<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">As Joe Slicker would say: my my my my! </SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Blessings to all of you, w</SPAN><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">ith greatest admiration and affection,</SPAN></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Nancy Trask</SPAN></div>
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<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=hr contentEditable=false readonly="true"></DIV><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Mary D'Souza <marykdsouza@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Colleague Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> mangala.hg <mangala.hg@gmail.com>; Hiraman Gavai <hiraman.gavai@capgemini.com>; ICA INDIA ORG <shankarjadhav@icaindiapn.org> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, September 25, 2012 1:31 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Dialogue] 50th Anniversary<BR></FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV id=yiv1984974672>Thank you Terry and Ellie Stock for these reports.
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>Mary Kurian D'Souza<BR><BR>
<DIV class=yiv1984974672gmail_quote>On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 2:32 AM, Terry Bergdall <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:bergdall2@gmail.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:bergdall2@gmail.com">bergdall2@gmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv1984974672MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">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. </SPAN></FONT></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv1984974672MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">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:</SPAN></FONT></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv1984974672MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">http://ica.site-ym.com/news/news.asp?id=103496</SPAN></FONT></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv1984974672MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">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, </SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 15px">named the completed piece "Ocean of Devotion." </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 15px">You can view her description about the work on the following link: </SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv1984974672MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 15px">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 50<SUP>th</SUP> Anniversary. 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.</SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv1984974672MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">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.</SPAN></FONT></div><SPAN class=yiv1984974672HOEnZb><FONT color=#888888>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv1984974672MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">Terry Bergdall</SPAN></FONT></div></FONT></SPAN><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Dialogue mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:Dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:Dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net">Dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net</A><BR>http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/dialogue-wedgeblade.net<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Dialogue mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:Dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net" ymailto="mailto:Dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net">Dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net</A><BR><A href="http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/dialogue-wedgeblade.net" target=_blank>http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/dialogue-wedgeblade.net</A><BR><BR><BR></DIV></DIV></div></body></html>