LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA

FALL LEADERSHIP MEETINGS

October 15-17, 2024

Plan to join Sister Cities International for the fall leadership meeting.

Deadline to Request a Refund: October 1, 2024

The Queen Mary

Be sure to reserve your room as soon as possible as the SCI group hotel block is limited. The deadline to book a room is **September 14th**.

1126 Queens Highway
Long Beach, CA 90802
+1 (888) 217-1153

If you are looking to book a room for the evenings of Tuesday October 15th and Wednesday October 16th, please click here. If you will be reserving additional dates, please contact Sa Eun Kim at the Queen Mary.

Program

SCI Fall 2024 Leadership Meetings
October 15-17, 2024
Long Beach and Los Angeles, California

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

2:00PM Optional choice of prearranged tours in Long Beach, CA. Cost will vary between $20 and $40.

    • Tour of the Aquarium of the Pacific.

      • Includes a private welcome at the aquarium and a self-guided tour.

    • Tour of Long Beach City College.

      • Campus tour led by Presidential Student Ambassadors. First Lady of Long Beach, Dr. Nina Richardson will address the group.

    • Tour of The Museum of Latin American Art and The Pacific Islands Ethnic Art Museum

      • Admission to both museums is included.

5:30PM-7:30PM: “Meet Me at the Mary” Reception on the Queen Mary.

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

8:30AM: Mayor of Long Beach Breakfast Reception at Port of Long Beach.

10:00AM-11:30AM: Strategic Plan Activity for SCI Board Members.

11:45AM: Board buses for an Afternoon Tour and Film at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) in Los Angeles, CA. Boxed lunches and bottled drinks to be brought on the buses.

12:45PM: Arrival at JANM.

1:00PM-4:20PM: Afternoon Tour and Film at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM).

    • 1:00PM: Welcome remarks

    • 1:30PM: Self-guided tour with Docents to answer questions.

    • 2:30PM: Groups walk across the Norman Y. Mineta Plaza to the Tateuchi Democracy Forum theater for film and Q&A (to be livestreamed). No food or beverages allowed.

    • 2:40PM: Film and Livestream Begins.

    • 3:20PM: Panel Discussion with Ann Burroughs, President and CEO of JANM, and Harvey Yamagata, JANM Board Member

4:20PM: JANM event ends.

OPTION 1 at 4:45PM: Participants going directly to the Conrad Hotel evening fundraiser event will depart on a bus.

The evening fundraising event at the Conrad, Los Angeles (hosted by Jessey and Cherie Lee) is separately ticketed. For more information visit, click here.

OPTION 2 at 4:45PM: Participants not going directly to the Conrad Hotel depart on a bus for Long Beach.

Thursday, October 17, 2024

9:00AM-11:00AM: SCI Board Meeting – Aboard the Queen Mary.

11:30AM: Optional Long Beach Port Tour (max. 30 people)