Penn Loh (part 2): Leadership As Jazz

Penn Loh didn’t expect to become the executive director of the environmental justice nonprofit ACE. He felt most comfortable as a resource ally — and not the definition of a traditional leader. In this episode, Penn talks about: - Re-imagining his potential to serve as executive director of a grassroots organization. - Finding his own voice as a facilitative leader. - Tools and resources that were most useful to him. Tools and resources mentioned in this episode include: Popular education (Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Paulo Friere https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&hl=en-us&q=Paulo+Freire&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgVuLUz9U3MKqwMLd8xOjMLfDyxz1hKatJa05eYzTh4grOyC93zSvJLKkUUuNig7JkuHilELo0GKS4uRBcnkWsPAGJpTn5Cm5FqZlFqQCHDYRcYgAAAA&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj96M7r5YzjAhUtiOAKHQzjB_UQgYUCCI4BKAAwDA&biw=375&bih=553) Interaction Institute for Social Change https://interactioninstitute.org/ Teaching Democracy https://teachingdemocracyblog.wordpress.com/coordination-and-design-team/ United for a Fair Economy http://www.faireconomy.org/ Tufts Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning https://as.tufts.edu/uep/