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ICA NEPAL RESPONDS TO EARTHQUAKE

7/30/2015

ICA Nepal started out on relief activities right after the second day of the earthquake by visiting various affected areas of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, and Lalitpur.

ToP LOCALLY & GLOBALLY

7/30/2015

At the same time the ICA International board was meeting in Mto Wa Mbu, Tanzania, ICA Associates, ICA-USA, and the ToP Network came together to be the Summit Strategist Sponsors for the IAF's North American Conference in Banff, Canada.

ICAI BOARD MEETS IN TANZANIA

7/30/2015

In May, the mainly virtual board of ICA International had an invaluable opportunity to meet face-to-face, in conjunction with the East & Southern Africa ICA regional gathering.

ICA EAST AFRICA CONFERENCE

7/30/2015

In May of this year, twenty-three colleagues from East Africa and around the globe came together in Mto Wa Mbu, Tanzania, for the the 2015 ICA East Africa Conference. The gathering was organized by ICA-USA and ICA-Tanzania.

INTERNATIONAL UPDATE: ICA CHILE

7/29/2015

ICA Chile has worked with disabled people through Community Councils of Disability over the last 11 years. Each Council may have as many as 17 groups of people with various disabilities such as muscular problems, deafness, blindness or mental disabilities.

ICA-USA ACCEPTING ICA-NEPAL DONATIONS UNTIL MAY 31ST

5/22/2015

ICA-USA would like to thank those who have donated to ICA-Nepal in the past few weeks. To date, we've raised $10,000 together. In response to the secondary earthquake and the damage it's created, ICA-USA will be extending the deadline for donations until May 31st.

THE WORK OF THE ARCHIVES BASEMENT RESETTLEMENT PROJECT

5/11/2015

Over the years many cabinets of files have been transferred from the basement archive storage to the 6th floor Global Archives work rooms. The Global Archives team is in the midst of the Archive Basement Resettlement, an initiative to make sure all of the most valuable information will be preserved. Over 18,000 documents have been logged into the archive database, and volunteers are working to make documents available online.

CHICAGO SUSTAINABILITY LEADERS NETWORK SPRING COLLABORATIONS AND EVENTS

5/11/2015

The Chicago Sustainability Leaders Network (CSLN) has been working on neighborhood sustainability across Chicago and around the Midwest. In partnership with the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), ICA and three member organizations of CSLN—Chinese American Service League in Chinatown, Centers for New Horizons in Bronzeville, and Sacred Keepers Sustainability Lab in Bronzeville—have been awarded a $250,000 grant from ISEIF, the Illinois Science & Energy Innovation Foundation, to integrate Smart Grid consumer education into ongoing efforts to become neighborhood-based sustainability hubs.

CHICAGO SUSTAINABILITY LEADERS NETWORK HOLDS CITY ROUNDTABLE

5/11/2015

On Monday, March 23, 2015, the Chicago Sustainability Leaders Network (CSLN) participated in the network’s first round table meeting at City Hall. The purpose of the round table was to establish an ongoing forum where community leaders and municipal officials can dialogue about mutual concerns related to sustainability. It was a first step in nurturing a creative ‘in-between space’ that connects city and regional program planning with initiatives driven by local people’s interests, concerns, and action.

FIVE NEW CERTIFIED ToP FACILITATORS

5/11/2015

On April 25, 2015, five new facilitators were assessed on their competencies with the Technology of Participation (ToP)®. On April 25th, Becky Groff of Des Moines, IA; Robert Quintana Hopkins of Oakland, CA; Robin Rifkin of Melrose Park, PA; Jen Schanen of Green Bay, WI; and Kap Wilkes of Duluth, MN all passed the assessment process and became Certified ToP Facilitators. We congratulate these new CTFs on their accomplishments and joining the other 70 CTFs currently in the ToP Network. We look forward to all the great things they will accomplish!

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