Category: GreenRise

ICA REPRESENTED AT NORTH SIDE LISTENING SESSION WITH MAYOR-ELECT

6/12/2019

Chief Operating Officer Lesley Showers joined 30 other community leaders for a North Side meeting with the soon-to-be-Mayor Lori Lightfoot.

HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF ICA GREENRISE DISPLAYED ON LANDMARK PLAQUE

6/12/2019

On May 14th, 2019, a new plaque was installed on the facade of ICA GreenRise, a physical display of the building’s status as a Chicago Landmark. It reads:

STAFF SPOTLIGHT: RICH BONDIE

5/10/2019

I’m motivated by being part of an organization that has a social impact within its community. I believe that GreenRise and the organizations housed here are a beacon for so many people, a place where people can go to get the services they need here on the North Side.

GREENRISE FOCUS OF ICA CEO'S REMARKS AT JUST ECONOMY CONFERENCE

4/2/2019

ICA CEO Ted Wysocki attended the 28th annual Just Economy Conference hosted by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) this past month. He highlighted the role of ICA GreenRise as a community anchor on a panel about Strategies for Preventing Displacement.

Ted shared reflections on his experience at the conference on his personal blog, U2CANDO, in a piece titled “Preventing Displacement & Championing Justice”.

Read Ted's blog

CONVERSATION ON EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT CLOSES SERIES, OPENS MINDS

12/11/2018

When organizing campaigns for housing and equitable development, start by asking three questions: For whom are the rules rigged? Who benefits? What is the dominant narrative?

Jennifer Ritter, Executive Director of ONE Northside, a community organization based in Uptown, Chicago, gave this advice to residents of the neighborhood who gathered on the evening of November 15th, 2018, for Conversations on Social Justice: Equitable Development in Uptown...

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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.

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.

CONVERSATIONS ON SOCIAL JUSTICE LAUNCHES WITH SPOTLIGHT ON IMMIGRATION

8/21/2018

ICA’s current community programs work at the intersection of environmental and social justice. Our programs also aim to support and showcase other organizations and individuals who are working on transforming our current inequitable systems. ICA launched a new event series called Conversations of Social Justice, which highlights local resource organizations so that Uptown residents and workers have the opportunity to further connect regarding services, partnerships, and volunteer opportunities.

INNOVATIONS CONTINUE AT ICA GREENRISE

8/20/2018

ICA’s mission of building “a just and equitable society in harmony with planet Earth” begins here at home with the ICA GreenRise, our national landmark building. In May 2018 the Chicago Community Loan Fund extended to ICA a $3.5 million loan for the purposes of anchoring the total funding needed to begin work on the historic restoration of the building.

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