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SUSTAINABILITY LEADERS ROLL AROUND TOWN BY BIKE AND RAIL

11/8/2018

Chicago is a patchwork city of 50 wards, 77 community areas, and 231 neighborhoods. A thread of eight CTA lines, 11 Metra lines, and 140 bus routes attempt to weave them all together, but gaps remain.

FIRST, DO NO HARM WHEN ADDRESSING HOUSING INSTABILITY

11/8/2018

“The cause of harm is a failure of our culture to see housing as a human right”
–Ryan Spangler, Heartland Alliance Health

OVER 750 VISITORS EXPLORE ICA GREENRISE DURING OPEN HOUSE

11/8/2018

Among the crowd of curious visitors who made their way to and through ICA GreenRise over the weekend of October 13–14th, 2018, one in particular stood out.

FALL ARCHIVES SOJOURN TO READY WEBSITE LAUNCH

10/2/2018

The upcoming bi-annual ICA Global Archives Sojourn, from October 21st through October 27th, will be a time to engage with the current work of the Archives, focusing on the content of three collections—Social Process, Imaginal Education, and Other World—ahead of the launch of the first ICA Global Archives website.

FOURTH CONFERENCE TO STRENGTHEN WEST AFRICAN ICAS

10/2/2018

“Strengthening ICAs for greater effectiveness and sustainability in West Africa” will be the theme of the fourth annual ICA in West Africa Conference. ICA Côte d’Ivoire first hosted the regional gathering in 2015, followed by ICA Togo in 2016, Lambassa ICA Benin in 2017, and now EPDI Nigeria.

CROSS-CULTURAL SERIES TO RIDE THROUGH SOUTH CHICAGO

10/2/2018

For many, words like sustainability and environmental justice conjure familiar images: solar panels glimmering on rooftops, recyclables tucked neatly in bins, fish freed from plastic soda rings. Nourish (comm)Unity, a series curated by Chicago Sustainability Leaders Network, aims to bring less familiar images into focus.

ICA GREENRISE RETURNS TO OPEN HOUSE CHICAGO

10/2/2018

For a building like ICA GreenRise, which hosts social service providers that reach over a thousand people weekly, every day seems like an open house. However, during Chicago Architecture Foundation’s annual Open House Chicago tour, architecture buffs, curiosity seekers, and passersby alike are drawn from across Chicago to marvel at buildings which might otherwise remain a mystery.

PLANS AND PLACES ON THE UPTOWN GARDEN WALK

10/2/2018

“I never paid any attention to this space until I was asked to get involved,” says Ian Whiting of the humble garden plot in Uptown’s Sunnyside Mall, adopted in 2016 by students at Courtenay Elementary’s Budding Gardeners program. Ian was one of several enthusiastic Uptown residents representing their neighborhood gardens during ICA’s Third Annual Uptown Garden Walk earlier this month.

BOARD SPOTLIGHT: JESSICA PAYNE

8/21/2018

I am most looking forward to learning from my fellow board members and the incredibly talented staff at ICA. I am most looking forward to learning from my fellow board members and the incredibly talented staff at ICA. The wealth of knowledge and lived experience present in the room at any given time is astounding.

UPTOWN EDUCATION SERIES RAISES COASTAL AWARENESS

8/21/2018

ICA completed Out and About Uptown’s Coast, a year-long coastal education series focusing on our home community of Uptown, earlier this year. The series focused on increasing awareness, access, and stewardship of the coastal zone. The project team used ICA’s Imaginal Education theory and tools to design an transformative education series tailored to residents, workers, and visitors in the Uptown community.

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