India Community Activists Network(ICAN)
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About ICAN
ICAN was formed in India in 2007 with the goal of bringing together the many activists and groups that IFA has worked with over the years. Since then, the group has expanded to include many more activists and groups.
Role of ICAN
1. To function as a platform for various activists with diverse backgrounds and fields of work; to engage with each other in a friendly atmosphere, to learn about each other’s work, etc.
2. Be a resource base for various activists to seek support in their work from others who are similarly involved, to develop new links and networks 3. Serve as an instrument for joint action MembershipICAN members are selected based on recommendation of two existing members. They must pledge to support the ICAN mission. Membership fee is Rs. 500 per year. Attending the first event is free and open to public.
2012 EventThe annual meeting was held at Sewagram, Wardha. Around 50 activists attended.
2013 EventThe seventh annual meeting of ICAN is scheduled for Agust 8 to 11 in Ahmedabad
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Membership Criteria for ICAN
A. Subscription to the shared vision of a just and humane society based on:
1. Sustainable and equitable development with community control of natural resources
2. Decentralization of power and local self-governance
3. Secularism and respect for diversity
B. Commitment to some type of activism in advancing these goals.
C. Adherence to truth and non-violence
D. Acceptance of the validity of diverse paths to the same goals and a willingness to work across ideological differences within the larger framework of shared vision.
E. Attendance at one or more of the several ICAN meetings conducted so far.
F. Agreement with the role of ICAN in developing and pursuing a common minimum program besides its role as a resource base for its constituents.
G. Willingness to make some nominal contribution to the functioning of ICAN.
A. Subscription to the shared vision of a just and humane society based on:
1. Sustainable and equitable development with community control of natural resources
2. Decentralization of power and local self-governance
3. Secularism and respect for diversity
B. Commitment to some type of activism in advancing these goals.
C. Adherence to truth and non-violence
D. Acceptance of the validity of diverse paths to the same goals and a willingness to work across ideological differences within the larger framework of shared vision.
E. Attendance at one or more of the several ICAN meetings conducted so far.
F. Agreement with the role of ICAN in developing and pursuing a common minimum program besides its role as a resource base for its constituents.
G. Willingness to make some nominal contribution to the functioning of ICAN.