ICA GreenRise,  formerly known as as the  Kemper Insurance  and  Mutual Insurance Building   has signed it's name into history after receiving landmark status...

The ICA expresses another deeply heart-felt thank you to Raymond and Tina Spencer. They have once again pledged to match all new and increased gifts  up...

  An amazing amount of new non-paper Archives have been created by seven individuals working far away from our Chicago location. One focus has been...

It has been an exciting start to the year for the Learning Basket program in Chicago. The program received funding for three new initiatives beginning...

Marilyn Oyler, the National Certification Coordinator for ToP Network, announced that CTFs are now geographically dispersed across the country. "With the addition of these six...

Two interns from Oberlin College worked with ICA's Accelerate 77 team and ICA fellow Jenny Hirsch during their January winter term.  They were engaged in...

The ToP Network is pleased to honor the National Association of County and City Health Officials as a 2013 "ToP Champion.”  NACCHO was chosen for...

  The Archives team invites all colleagues to the Global Archives Spring Sojourn April 8 through May 3. Suggestions for collections to study include: Imaginal...

The Technology of Participation (ToP)® Annual Gathering will be held at the Hilton Durham near Duke University in Durham, NC from January 11 through 14,...

  ICA's Service Learning team has announced its spring and summer sessions for 2013. The two opportunities will take place during May, June and July....

The Advisory Board for Accelerating Green Initiatives in Chicago's 77 Community Areas (Accelerate 77) met on December, 6, 2012 to discuss the start of the...

A large part of the staff of ICA-USA took part in the 8th Global Conference on Human Development in Kathmandu, Nepal from October 29 through...

This video shows some of the concepts that could be explored as part of our efforts to transform 4750 GreenRise into a sustainable building. The...

The Board of Directors of the Institute of Cultural Affairs elected Kadi Sisay of Chicago as the newest member of the ICA board and picked...

The Archives Team is continuing to form the procedures to ICA's historical work. This month's focus is the Archon-FilemakerPro Town Meeting Test. The test team...

The ICA Board has launched a Legacy Society. The Legacy Society honors colleagues who support the Institute through a bequest intention, donations of life insurance,...

The ICA building at 4750 N. Sheridan Rd. recently hosted the International Management Development Programme's (IMDP) Training in Chicago. Sponsored by The International Union Against...

Planning for the Spring Sojourn in 2013 has begun! The Archive Team will be preparing an in-depth program for participants. Teams of volunteers are working...

The curriculum for pre-school children will be piloted in early childhood classrooms and with a parent group in 2013 thanks to support from the Seabury...

The ICA building at 4750 N. Sheridan Rd., also known as GreenRise Uptown, was on the tour for Open House Chicago and was one of...

The artwork commissioned for the Institute of Cultural Affair’s 50th Anniversary was unveiled at 4750 N. Sheridan in Chicago on September 13, 2012. The unveiling...

A team of colleagues gathered last Monday and they have been stepping up to the task. Among the 18 people working on the sixth floor...

More photos are available of the Sharing Approaches That Work Conference. We've also gathered together highlights from the live video broadcast. Take a look at...

The Sharing Approaches That Work Conference (SATW) or Share Fair, of the Accelerate 77 project, was held at Chicago’s Truman College on September 15, 2012....

Nino Tillman, former Executive Director for the ICA, passed away over Labor Day weekend due to a heart attack. He was 49. Nino served as...

The fall sojourn will be between September 17 and October 19. Consider participating for a few days, a week or a month! During the sojourn,...

Nonprofit professional Jennifer Hirsch will join the ICA as a Fellow, focusing on the future evolution of ICA’s Accelerating Green Initiatives in Chicago’s 77 Community...

From one former EI-ECA member to another. Marge Philbrook and I, Patricia Nicholas, are entreating you to please respond to this question: would you be...

The 2011 Annual Report is now available online. Please click on this link to get to the full report. The report takes a comprehensive look...

Truman College, one of the City Colleges of Chicago, will be the location of the Institute of Cultural Affairs’ (ICA) "Sharing Approaches That Work” conference...

The Global Archives Team is calling on colleagues to take part in a Global Archives Fall Sojourn from September 17 through October 19, 2012. Colleagues...

Tina and Raymond Spencer recently visited the Institute of Cultural Affairs (ICA). They were given a tour of the ICA’s remodeled kitchen and learned about...

The Global Archives Team is encouraging more people to take part in a Global Archives Fall Sojourn from September 17 through October 19, 2012. The...

The summer interns have started at the ICA headquarters at 4750 N. Sheridan Rd. in Chicago and are off to an energetic start. Interns from...

Chicago artist Gina Alicea stopped by the ICA offices to pick up the cloth strips that will be used in a piece of art commemorating...