A Priceless Experience: Shoppers Get a Taste of Their Sister Cities
Visitors to the Mall in Columbia, Maryland last month enjoyed an afternoon of music, performances and tables spotlighting Columbia’s four official sister cities (Cergy-Pontoise, France; Tres Cantos, Spain; Tema, Ghana and; Cap-Haitien, Haiti) and a 5th soon-to-be sister city: Liyang in Jiangsu Province, People’s Republic of China—which is awaiting signature of the official partnership agreement. Volunteers […]
50 Years of History and Friendship: A Trip to Shizuoka
Blog by Mary D. Kane, President and CEO, Sister Cities International. Click here to view original post on Medium. This November I was extremely privileged to travel to Shizuoka, Japan along with an official delegation from their sister city Omaha, Nebraska. This partnership has a long, complicated, and exciting history, like many sister city partnerships. It all […]
Dixon, IL Initiates New Work Exchange With Sister City Herzberg, Germany
Officer Kathrin Sure of the Herzberg/Elster, Germany Police Department spent three months in Dixon, Illinois earlier this year. The two cities began their Sister City relationship in 1999 when Herzberg Mayor Michael Oecknigk reached out to his contacts in the United States. Annually, the two cities send delegations to each other during which members reside […]
Best Moments from the Sister Cities International 61st Annual Conference
This year’s conference was one for the books. From the beautiful setting of Virginia Beach to our compelling keynote speakers, everyone had a wonderful time connecting with the SCI network on the shared topic of citizen diplomacy and strengthening local programs. Read below for the best moments from the conference, and be on the lookout […]
Urbana and Zomba: Improving Quality of Life in Urban Southeast Africa
Contributed by: Councilman Dennis Roberts of Urbana, Illinois Several years after receiving a grant to address urban poverty through water, health, and sanitation projects, Urbana, Illinois continues to help its sister city Zomba, Malawi reach its full potential through projects that improve the lives of Zomba citizens. The relationship between Urbana and Zomba began in […]
Oceans, Food Safety, and Fun! 2018 Youth Leadership Summit Recap
In concurrence with our Annual Conference, Sister Cities International holds a Youth Leadership Summit each year where students from all over the U.S. and the globe gather to learn about citizen diplomacy and garner leadership skills for a future in international relations. This year’s Summit was extra fun for our students as they enjoyed the […]
Unique arts structure celebrates sister city relationship
In 2011, Tacoma Sister Cities Council inaugurated a unique structure to celebrate its relationship with sister city Fuzhou, China. The award-winning “Fuzhou Ting”, a Chinese pavilion, is aimed at supporting Tacoma’s reconciliation efforts. It is housed in the Tacoma Chinese Reconciliation Park, a memorial dedicated to a painful time in Tacoma’s history, the expulsion of […]
Sculpture Unveiling Celebrates 13 Years of Sister City Partnership
Blog submitted by Todd Bye, La Crosse-Friedberg Sister City Committee. Click here to view original post on Medium. The city of La Crosse, Wisconsin has a total of seven sister city relationships throughout Europe, Africa, and Asia. In late August 2015, a delegation of 14 people led by Friedberg, Germany Mayor “Burgermeister” Roland Eichman arrived in La […]
Ineffable Takamatsu
Blog contributed by Vanessa B. Nguyen, 2016 Student Ambassador, St. Petersburg, Florida. Click here to view the original blog post on Medium. How do I begin this without sounding cliche? It’s the last thing I want to do, sound unextraordinary when describing my experience in Takamatsu, Japan, a well hidden, extraordinary gem. If I absolutely had to […]
Global Economic Impact of Sister Cities International Released in New Study Totals Hundreds of Millions of Dollars
WASHINGTON, DC (October 7, 2015) – Today, Sister Cities International (SCI) released Measures That Matter℠, a study conducted in collaboration with valueideas, a management consulting firm, presenting the major economic benefits of sister city relationships in the U.S. and their impact on the global economy from 2014. For 60 years, SCI has formed thousands of strong, […]