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Baltimore Luxor Alexandria Sister City Committee Celebrates the Rich History of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Through Cultural Diplomacy

Alexandria, Egypt, was a world center of knowledge and learning in the third century BCE, when its ancient library gathered scrolls and scholars from around the world. Now the Bibliotheca Alexandria (BA) in the 21st century is dedicated to recapturing the spirit of openness and scholarship of the original library. The Baltimore Luxor Alexandria Sister City Committee (BLASCC) will be celebrating the ancient and new Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) this summer. BLASCC is hosting Heba El-Rafey, Director of Public Relations and International Communications at the BA, for a week-long visit to Baltimore and Washington, D.C. Ms. El-Rafey has a busy schedule ...

S. JAVAID ANWAR TO RECEIVE DISTINGUISHED LEADERSHIP AWARD AT SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL AWARDS DINNER

Washington, DC, (June 27, 2019) –Sister Cities International is honored to announce that S. Javaid Anwar will receive the Distinguished Leadership Award at the 2019 Annual Awards Dinner and Gala in Houston, Texas. Each year, Sister Cities International presents the Distinguished Leadership Award to extraordinary companies and individuals who, through their efforts and accomplishments, have made significant contributions to society through the communities they serve. “The Distinguished Leadership Award is reserved for those who have worked to make a remarkable impact on their communities,” said Roger-Mark de Souza, President and CEO of ...

OLIVIA CONNOR WINS SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL’S YOUTH LEADERSHIP AWARD

WASHINGTON, DC – Olivia Connor of Nashville, Tennessee has won the Sister Cities International 2019 Youth Leadership Award. The awards competition, which is open to over 500 sister city programs nationwide, recognizes the accomplishments of outstanding individuals and community sister city programs that are promoting peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation. Olivia Connor has been involved in Sister Cities of Nashville (SCN) since 2016.  She applied to be a Student Ambassador to Caen, France and was accepted into the summer program.  She was an exemplary citizen diplomat while in Caen, according to the trip chaperone, as she ...

MAXINE HANKINS CAIN WINS SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL’S VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD

WASHINGTON, DC – Maxine Hankins Cain of Lansing, Michigan has won the Sister Cities International 2019 Volunteer of the Year Award. The awards competition, which is open to over 500 sister city programs nationwide, recognizes the accomplishments of outstanding individuals and community sister city programs that are promoting peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation. Maxine Hankins Cain, Ed D, an Lansing Regional Sister Cities Commission (LRSCC) member for 20 years, is a former teacher and school administrator who always stressed the importance of understanding global issues, cultures and languages. As an educator of excellence ...

Long Beach, California Wins Sister Cities International’s Innovation Award for Youth and Education

WASHINGTON, DC – Long Beach, California has won the Sister Cities International 2019 Innovation Award for Youth and Education for a city with a population greater than 100,000. The awards competition, which is open to over 500 sister city programs nationwide, recognizes the accomplishments of outstanding individuals and community sister city programs that are promoting peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation. In August 2018, the Sister Cities of Long Beach, Inc., (California) through its Long Beach-Qingdao Association (LBQA), provided support for a new project to bring Chinese and US students together to learn how to program ...

Grand Junction, Colorado Wins Sister Cities International’s Innovation Award for Youth and Education

WASHINGTON, DC – Grand Junction, Colorado has won the Sister Cities International 2019 Innovation Award for Youth and Education for a city with a population of 25,001- 100,000. The awards competition, which is open to over 500 sister city programs nationwide, recognizes the accomplishments of outstanding individuals and community sister city programs that are promoting peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation. Grand Junction Sister Cities started their scholarship program in 2009 after the community’s Mesa Ciudadana, or Citizens’ Roundtable, approached GJSC and told them that what their community really needed was an ...

Grand Junction, Colorado Wins Sister Cities International’s Innovation Award for Professional and Technical Assistance

WASHINGTON, DC – Grand Junction, Colorado has won the Sister Cities International 2019 Innovation Award for Professional and Technical Assistance for a city with a population of 25,001-100,000. The awards competition, which is open to over 500 sister city programs nationwide, recognizes the accomplishments of outstanding individuals and community sister city programs that are promoting peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation. Animal health is directly related to human health, especially when animals are free to roam, as they are in Grand Junction’s Sister City; El Espino, El Salvador. By spaying and neutering dogs and cats, ...

Lakeland, Florida Wins Sister Cities International’s Innovation Award for Humanitarian Assistance

WASHINGTON, DC – Lakeland, Florida has won the Sister Cities International 2019 Innovation Award for Humanitarian Assistance for a city with a population greater than 100,000. The awards competition, which is open to over 500 sister city programs nationwide, recognizes the accomplishments of outstanding individuals and community sister city programs that are promoting peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation. Lakeland Sister Cities made great strides to provide rehabilitation and treatment to deaf or hearing impaired people in their sister city, Balta, Republic of Moldova. The impairments are largely due to meningitis, and LSC ...

Palo Alto, California Wins Sister Cities International’s Innovation Award for Business and Trade

WASHINGTON, DC – Palo Alto, California has won the Sister Cities International 2019 Innovation Award for Business and Trade for a city with a population of 25,001-100,000. The awards competition, which is open to over 500 sister city programs nationwide, recognizes the accomplishments of outstanding individuals and community sister city programs that are promoting peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation. Neighbors Abroad of Palo Alto, California facilitated the first forestry-based carbon offset transaction between the United States and Mexico, and the first to apply the Mexican forest carbon sequestration protocol.  The ...

Jasper, Indiana Wins Sister Cities International’s Innovation Award for Business and Trade

WASHINGTON, DC – Jasper, Indiana has won the Sister Cities International 2019 Innovation Award for Business and Trade for a city with a population less than 25,000. The awards competition, which is open to over 500 sister city programs nationwide, recognizes the accomplishments of outstanding individuals and community sister city programs that are promoting peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation. The idea of importing wine from Pfaffenweiler, Germany, to Jasper, Indiana was generated during a discussion held at a joint Sister Cities & Partnership meeting marking their 30th anniversary as Sister Cities in 2015. The ...