[Dialogue] 50th Anniversary in Chicago

[MirjaH at aol.com]

Dear Terry,
 
I hope you had a pleasant Easter weekend. 
 
Thank you for your letter. It is a very well-framed program and  
invitation. 
 
It was great to dine with you a few weeks ago and get a tour of the New  
Kemper. I send my best to you and Pam.
 
Take care,
 
Mirja
 
 
Mirja P. Hanson MBA  Ed. D.
Facilitator and  Management Consultant
MP Hanson Associates, Inc.
Affiliate, Millennia  Consulting LLC
5510 Edgewater  Boulevard
Minneapolis, MN  55417
Phone: (651)  291-5616
Fax: (612) 824-8880
E-mail: _Mirjah at aol.com_ (mailto:Mirjah at aol.com) 
Website: _www.consultmillennia.com_ (http://www.consultmillennia.com) 


 
In a message dated 4/3/2012 9:26:48 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
bergdall2 at gmail.com writes:

As you know, 2012 marks the  50th Anniversary of Joseph Mathews accepting 
his appointment as  Dean of the Ecumenical Institute. This set in motion work 
that has since  resulted in the establishment of ICA organizations around 
the world. While  several decentralized events have been scheduled in many 
cities (see our  website for dates and locations), I have also been asked 
about the celebration  in Chicago. For those of you who might be interested in 
participating, here  are our plans. 
Saturday, September 15, 2012,  ICA-USA will host an important citywide “
Sharing Approaches That Work”  conference on grassroots sustainability. We 
anticipate that approximately 600  people from Chicago’s 77 community areas will 
participate. This program, known  as “Accelerate 77,” is repositioning the 
public profile of ICA. For example,  one of our new partners is the Field 
Museum, Chicago’s world class museum of  natural history. In two weeks, the 
Field Museum is hosting a gathering of the  “Accelerate 77” Advisory 
Committee that is likewise composed of key figures  from the city. This represents 
a new day for us. For more info, visit our  website, _www.ica-usa.org_ 
(http://www.ica-usa.org/) , and click on programs. 

We consider it appropriate to  celebrate ICA’s 50th Anniversary by “
Sharing Approaches That Work”  focused on the future. For those of you who would 
like to participate in this  event, we invite you to join us during the final 
prep work a few days before  and then stay to help host participants during 
the event itself. On the day  after (Sunday, September 16), we will have an 
internal “after party”  celebration. 
For those who might have more  time, we invite you to consider coming to 
Chicago to play a role as a  “mentoring guide” during our summer intern 
program in June and July. This will  involve 40 students and builds upon work we 
are currently doing with over 180  university students. Serving as a “guide”
 requires a minimum commitment of  three weeks. While I am happy to share 
additional details for those who want  to know more, here are some 
anticipated benefits we see for those who serve as  "guides:"
(1) practical engagement in an edge program that  strategically addresses a 
major social contradiction of the Twenty-First  Century; 
(2) creating the future legacy of EI/OE/ICA by integrating  methods, 
processes, and contextual perspectives from the past into a  contemporary program 
of today; 
(3) an opportunity to self-consciously play the role of an  elder through 
sharing wisdom with, and learning from, “Generation Y;” 
(4) re-experience the rich collegiality that uniquely  occurs when people 
share a common contextual understanding and are engaged in  a significant. 
and demanding, task; 
(5) participation in a  fulfilling program that is going to be a load of 
fun!

These are the 50th  Anniversary activities planned for Chicago. If anyone 
would like more  information, please write to Seva Gandhi, 
_sgandhi at ica-usa.org_ (mailto:sgandhi at ica-usa.org) , ICA-USA’s volunteer  coordinator, or Nina 
Winn, _nwinn at ica-usa.org_ (mailto:nwinn at ica-usa.org) , ICA-USA’s “
Accelerate  77” coordinator, and copy me, _tbergdall at ica-usa.org_ 
(mailto:tbergdall at ica-usa.org) .   

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