ACCELERATE 77 INTERNS BEGIN WORK

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 as far away as New York are participating in all aspects of ICA’s Accelerate 77 project. 

​Some of the interns are working on the marketing and event planning aspects of the project and the "Sharing Approaches That Work” Conference (Share Fair) on September 15th, 2012. 

Others are continuing the field work of finding and cataloguing community-driven sustainability and environmental efforts in all of Chicago’s 77 community areas. The internships started in June with a three-week leadership training session. ICA President and CEO Terry Bergdall, volunteer James Addington, and program coordinators Seva Gandhi and Nina Winn guided the intern leaders on ICA’s community-building techniques.
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A total of 35 interns, joined by experienced colleagues, got down to the day-to-day work of getting ready for the Share Fair in September. Interns are currently working on the details and requirements of the fair, building email lists, planning the launch of the Accelerate 77 website and researching to discover all the environmental efforts in the city. ​