All Categories

ACCELERATE 77’S SHARE FAIR A SUCCESS!

9/17/2012

The Sharing Approaches That Work Conference (SATW) or Share Fair, of the Accelerate 77 project, was held at Chicago’s Truman College on September 15, 2012. With more than 400 people attending, the event was a resounding success.

In excess of 140 grassroots sustainability groups from 70 of Chicago’s 77 community areas were present. Each organization showed their current activities, future plans and connected with others during the day-long conference.

NINO TILLMAN, FORMER ICA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PASSES

9/4/2012

Nino Tillman, former Executive Director for the ICA, passed away over Labor Day weekend due to a heart attack. He was 49.

Nino served as Executive Director between 2008 and 2009. Services were held on Saturday, September 8th, at Hartzell Memorial UMC, 3330 S Martin Luther King Dr in Chicago. Visitation is from 2 to 3 pm. Services will be from 3 to 5 pm.

Nino Tillman

ARCHIVES TEAM PREPS FOR FALL SOJOURN

8/31/2012

The fall sojourn will be between September 17 and October 19. Consider participating for a few days, a week or a month!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Spencers have pledged to match dollar-for-dollar every new and increased gift to the ICA up to $50,000 in 2012.

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.

<<Previous

Forward>>

Categories

Past News