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GREENRISE GOES LIVE! JOIN ICA SUSTAINABLE SEPTEMBER ACTIVITIES!

8/15/2014

ICA is proud to announce the launch of Sustainable September, a month of activities to raise awareness of global climate change issues.

CONGRATULATIONS TO NEW ToP GRADS!

8/15/2014

Achieving Certified Top Facilitator (CTF) recognition is quite an accomplishment. These skilled and professional facilitators have been working for one-three years with ToP mentors to assure focus and clarity of the competencies. At the time of assessment, they submit portfolios, client surveys, facilitator's observer assessments, and participate in interviews with assessors. CTFs are certified as demonstrating seven areas of competence essential to quality facilitation.

Stacy Daraio, Kathleen Paulo and Stephanie Hochman at the June graduation.

SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUMMER PROGRAM

7/23/2014

This year marks the fourth consecutive summer ICA has hosted a program aimed to immerse university students in the arena of sustainable community development.

This summer's Sustainable Community Development Intensive (SCDI) course was designed to complement academic coursework for students interested in pursuing a career in the field of community development.

Staff and SCDI participants working

ICA RELEASES FIFTH CITY VIDEO TO COMMEMORATE FIFTH CITY PRESCHOOL 50TH ANNIVERSARY

7/23/2014

In 1962, ICA established operations in Fifth City in Chicago's East Garfield Park community on the West Side of Chicago.

Two years later, Fifth City community members established the Fifth City Child Development Institute. This Saturday, July 26th, 9am-3pm, Fifth City Preschool will celebrate 50 years of providing early education to neighborhood children.

GETTING 'PHIT' IS A ToP PRIORITY

7/23/2014

Have you ever wondered how Technology of Participation (ToP)® is relevant to your field?

One sector where ToP is making an impact is public health, a field that has been subject to a number of significant changes over the past several years.

NEW ToP COURSE INSPIRES CREATIVITY FOR INNOVATIVE ACTION

6/20/2014

What do a court judge and a french chef have in common?

It may seem strange, but taking a few moments to brainstorm commonalities between two unlike professions can stretch your creative muscles just enough to help lay the foundations for the breakthrough you have been hoping for.

Inspiring Group Creativity Session

GREENRISE COMMUNITY PROGRESSIVE

6/20/2014

On June 1st, ICA GreenRise residents held their very first community progressive, opening their rooms and spaces to one another and the larger GreenRise community.

The progressive was organized by 7th floor resident Tara Gu, modeled after dorm room progressives, but with a new edge. The theme of the progressive was 'your community experience.'

GreenRise Community

CHICAGO SUSTAINABILITY LEADERS NETWORK DEBUTS AT GREENTOWN!

6/20/2014

The Chicago Sustainability Leaders Network (CSLN) made its public debut on May 22 at GreenTown Chicago, a conference aimed at 'bringing together the public sector and the private sector to connect the dots, to inspire and to work together to remake our communities.'

ICA Executive Director Terry Bergdall facilitated a lively discussion among a panel comprised of seven members of the CSLN.

CSLN Member Panel

THE MISSION CONTINUES WITH A COMMUNITY WEEKEND AT THE ICA

5/16/2014

On April 25th and 26th, community members, high school students from Francis W. Parker School, and a service platoon of veterans from The Mission Continues participated in an exciting and productive volunteer day at ICA GreenRise.

The volunteers worked on painting the 7th floor community hallway, cleaning and planting in the GreenRise parking lot, and preparing the rooftop garden.

Volunteers painting 7th floor hallway

WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF OUR PAST? SPRING ARCHIVES SOJOURNERS TACKLE ONE OF LIFE’S BIGGEST QUESTIONS

5/16/2014

The creativity, insight, and passion of the past 50 years of ICA’s community development work is overflowing in hundreds of filing cabinets at ICA GreenRise. This May, over 30 ICA colleagues in Chicago and globally spent two weeks wrestling with the question: “How can the wisdom of the past be harnessed and made accessible to new generations?” The archives room was alive with the sojourners reconnecting with each other and forging new connections with current ICA staff.

Archive Report

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