The Institute for Cultural Awareness RSS News Feeds http://www.instituteforculturalawareness.com Sat, 17 May 2008 09:12:49 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.instituteforculturalawareness.com/images/M_images/institute_for_cultural_awareness.gif http://www.instituteforculturalawareness.com The Institute for Cultural Awareness RSS News Feeds http://www.instituteforculturalawareness.com/index.php/Latest/ICA-Returns-from-Japan.html Expect to hear great things from Adam Carmen later this month! News - Latest Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:09:54 +0100 http://www.instituteforculturalawareness.com/index.php/Latest/Welcome.html Welcome to The Institute for Cultural Awareness!The Institute for Cultural Awareness (ICA) is a non-profit corporation providing a safe and healthy environment for cultural exchange and healing. ICA is dedicated to preserving sacred sites and indigenous traditions, bridging the gap between the elders and the children. ICA’s endeavors focus on a sustainable multicultural environment inspiring new dimensions of spiritual existence and the celebration of life. News - Latest Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:00:00 +0100 http://www.instituteforculturalawareness.com/index.php/Newsflash/Banner-advertising-sponsorship-now-available.html Banner advertising sponsorship now available!We are making banner advertising sponsorships available to help support the Institute for Cultural Awareness programs!These banners will rotate betwen the sponsors and are available for only $100 per 10,000 impressions!Send the web master your 468x60 banner art, contact info, link you'd like that banner pointed to, and send payment through the shoppingcart to the Institute for Cultural Awareness. Once confirmed, the ad will start displaying. The entire process could take as little as an hour to get your sponsorship online Thank you for your consideration! Newsflashes - Newsflash Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:36:43 +0100 http://www.instituteforculturalawareness.com/index.php/Examples/How-you-can-help.html Institute for Cultural Awareness: Returning to the Natural World Thank you for your interest! With your support, ICA’s multicultural programs enrich the lives of many. The single largest source of support is individual donors like you represent. There are many ways one can support ICA’s endeavors. Your involvement can be through monetary contributions, volunteering, or prayers. ICA graciously welcomes your financial contributions to support our many educational programs and community outreach activities. Be more empowered and support your local non-profit organization or become an International sponsor today. We welcome your continued support Cultivate the seeds and donate now to ICA’s on-going operating expenses or a specific humanitarian program. FAQs - Articles and FAQ\'s Wed, 12 May 2004 11:54:06 +0100 http://www.instituteforculturalawareness.com/index.php/Articles-and-FAQ-s/Board-of-Directors.html Board of Directors FAQs - Articles and FAQ\'s Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:00:00 +0100 http://www.instituteforculturalawareness.com/index.php/Latest/Return-Of-the-Ancestors.html Return Of the AncestorsandCouncil Of Future Wisdom KeepersNorthern Arizona - April 18-28, 2009More information to be announce soon! News - Latest Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:00:00 +0100 http://www.instituteforculturalawareness.com/index.php/Latest/About-The-Institute-for-Cultural-Awareness.html ABOUT US MISSION The Institute for Cultural Awareness (ICA) is a non-profit corporation providing a safe and healthy environment for cultural exchange and healing. ICA is dedicated to facilitating cultural exchange programs, preserving sacred sites and honoring Indigenous traditions while bridging the gaps between the elders and the children. VISION ICA’s endeavors focus on a sustainable multicultural environment offering self awareness, healing, survival skills and communal ways of living thus educating and inspiring new dimensions of spiritual existence and the celebration of life. PURPOSE ICA believes that returning to the natural world humanity can live more in harmony with the Earth and focus on planetary transformation by working at the individual and community level creating a conscious global network. HISTORY Founded in 1988, ICA has hosted and provided a space for healing services, gatherings, ceremonies, workshops, retreats and sacred pilgrimages throughout North, Central and South America, Australia and Europe. In 2002, ICA elected Adam Yellowbird DeArmon as the new President. With his vision and leadership, Adam took ICA’s mission to a global magnitude.PRINCIPAL VALUES We believe that all people regardless of socio economic conditions have the right to take charge of their life and make decisions for their future. We are dedicated to reviving the indigenous traditional ways of living. We honor and respect Earth and seek to live in balance with all creation. We respect the sacredness of each religion, spiritual expression, and indigenous tradition. We uphold equality of all people regardless of race religion, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, etc. We value the full range of human diversity and seek to involve our board members, staff, volunteers, and clientele in that diversity. We maintain the highest standards of integrity and ethnical conduct, prudent use of resources, together with fair and accurate disclosure of information. We believe that everyone has something positive to offer the world, regardless of age or physical condition. We provide fair wages and do not condone child labor. We make decisions based on how they will affect our future generations. We endeavor to have ethics and integrity in everything we create. News - Latest Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:00:00 +0100 http://www.instituteforculturalawareness.com/index.php/Latest/The-Institute-for-Cultural-Awareness-Center.html The Institute for Cultural Awareness has been presented with the opportunity to purchase its current facilities and 2 acres of land. This purchase is in alignment with ICA’s mission to provide a safe and healthy environment for cultural exchange and healing. It will provide the organization with a permanent foundation to build on and support the preparations for our upcoming endeavors. Our goal is to raise $333,000 dollars for this initial capital purchase. The vision of ICA is strong and motivated with a desire to build a better future for our children. Your support will provide a firm foundation to create a broader expression of service for humanity. To learn more about how to support the Institute for Cultural Awareness Center, please contact ICA directly at 928-646-3000 News - Latest Sun, 13 Jan 2008 02:00:00 +0100 http://www.instituteforculturalawareness.com/index.php/Newsflash/501-C-3-Donations-Welcome.html Dear Friends of Peace, Unity and our Mother Earth,From March 19 to 23 of 2007 on the shores of Lake Titicaca, Peru, Indigenous Elders and Wisdom Keepers from throughout North, Central and South America will be joining together to reunite the Eagles and the Condors, to bring Peace to the Americas and the World. The Elders that gather there will be first meeting in council to listen to the Pachamama our Mother Earth to receive guidance on the intentions and ceremonies that will be set. People from around the world will be conducting simultaneous ceremonies on the Equinox of March 21 linking at the Worlds Sacred sites. Our organization, Earth Works for Humanity, a nonprofit organization, is coordinating the gathering and has set the intention to raise the money for the travel and support costs of the Elders that will gather. I am writing to you to ask for your monetary help. By early February we must begin to make the arrangements for the Elders travel for the gathering we are short of our goals to support the Elders we pray that you will be able to help. There are a couple of ways you can make a donation to sponsor an Elder. You could go to our web site www.earthworksforhumanity.org and make a donation through pay pal. I am also attaching a donation form where a donation by check or credit card can be made. If you would like more information about the Elders Gathering please visit our web site.Blessings to you and thanks for any help you can provide, Adam Yellow Bird Newsflashes - Newsflash Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:00:00 +0100 http://www.instituteforculturalawareness.com/index.php/Newsflash/Our-Mission.html The Institute for Cultural Awareness (ICA) is a non-profit corporation providing a safe and healthy environment for cultural exchange and healing. ICA is dedicated to preserving sacred sites and indigenous traditions, bridging the gap between the elders and the children. ICA’s endeavors focus on a sustainable multicultural environment inspiring new dimensions of spiritual existence and the celebration of life. Newsflashes - Newsflash Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:00:00 +0100