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RAISING THE BIG ToP: FACILITATING LEADERSHIP IN THE MIDST OF DIVERSITY AND CHANGE

4/22/2014

January 10th through January 13th, 2014, the ToP Network hosted its annual gathering in Minneapolis, MN. This year’s theme was Raising the Big ToP: Facilitating Leadership in the Midst of Diversity and Change. The conference drew over 150 participants - from over 58 different cities and 21 different U.S. states, as well as visitors from Canada and Kuala Lumpur! In addition to the wide reach of the conference, locally, over 50+ facilitators joined in on the exchange.

Facilitation games during the conference

SERVICE LEARNING

1/21/2014

The Service Learning program continues to grow and flourish at the ICA. This year, participants in the program included two different students groups from Nebraska Wesleyan University, students from DePaul University’s Stean Center Scholars Program, and students from the INSEEC Grand Ecole in Paris and Bordeaux in France.

INSEEC student presents work

ZIMBABWE HIV/AIDS: LEARNING TO LIVE WELL

1/21/2014

ICA-USA has been partnering with ICA Zimbabwe on The Zimbabwe 50 Communities project, a five-year project that intends to do 50 yearlong HIV/AIDS campaigns in 50 communities in and around Harare.

ACCELERATE 77 FACILITATES A COMMON VOICE TOWARDS COLLABORATIVE ACTION

1/21/2014

ICA’s Accelerate 77 project continues to flourish as the implementation of Phase III gains momentum. At the beginning of 2013, the Accelerate 77 team hosted several sustainability vision workshops across the city, organized the first local Chicago Sustainability Leaders Network (CSLN) gathering, created a pilot sustainability roadmap effort with Chicago’s Austin community, and held a forum on Building Community Energy Strategies for the City of Chicago.

Small group discussion at the Energy Forum

THE UNFOLDING STORY OF THE ARCHIVES PROJECT

1/21/2014

The Living Archives Project at the ICA is currently being worked on by colleagues who participated in the work of the Order: Ecumenical, Ecumenical Institute, and Institute of Cultural Affairs throughout the past 50 years.

ICA GREENRISE BIOSHAFT DEBUTS WITH AN OPEN HOUSE

9/24/2013

On July 24, 2013 ICA GreenRise hosted an open house to introduce the Bioshaft® and the new street scape project in the Uptown community. Friends, neighbors, and community members came out to learn more about the projects and how they will help GreenRise address storm water runoff and provide habitats for plant pollinators and migrators.

ICA'S FALL ARCHIVES SOJOURN 2013 HIGHLIGHTS

9/24/2013

About 25 Sojourners gathered at ICA-USA in September for two weeks to put several new Global Archive Collections online - Imaginal Education, Global Community Forum, Fifth City, Human Development Projects, Spirit Methods, Social Process, Service Learning Program, Accelerate 77 Communities, Facilitation Methods.

Current staff and sojourners reflect together after watching a short clip about Fifth City

ICA COLLEAGUES ATTEND CHICAGO CLIMATE REALITY TRAINING

9/24/2013

Early in August, several ICA colleagues attended Al Gore's three-day Climate Reality Leadership Training in downtown Chicago. The Climate Reality Project, founded and chaired by former Vice President and Nobel Laureate Al Gore, is 'dedicated to unleashing a global cultural movement demanding action on the climate crisis.'

2013 Chicago Climate Leaders

ICA RECEIVES TWO-YEAR GRANT FROM BOEING

9/6/2013

ICA is pleased to announce that on July 17th, the Boeing Company awarded $90,000 to the ICA support Phase III of the Accelerate 77 project for the next two years.

ICA PARTICIPATES IN THE 38TH ANNUAL NEIGHBORHOODS USA (NUSA) CONFERENCE

9/6/2013

ICA's Accelerate 77 project was featured at the 38th Annual Neighborhoods USA (NUSA) Conference in Minneapolis. The conference featured Minneapolis' culture with celebration and entertainment, beginning with Native American dance led by the youth of the Little Thunderbirds Drum and Dance troupe and a live music performance at "Minnehaha Falls," the iconic 53-foot Minneapolis waterfall located in historic Minnehaha Park.

John McKnight, ABCD Institute

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