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JENNIFER HIRSCH TO BE ICA FELLOW

8/24/2012

 
Nonprofit professional Jennifer Hirsch will join the ICA as a Fellow, focusing on the future evolution of ICA’s Accelerating Green Initiatives in Chicago’s 77 Community Areas project.

Hirsch was most recently Senior Urban Anthropologist and Urban Anthropology Director at The Field Museum’s division of Environment, Culture, and Conservation (ECCo). She has a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from Duke University and a Bachelor of Arts in American Culture from Northwestern University.

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SPECIAL EVENT IN HONOR OF JOSEPH MATHEWS

8/10/2012

 
From one former EI-ECA member to another. Marge Philbrook and Patricia Nicholas are entreating you to please respond to this question: would you be interested enough to decide to join us for a meal and reading excerpts from Joseph Mathews' papers at Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E Washington St for fellowship and renewal of our extended family friendships? It would be sort of a mini-reunion.

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ICA ANNUAL REPORT 2011 NOW AVAILABLE

8/3/2012

 
The 2011 Annual Report is now available online. ​​​The report takes a comprehensive look at Service Learning, International Initiatives, Technology of Participation (ToP), Learning Basket, sustainability efforts for the GreenRise Learning Laboratory at 4750 N Sheridan Rd, and the Global Archives. It also describes the Institute’s efforts as it moves forward into the next half century with its 50th Anniversary celebrations.
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ACCELERATE 77 ‘SHARE FAIR’ TO BE AT TRUMAN COLLEGE

7/30/2012

 
Truman College, one of the City Colleges of Chicago, will be the location of Institute of Cultural Affairs’ (ICA) "Sharing Approaches That Work” Share Fair conference on Saturday, September 15th, 2012.

​The Share Fair will be one of the primary events in the ICA’s "Accelerating Green Initiatives in Chicago’s 77 Community Areas” (Accelerate 77) project. 
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CALL TO JOIN FALL ARCHIVES SOJOURN

7/23/2012

 
The Global Archives Team is calling on colleagues to take part in a Global Archives Fall Sojourn from September 17 through October 19, 2012. Colleagues will be a part of a three-year plan to digitize the Town Meeting ‘76 Collection and put it online.
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SPENCER FAMILY VISITS ICA

7/20/2012

 
Tina and Raymond Spencer recently visited the Institute of Cultural Affairs (ICA). They were given a tour of the ICA’s remodeled kitchen and learned about current projects including Accelerate 77.
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The Spencers have pledged to match dollar-for-dollar every new and increased gift to the ICA up to $50,000 in 2012. 
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SEPTEMBER SOJOURN PLANNED FOR ARCHIVES

6/28/2012

 
The Global Archives Team is encouraging more people to take part in a Global Archives Fall Sojourn from September 17th through October 19th, 2012.

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ACCELERATE 77 INTERNS BEGIN WORK

6/28/2012

 
The summer interns have started at the ICA headquarters at 4750 N Sheridan Rd in Chicago and are off to an energetic start. Interns from as far away as New York are participating in all aspects of ICA’s Accelerate 77 project. 

​Some of the interns are working on the marketing and event planning aspects of the project and the "Sharing Approaches That Work” Conference (Share Fair) on September 15th, 2012. 
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GINA ALICEA PICKS UP MATERIALS FOR 50TH ANNIVERSARY ART CREATION

6/28/2012

 
Chicago artist Gina Alicea stopped by the ICA offices to pick up the cloth strips that will be used in a piece of art commemorating ICA’s 50th Anniversary.

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ICA RECEIVES GRANT FROM BOEING

6/25/2012

 
The ICA is pleased to announce that it has received a grant from The Boeing Company for ICA’s Accelerating Green Initiatives in Chicago’s 77 Community Areas (Accelerate 77).
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