The Global Archives of the EI and the ICA

Welcome to The Global Archives of the Ecumenical Institute (EI) and the Institute of Cultural Affairs (ICA)! If you wandered in by accident or worked at finding this link, you have begun an extraordinary adventure. 

This ‘library’ contains the collective work of EI and ICA colleagues. Here you will discover presentations, books, memoirs, stories, and publications. Institute staff members dedicate themselves to building models and sharing methods that bring working groups to life. These are practical skills, participation tools, and consciousness building for use in organizations, businesses, and communities. Their uses documented here in case studies and examples have contributed to movements of citizen participation, community development, nation building, and organization transformation across the world since the early 1960s. 

Browse the nine COLLECTIONS of the Institutes’ work and supporting ICA VALUES. The RESOURCES section includes colleague writings – some are quite colorful – in books, theses, and memoirs as well as publications. Check out our HISTORY, told in four-year time blocks from the 1960s until the 1990s. We invite you to get acquainted with a few people who shaped that history, represented under MATHEWS LEGACY and MEMORIALS.  

For assistance exploring, email GlobalArchives@ica-usa.org or call 312.758.2551. Enjoy your visit.