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NEW EVENT FOR ICA 50TH

12/9/2011

A new event has just been added for the ICA's 50 Events for 50 Years series. ICA staff member Dick Alton, a longtime colleague, will be using his 70th birthday as part of the 50 events on December 16th. The "surprise" party will be at the ICA offices on the sixth floor of 4750 N Sheridan Rd. The party will go from 7 pm to 9 pm.

TOP NETWORK IN THE 50 EVENTS

11/28/2011

Institute of Cultural Affairs-USA (ICA-USA) is celebrating 50 years in community development in 2012. One of the first key events will be in Sacramento, California in early January and the Technology of Participation (ToP) Network would like to extend the invitation for you to attend.

The ToP Network conference will be held January 6th through 9th in Old Sacramento and will be followed with various courses in image shift, appreciative inquiry and virtual facilitation from January 9 through 12. The conference itself will be addressing participation issues in our time as well as ways to strengthen our nation training system that transfers our facilitation methods.

You will find more about conference offerings at the registration website www.top-network.org.

We hope to see you at the conference and celebration banquet.

TERRY BERGDALL SPEAKS ON 77 NEIGHBORHOODS

11/23/2011

The ICA-USA Board held a reception on November 7thh. ICA-USA President and CEO Terry Bergdall spoke to the gathered Board members and the Resilient Communities Initiatives Advisory Board to talk about the goals and hopes of the Accelerating Change in 77 Communities project. The project is a year-long effort to gather and highlight the sustainable development efforts in each of Chicago’s 77 community areas, ending with a share fair at the ICA in September 2012.

One of the small discussion groups during the ICA Board reception in Chicago

FINDING THE COURAGE TO QUIT

11/14/2011

ICA-USA was the focus of a piece for WCIU-TV's "You & Me This Morning" in Chicago. The clip was broadcast during the show on Tuesday, November 15, between 6 and 8 a.m. The clip, featuring Terry Bergdall, ICA building manager Lesley Showers, construction manager Damian Blanchard and Patrick Showers is also available on the WCIU website.

THINK TANK DESCRIBES STRENGTHS OF LEARNING BASKET

11/11/2011

On October 22nd and 23rd, a group of educators and practitioners gathered as part of a Think Tank to discuss the unique strengths of the Learning Basket approach. The group was composed of practitioners from Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and Illinois as well as Ontario.

Think Tank Team

TERRY BERGDALL GETS ALUMNI HONOR

11/9/2011

Terry Bergdall, CEO of the Institute of Cultural Affairs in the USA, was honored recently by his alma mater, Oklahoma City University. The OCU Alumni Association honored Terry and six others at the annual Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner on November 5th. Details of the event are available here. Be sure to send Terry a congratulations for the honor!

SYMPOSIUM FIRST EVENT FOR 50TH ANNIVERSARY

10/14/2011

The first of the 50 events took place in Binghamton, NY, with the “Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream” symposium at Broome Community College. The symposium was a Pachamama Alliance program.

“I saw the event capture the interest and participation of both experienced activists and people new to thinking of themselves as having something important to give in creating the future,” said colleague and event organizer Janice Ulangca. “Work in pairs and small groups alternated with excellent DVD presentations by people such as Desmond Tutu, Thomas Berry, Matthew Fox, Thich Nhat Hanh, Wangari Mathai, Paul Hawken (author of Blessed Unrest) and Rob Hopkins (Transition Communities).”