, he has been given the William Rainey Harper Award, whose previous recipients include Margaret Mead, Elie Wiesel, and Paolo Freire; named an Utne Reader Visionary, one of “25 people who are changing your world”; and designated one of the thirty “most influential senior leaders” in higher education and one of ten key “agenda-setters” of the era. His book Healing the Heart of Democracy: The Courage to Create a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit was chosen by Spirituality & Practice as one of the best books of 2011 on contemplation and social activism.

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