National
Over the past fifty years, many ICA staff have independently launched programs related to their particular passions. Often, they incorporate ICA methods with processes learned from other sources that strengthen program effectiveness. 

The Technology of Participation (ToP)® Training  Nationwide
Conducted by ICA facilitators across the US, The Technology of Participation (ToP)® is a powerful collection of structured facilitation methods that transform the way organizations and groups work together. Key to its effectiveness: highly energized and inclusive collaboration that leads to meaningful change.   ToP® methods support genuine participation, which leads to long-term commitment and quality outcomes, as well as more effective teamwork. Read more

Climate Action Forums  Denver & Boulder, CO
Accelerate Neighborhood Climate Action is a Community Forum Program that gathers residents to create shared, place-based climate action on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood level.  Read more

Project Vida  El Paso, TX
Project Vida is located in El Paso, three blocks north of the Rio Grande, bordering México. The neighborhood is one of the most impoverished in the USA. Since 1991, Bill and Carol Schlesinger have been leading programs that address education, healthcare, affordable housing, gang prevention, homelessness, and the needs of small business owners.  Read more

Rite of Passage Journeys  Seattle, WA
Started in Chicago in 1968, the earliest inspiration for Rite of Passage Journeys was a heartfelt commitment to maintaining healthy communities and supporting individual growth and responsibility within this collective context.  In the summer of 1968, the program-- initially known as the "Sixth Grade Trip"-- took a group of four children on a month-long trip in a school bus from Chicago along a loop around the eastern US.  Read more

Swamp Gravy  Colquitt, GA
First debuted in 1992, the Swamp Gravy musical demonstrates how community transformation can occur with an emphasis on the arts. Telling the Colquitt community story has attracted thousands from around the world. The Swamp Gravy players have taken their show on the road, performing at Centennial Park during the Olympics in Atlanta and at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Read more

Training, Inc.  Boston, MA
Training, Inc. has been a demonstration of imaginal education applied in a workforce environment for forty-five years. Initially taught by ICA staff as it spread from Chicago to Boston, Indianapolis, New Orleans, Newark, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C, the program demonstrated success in finding thousands of jobs for the unemployed and enabling job retention. Read more