Sister Cities of Nashville Delegation Explores Community Transit with Edmonton
Contributed by Heather Cunningham Five delegates from Sister Cities of Nashville (including myself) have just returned from Sister City Edmonton, Canada where we discussed plans for our 30th anniversary in […]
Sister Cities International and Caribbean Climate-Smart Accelerator Announce Partnership
Click here to download this article as a press release. Sister Cities International, the largest citizen diplomacy network in the United States, is partnering with the Caribbean Climate-Smart Accelerator to […]
Sister Cities International Welcomes New Board of Directors and Elects New Executive Leadership
Following a membership-wide election, 11 individuals were elected to Sister Cities International’s Board of Directors. The elections took place during Sister Cities International’s Annual Business Meeting at its 2018 Annual […]
“I am everyone’s mayor” Bergen’s Lord Mayor visits Seattle
Contributed by Lori Ann Reinhall, president, Seattle-Bergen Sister City Association Lord Mayor Marte Mjøs Persen is a woman with a very busy schedule. Besides sitting at the helm of Norway’s […]
Highland Park, IL Celebrates Another Successful Art Exchange with Sister City Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
This past July, Highland Park, Illinois hosted a delegation from its sister city Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Among those in the delegation were two artists, Abdallahy and Santiago Polvos. The pieces […]
Cities Leading the Way: 2018 Annual Conference
from Roger-Mark De Souza Dear Fellow Citizen Diplomats, I have just returned to D.C. from Aurora for our 2018 Annual Conference, “Cities Leading the Way.” We had more than 500 […]
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 […]
Congratulations to the 2018 Young Artists and Authors Showcase Winners
We want to extend a huge congratulations to the winners and finalists of the 2018 Young Artists and Authors Showcase. For decades, Sister Cities International has leveraged the power that […]
Photojournalist Meets New Generation of Norwegian Americans in Seattle
Contributed by Lori Ann Reinhall These days the debate on immigration is hot, both in the United States and in Norway. In both parts of the world, spiraling numbers of […]
Union Pacific Corporation Receives the 2018 Sister Cities International Citizen Diplomacy Corporate Responsibility Award
Union Pacific Corporation has been nominated to receive the 2018 Sister Cities International Citizen Diplomacy Corporate Responsibility Award on behalf of the Board of Directors and Sister Cities International (SCI) Network Senior Leadership […]