Evan Padilla, Spokane and SICA History

Evan Padilla, Spokane and SICA History

As we prepare for the memorial honoring the life and legacy of Evan Padilla, this comes in from Julia Hurd, who worked with Evan to make the 1997 Spokane World Congress the best-attended world congress. Hello Paul and Latifah – I called Latifah, following Paul’s...
Bustami’s Peaches & Jano’s Chutney

Bustami’s Peaches & Jano’s Chutney

Just in time for August, Latifah Taormina sends this: Hi Paul, Here’s some news from the VISTA group in Southern CA.  The article I mention below is written by newly opened member, Jano Nightengale, a regular columnist for the local Coast News. She’s all...
Poems for Peace w/ Paul E Nelson Feb 17 11am PST

Poems for Peace w/ Paul E Nelson Feb 17 11am PST

Andrew Hall and Adelia MacWilliam are SICA-USA’s two partners in the Zoomuse Poems for Peace project, which has evolved from two separate SICA projects, Zoomuse started by Emmanuel Williams and Poems for Peace started by Latifah Taormina. Andrew Hall is the...
Poems for Peace

Poems for Peace

The Zoomuse project started by unofficial Subud Poet Laureate Emmanuel Williams has merged with the Poems for Peace project, initiated by SICA co-founder Latifah Taormina. The first reading in this merger was given by Andrew Schelling on October 21, 2021. This is now...
SICA-USA Fund Drive IN PROGRESS

SICA-USA Fund Drive IN PROGRESS

I have been on the SICA-USA Board since November 2018 and Chair since November 2020. In that time I have witnessed great potential for the cultural wing of Subud, have gone through a bit of a purification (as with every Subud position) have seen the board grow into a...