ICA has continued to build connections within the Chicago Sustainability Leaders Network (CSLN) and promote the CSLN’s work as a multi-disciplinary network of local experts. As reported in recent ICA e-news, the CSLN completed two major projects in early 2017: Preparing for Rainy Days: Culturally Inspired Smart Grid Education in 3 Communities and the collaborative partnership around recycling with the City of Chicago.

For many years, ICA has been working on creating intentional and meaningful institutional partnerships with organizations that share our values and are looking for more effective ways to engage their constituencies. The following is a snapshot of four unique collaborative partnerships that have emerged in the past few years.

ICA continues to expand its presence and impact on resident engagement in Uptown through local partnerships and programming, namely through a partnership with the One Earth Film Festival (OEFF) and ICA’s Out and About Uptown’s Coast series.

Since 2002, international ICAs have collaborated on the African HIV/AIDS Prevention Initiative, implemented by 10 African ICAs. From 2013 to 2016, ICA Zimbabwe piloted the AIDS-Free Community Campaign in 26 communities in peri-urban Harare. The Campaign Toolbox consolidates what had been learned and organized into key aspects of community responsibility for AIDS prevention into a one-year replicable design. ​