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BROADENING CHICAGO'S ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT

8/20/2018

 
Chicago Sustainability Leaders Network (CSLN) connects grassroots leaders from communities across the city to collaborate, share resources, support each other’s work, build a stronger collective voice, and nurture equitable and impactful relationships with policy makers. CSLN meetings take place bi-monthly at different locations throughout the city to highlight different member neighborhoods and buildings.
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INNOVATIONS CONTINUE AT ICA GREENRISE

8/20/2018

 
​ICA’s mission of building “a just and equitable society in harmony with planet Earth” begins here at home with the ICA GreenRise, our national landmark building. In May 2018 the Chicago Community Loan Fund extended to ICA a $3.5 million loan for the purposes of anchoring the total funding needed to begin work on the historic restoration of the building.
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ICAS GATHER WORLDWIDE

8/7/2018

 
​ICA organizations around the globe continue to push forward transformational change in their locales. ICA-USA Programs Director Seva Gandhi was able to visit ICA Chile and ICA Taiwan earlier this year.
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STAFF SPOTLIGHT: COLETTE MOBLEY

6/11/2018

 
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This isn’t just a regular building, because there are so many ways in which we give back, but people can’t see that from outside. So seeing people come in and realize that is amazing.

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GLOBAL ARCHIVES LAYS FOUNDATION FOR NEW WEBSITE AT SPRING SOJOURN

6/11/2018

 
Colleagues convened at the ICA GreenRise from Sunday, April 22nd through Saturday, April 28th for the Spring 2018 Sojourn. The week of work focused on six major areas: 1) Global Archives website; 2) Imaginal Education; 3) Social Process; 4) Other World; 5) sifting through the basement; 6) organizing AV record and archive space. 
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CELEBRATING THE CONCLUSION OF OUT AND ABOUT UPTOWN'S COAST

6/11/2018

 
This spring, ICA completed Out and About Uptown’s Coast, a public educational series offered from May 2017 through April 2018, supported by an Illinois Coastal Management Program (ICMP) grant administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) with funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The series focused on increasing awareness, access, and stewardship of the coastal zone in Uptown.
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Garden Walk 2017

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NEW ToP PRICING MAKES COURSES NOW MORE ACCESSIBLE

6/11/2018

 
Did you know that all our Technology of Participation (ToP) facilitation courses have moved to a new pricing system? ​Course fees are now tiered depending on the participant’s organization type, making ToP training more accessible to students, small nonprofits, and community groups.
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ICA AROUND THE GLOBE

6/11/2018

 
ICA organizations around the globe continue to push forward transformational change in their locales. ICA-USA staff member Seva Gandhi was recently able to visit ICA Chile and ICA Taiwan.
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ICA Taiwan staff and colleagues gathering

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Green Infrastructure: Building with Nature

4/29/2018

 
On Saturday, April 28, 2018, ICA and the Uptown Coastal Initiative hosted the ninth and final session of the Out and About Uptown's Coast series.
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Eco-Justice: An Expansive View

3/31/2018

 
On March 31st, 2018, ICA and the Uptown Coastal Initiative hosted the eighth installment of the Out and About Uptown’s Coast series, Eco-Justice: An Expansive View.​ The session started with a collective unpacking of the term “eco-justice.” ​ ​Attendees brainstormed words associated with “eco” and “justice” and new associations that stood out. The ideas that deepened understanding of eco-justice were balance, wisdom, equity, and reciprocal relationship.

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Anthony from Chi Nations Youth Council talks about the native prairie

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