City Of Issaquah Wins SCI Award for Innovation in Arts and Culture
Sister Cities International’s mission is the belief that cooperation across borders is more effective when we engage communities “one individual at a time.” In this spirit, the City of Issaquah […]
Seattle String Quartet Bergen Bound: A Sister Cities Musical Exchange
Contributed by Lori Ann Reinhall, President of Seattle-Bergen Sister City Association A few years ago, Reidun Horvei, a well known classical trained folksinger from Voss in Hordaland, made the long […]
Ukraine in the Wild West: Tysmenytsia Visits Bandera County Sister Partnership Association
Visiting delegations from distant Sister Cities give hosts the perfect opportunity to take pride in their town’s traditions and hospitality. Few exchanges have taken better advantage of the opportunity than […]
Sister Cities of Nashville Attends Chinese Energy Forum
Story contributed by Evan Metcalf on the behalf of Sister Cities of Nashville Nashville’s thriving Sister City relationship with Taiyuan, China has yielded many exchanges between the two. Throughout their […]
Friendships Found through Pasadena Sister Cities Committee
Few Sister Cities relationships go back as far as the one shared between Pasadena-Ludwigshafen—and the friendships between residents of the two cities go back even further. As early as 1946, […]
Boulder-Lhasa Sister Cities Project: Training Rural Tibetan Doctors in Kham
On September 4-6, 2018, the Boulder-Lhasa Sister Cities Project collaborated with Dr. Li Tiaoying, Sichuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in Xichang, Sichuan, to train rural Tibetan medical […]
Schaumburg Meets Schaumburg: A Sister Cities Gathering
Sister Cities programs connect distant populations with one another through various exchanges, delegations, and partnership projects. Last week the Schaumburg-Schaumburg relationship between Illinois and Germany enjoyed ten days together after […]
Norfolk Sister City Association Sends a Mermaid to Kochi
A city is defined by its artists. We are first drawn to the city for the design of its unmistakable landmarks and the decorated shop windows. We then leave our […]
A Sister City Delegation from Gunnison, Colorado Visits Majkhali, India
A delegation from Gunnison, Colorado recently returned from a Sister Citiers trip to Majkhali, India. Watch the video below to see how they connected with their counterparts across the globe. […]
Sister Cities Association of Sarasota Exchange Will Help Students Learn Playwriting
In July, teachers from three Sarasota Sister Cities traveled to the United States to take part in Florida Studio Theatre’s Write-A-Play Teacher Training, thanks to the Sister Cities Association of […]