Parker Palmer

Here is a great interview between Parker Palmer and Bill Moyers over the current condition of our economy, how it affects people's emotions and what how to face the 'tension' to be held in these times.


http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/02202009/watch2.html

Parker Palmer

Parker J. Palmer is founder and senior partner of the national Center for Courage & Renewal , which oversees "Courage to Teach" and "Courage to Lead" programs for people in the serving professions, including education, medicine, ministry, law and philanthropy. For fifteen years, he served as Senior Associate of the American Association of Higher Education. He now serves as Senior Advisor to the Fetzer Institute.

A writer, traveling teacher and activist, Dr. Palmer focuses on issues in education, community, leadership, spirituality and social change. His work speaks to people in many walks of life, including public schools, college and universities, religious institutions, corporations, foundations and grass-roots organizations.

He has published a dozen poems, some two hundred essays and seven books, including several best-selling and award-winning titles: A HIDDEN WHOLENESS, LET YOUR LIFE SPEAK, THE COURAGE TO TEACH, THE ACTIVE LIFE, TO KNOW AS WE ARE KNOWN, THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS, and THE PROMISE OF PARADOX.

Dr. Palmer's work has been recognized with ten honorary doctorates, two Distinguished Achievement Awards from the National Educational Press Association, an Award of Excellence from the Associated Church Press, and major grants from the Danforth Foundation, the Lilly Endowment, and the Fetzer Institute.

Parker J. Palmer received the Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California at Berkeley. A member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quaker), he lives with his wife, Sharon Palmer, in Madison, Wisconsin.