[Dialogue] ICA India celebrates!

[Mary D'Souza]

Thank you for this John and Robyn.  Will share this with the folks on
Tuesday.
Mary

On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 12:03 PM, John & Robyn Hutchinson <
rjhutchinson at optusnet.com.au> wrote:

> **
> Dear colleagues of ICA India
> We want to wish you a great gathering on Tuesday, 2 October, to mark the
> 50th.
> So many personal memories and experiences are with us every day, of all
> our time and work with ICA India over 43 years.
>
> Just to mention a few:
>
> * Helping facilitate the ITI in Bombay in 1972 on our way to the Isle of
> Dogs, England - then being assigned to stay in India instead - 5 years
> later we were still there - with a baby adopted daughter, Kiran!!
> * The Daily Office, meetings, workshops, gatherings etc in Sankli Street,
> Byculla, with Dolly Mannen, Wainrights, Spencer, Voslers, Barkers,
> Shamraos, Dharma to mention a few.
> * The long and adventuresome train treks across India by 3rd Class train
> sleeping in the luggage rack or on the floor
> * Working in Delhi with the Powells
> * Opening the Hyderabad House with Josephs and Granny, Francis, Caswell,
> Holmes families, Dharmalingham, Balms, George Chellapa and Olive Strettle .
> * The Global Language School!
> * The ITIs in Mumbai, Calcutta and Hyderabad
> * Shovelling dirt to transform the latrine and rubbish area of the
> community in the Gunfoundry project
> * In Pune, over the last 20 years, on quite a number of shorter
> sojourns, working along side the Indian families,  and just being there
> through the very difficult time leading up to Shakuntala's death
> * The training programs in the Talegaon Environmental Traning Centre and
> the regional gatherings of ICA colleagues from India, Bangladesh and Nepal
> in more recent years.
> * Just last March 2012, as part of Kiran's wedding celebrations, visiting
> Hyderabad with ALL 10 of the Harry and Iris Francis children and
> grandchildren - and going on an evening tour of the Gunfoundry area!!!
>
> We wish you all a most memorable celebration and look forward to reports
> and photos from our second home!
>
> Namaste, John and Robyn Hutchinson
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> *From:* Mary D'Souza <marykdsouza at gmail.com>
> *To:* Colleague Dialogue <dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> *Cc:* mangala.hg <mangala.hg at gmail.com> ; Hiraman Gavai<hiraman.gavai at capgemini.com>; ICA
> INDIA ORG <shankarjadhav at icaindiapn.org>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 25, 2012 4:31 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Dialogue] 50th Anniversary
>
> Thank you Terry and Ellie Stock for these reports.
>
> About 50 people will be gathering on October 2, 2012 at the Talegaon
> facility of ICA: India to mark 50 years of ICA.  We hope to be able to
> share some of these reports with those who gather.
>
> Mary Kurian D'Souza
>
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 2:32 AM, Terry Bergdall <bergdall2 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Last week was a time for major events in Chicago connected with ICA's
>> 50th Anniversary. One was more external while the other was more internal.
>>
>>
>> On Saturday, September 15, ICA-USA was the organizing sponsor for the
>> "Accelerate 77" Share Fair. This event has dramatically re-positioned us
>> for the sake of expanding our national programs. Several colleagues from
>> across the country were present. If you would like to see some photos and
>> video, click on the following link:
>>
>>
>> http://ica.site-ym.com/news/news.asp?id=103496
>>
>>
>> Two days before, we had an unveiling of the an art piece which will serve
>> hang at 4750 for the next 50 years. The artist, Gina Alicea, named the
>> completed piece "Ocean of Devotion." You can view her description about
>> the work on the following link:
>>
>> *
>> *
>>
>> http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/25387580
>>
>>
>>
>> The work consists of more than a thousand pieces of cloth. On each
>> appears written information that originated from one of three
>> sources. First, about 350 pieces name deceased staff members and colleagues
>> who worked at one time or another with EI/OE/ICA during the past 50 years.
>> Others identify important past programs and projects --- RS-1, the
>> Academy, and 24 Human Development Projects, etc. Second, several pieces
>> highlight current programs and supporters, e.g., Technology of
>> Participation (ToP), Accelerate 77 and its advisory committee, names
>> of donors, etc. Third, 600+ pieces were created during fifty events that
>> occurred across the country and around the world to mark the 50thAnniversary. Participants at these events wrote statements on strips of
>> cloth to express their hopes and dreams, or, as we like to say, "claim a
>> promise," for the next fifty years. The piece therefore includes symbolism
>> of ICA's past, present, and future.
>>
>>
>> It has been a full week. I am particularly grateful that Carol Pierce
>> joined us at the Share Fair and celebrated our 50th Anniversary just a few
>> days before she passed.
>>
>>
>> Terry Bergdall
>>
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