2015 ICA Global Archive Fall Sojourn Overview

10 Sep 2015

      Colleagues,

Steve Ediger wrote the Sojourn Overview on behalf of the ICA Global
Archives Advisory Council to welcome folks to one of the largest sojourn
gatherings in the history of the ICA Global Archives. People are
participating in person and on-line. We want you to be aware of what is
happening. As work gets your may receive requests for assistance. You will
be kept up-to-date on sojourn work.

Sojourn Overview
This Sojourn will focus on three areas.

   - ICA is working with a consultant to register the Greenrise building on
   the National Register of Historic Places.  In addition to getting credit
   for the important role that ICA/EI has played in Chicago, the USA and the
   world, this would open the possibility of getting historic tax credits to
   cover needed infrastructure maintenance and upgrades on the
building.  The Historic
   Role of the ICA Greenrise group will be doing the research and collect
   documents to begin telling this story, based on the Uptown 5 project
   (Chicago), Town Meetings (USA), and Human Development Projects (global).
   Team guides: Beret Griffith, beretgriffith@gmail.com, Global Archive
   Team & Jim Troxel, troxel49@gmail.com <jtroxel49@gmail.com> ICA Board
   - Karen Snyder, karen.snyder10@gmail.com  will be heading up a key study
   on Training, Inc.  The Training, Inc. group will take a look at this key
   Imaginal Education program with a historical review from the past,
   problem-solving units on present and future through the lens of the past.
   - Jack Gilles jackcgilles@gmail.com will facilitate the New Religious
   Mode group in curating NRM materials and bringing them forward to share
   with “Those Who Care”. Work will focus on sharing the NRM with Wesley
   Theological Seminary, in Washington DC. where there is an opening to build
   a relationship between the ICA Archives and J.W. Mathews files that are
   being curated by the seminary.

Although some folks will be getting in the week before, our official launch
will be at 8 am on Monday, September 21. At 10 am, Ted Wysocki will join us
with some introductory remarks. By Monday afternoon, we will break out into
teams and begin our work, with some participants in the GreenRise and
Google Hangouts with those not able to attend physically.  Every day will
end at around 5 pm with a short wine and cheese and an opportunity to
reconnect with each other and exchange gems from the day.  On Thursday, we
plan a special celebration after our work.  By Friday morning, we’re asking
teams to complete their work and a report on it.  On Friday afternoon we’ll
gather in the Bonhoeffer room at 1 pm to set up for final reports.  At 2 pm
we’ll hear final reports from each of the teams and have some dialogue.
Both Monday’s and Friday’s plenaries will be broadcast via Google Hangouts
on Air/Youtube to ensure the fullest possible participation. These will
also be recorded for addition to the Archive’s materials.

NOTE: If you have any questions about the work or if any of you are
interested in being a part of the sojourn, please contact the people listed
as team leadership. If you are interested in coming for the sojourn, please
contact:

Steve Ediger steveediger@gmail.com  or Jean Long jean.long512@gmail.com

As September 21st approaches and the participant list, on-site and virtual,
is determined, we will let you know who is doing what and how work is
progressing.

On Behalf of the Archive Advisory Council,

Beret Griffith, Jack Gilles

Beret Griffith via Dialogue

Lynda Cock via Dialogue

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