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ICA USA’s Fifth City revisited through Chicago artist’s interpretation
submitted by ICA USA
Meida Teresa McNeal is a performing artist with Honey Pot Performance, Arts & Culture Manager for Chicago Park District, and a self-described “artist-administrator-educator”. She grew up in the Fifth City neighborhood of East Garfield Park on Chicago’s West Side, where her parents participated in ICA’s Fifth City community development project in the 1960s. Curious about her own memories and her...
ICA Canada presents the Courage to Lead Award
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The Courage to Lead Award On May 9, 2019, ICA Canada presented the Courage to Lead Award to SKETCH Working Arts. This award is given to an individual or organization that has demonstrated courageous and purposeful leadership within the community. For over two decades, SKETCH has greatly impacted the lives of youth across Canada who live in poverty and homelessness....
ICA USA presents origins of Accelerate77 to Asset-Based Community of Practice
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When Terry Bergdall returned to ICA-USA to serve as CEO, the organization was in the midst of a missional shift to meet the emerging climate crisis. The City of Chicago was also attempting to respond to climate change, but the City’s approach was to convene expert consultants who drew up environmental programs, then tried to sell them to Chicagoans. Terry...
Facilitating Authentic Participation: Transformative Steps to Empower Groups
submitted by Martin Gilbraith
About Facilitating Authentic Participation All too often, asking any group to work together without effective facilitation is a shortcut to disaster — James M. Campbell In this revealing step-by-step guide, now available from Amazon, master group process facilitator James M. Campbell takes you behind the scenes of the usually hidden planning and diagnostic process leading up to the “magic” of guiding...
ICA Nepal constructs a Community Training Center
submitted by ICA Nepal
Our Former ICA Nepal Chairperson, Prof. Dr. Tatwa P. Timsina’s new book entitled “Abridging KO brigand rabid Ra innovation” was out in the market in March. Dr. Timsina discusses the importance of innovation and technology in the development of the nation and community. Development is possible through regular learning and sharing. As per our commitment to distribute 500 copies of...
EPDI Nigeria joins in tackling substance abuse
submitted by EPDI Nigeria
#ASAP – anti-substance abuse project Lagos round-table event February 28, 2019 was a colourful and memorable day for EPDI Nigeria at the Civic Centre, Ozumba Mbadiwe Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, venue of the Lagos Roundtable Event for the Anti-Substance Abuse Project organized by MTNASAP FOUNDATION with a slogan #Drug Abuse is One Chance Bus. #ASAP is a multi-stakeholder and multi-sectoral...
ICA Ukraine and Ukrainian women in the UN
submitted by ICA Ukraine
ICA Ukraine and a delegation of Ukrainian women made a two-week visit to the USA for the 63rd session of the UN Commission on Women’s Affairs (March 9-22, 2019). It was a real marathon, as a result of which, we not only strengthened each other, but also learned and taught a lot, gained experience, shared our achievements and took an example...
ICA Taiwan hosts the ICA Asia Pacific Regional conference in Tainan
submitted by ICA Taiwan
. ICA Asia Pacific came to Tainan in November 2018 for the ICAI Asia Pacific Regional conference, hosted by ICA Taiwan. It began with an opportunity for research and dialogue, an opportunity to learn from and with Taiwan communities and ended with an opportunity for ICA to explore our purpose, mission and strategies. The research explorations were hosted in three...
ICA Cote D’Ivoire supports Village Savings & Loans Associations
submitted by ICA Cote DIvoire
As part of the activities of the World Bank-financed project in the four departments of Agneby-Tiassa, a mission was carried out from 23 to 27 January 2019, by a team from the Coordination Unit of the Regional Council, and from ICA Cote D’Ivoire. This mission with the objective of: Ensure the existence of eight (8) Village Savings & Loans Associations...
ICA USA Chicago Sustainability Leaders Network celebrates 5th anniversary
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Within hours of breaking down and packing up the party lights, leftover food and drink, Polaroid pictures, flyers and banners, the praise began on social media. One member wrote on Facebook that the Fifth Anniversary Celebration of the Chicago Sustainability Leaders Network (CSLN) was “the best time I have had all year.” Another posted a photo captioned “What a terrific...
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This post was published in ICAI’s online magazine Winds and Waves – now published at Medium.com (see explanatory note). To receive articles by email as they are published subscribe at https://medium.com/winds-and-waves. “It was a very nice experience because, through it, I learned how to interact and how to support my daughters in their development,” said one participant in the Learning Basket program delivered in small rural...
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Facilitating Authentic Pa...
About Facilitating Authentic Participation All too often, asking any group to work together without effective facilitation is a shortcut to disaster — James M. Campbell In this revealing step-by-step guide, now available from Amazon, master group process facilitator James M. Campbell takes you behind the scenes of the usually hidden planning and diagnostic process leading up to the “magic” of guiding...
