Category: Uptown

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

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.

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.

CELEBRATING THE CONCLUSION OF OUT AND ABOUT UPTOWN'S COAST

6/11/2018

This spring, ICA completed Out and About Uptown’s Coast, a public educational series offered from May 2017 through April 2018, supported by an Illinois Coastal Management Program (ICMP) grant administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) with funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The series focused on increasing awareness, access, and stewardship of the coastal zone in Uptown.

Garden Walk 2017

Green Infrastructure: Building with Nature

4/29/2018

On Saturday, April 28, 2018, ICA and the Uptown Coastal Initiative hosted the ninth and final session of the Out and About Uptown's Coast series.

Eco-Justice: An Expansive View

3/31/2018

On March 31st, 2018, ICA and the Uptown Coastal Initiative hosted the eighth installment of the Out and About Uptown’s Coast series, Eco-Justice: An Expansive View. The session started with a collective unpacking of the term “eco-justice.” Attendees brainstormed words associated with “eco” and “justice” and new associations that stood out. The ideas that deepened understanding of eco-justice were balance, wisdom, equity, and reciprocal relationship.

Anthony from Chi Nations Youth Council talks about the native prairie

Mental Wellness & Uptown's Coast

2/28/2018

On February 27th, 2018, ICA and the Uptown Coastal Initiative hosted the seventh installment of the Out and About Uptown’s Coast series, Mental Wellness & Uptown’s Coast.

Matt shows off his beautiful arrangement

Historic Preservation Session Recap

1/4/2018

On January 3rd, 2018, ICA and the Uptown Coastal Initiative hosted the sixth installment of the Out and About Uptown’s Coast series, Historic Preservation. This event was designed in partnership with Christopher House’s Youth Leadership program.

CULTIVATING COMMUNITY IN UPTOWN’S COAST

12/6/2017

ICA has had several programmatic initiatives in Uptown throughout the years, but likely none as interdisciplinary as its current project, Out and About Uptown’s Coast. Supported by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Out and About Uptown’s Coast is an environmental education series that aims to engage Uptown residents, workers, and visitors through nine participatory learning sessions addressing the many connections between sustainability the the coast.

Admiring the JPUSA Garden

Alternative Transit Session Recap

10/27/2017

On October 26th, 2017, ICA and the Uptown Coastal Initiative hosted the fifth installment of the Out and About Uptown’s Coast series, Alternative Transit.

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