[Dialogue] Questions about the "Turn to the World"

[Lee Early]

The circle around the wedge blade was the symbol of the new ICA unvailed in the Collegium Room in the basement on the West Side.  The version before that looked like the Diner's Club logo.  We also did the global studies, the Social Process triangle and Fishel was in charge or raising $222,000 to send Mathews and crew around the world just before the "turn symbol".   Wiegel burned the triangle research under the table in the collegium room to call an end to the research.  It was years later when we did an "end run" on the church and went directly to the parish.  The Local Church Experiment was still if full swing when the ICA came into being.  You all need to remember that memory is one of the first things to go at Randy's age.

Lee

On Aug 4, 2011, at 3:23 AM, R Williams wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>  
> In 1972 the Kemper Insurance Co. gave the Ecumenical Institute its 8-story office building at 4750 N. Sheridan Rd. in Chicago.  In and around that year the Institute of Cultural Affairs was incorporated and EI/ICA moved its headquarters from its "seminary campus" on the west side to its "insurance building" on north side.  Subsequently we drew a circle around the wedge blade and announced we were making a "turn to the world."
>  
> Here are some questions regarding "the turn:"
> 	• What was going on in the world and internally with EI/O:E that precipitated the "Turn to the World?"
> 	• How did "the turn" affect our story about who we were and what we were doing? (For example, what did we understand we were turning to and what were we turning from?)
> 	• What were the strategic and practical implications at that time?
> 	• What are the implications today for ICAs around the world?
> The primary reason for asking these questions is, the Board of Directors of ICA-USA, when it meets in Chicago each November, dialogues on the issue of the long-term strategic direction and approach of the organization.  This piece of our history could have relevance for that dialogue this November.
>  
> Please don't be restricted by the questions.  Any remembrances and insights that you are willing to share will be useful and most appreciated.
>  
> Thank you,
> Randy Williams
> Acting Chair, ICA-USA Board of Directors
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