Table of Contents

A Message from the Chairman...... 1 A Message from the President ...... 3 Our Impact ...... 4 What’s Unique About Sister Cities International?...... 5 Global Leaders Circle...... 6 2018 Activities...... 7 Where We Are (Partnership Maps) ...... 14 Membership with Sister Cities International ...... 18 Looking for a Sister City Partner?...... 19 Membership Resources and Discounts ...... 20 Youth Leadership Programs ...... 21 YAAS 2018 Winners & Finalists ...... 23 2018 Youth Leadership Summit ...... 24 Sister Cities International’s 2018 Annual Conference in Aurora, Colorado...... 26 Annual Awards Program Winners...... 27 Special Education and Virtual Learning in the and Palestine (SEVLUP) Grant...... 28 All -US Sister Cities Mayors’ Summit ...... 30 Ambassadors Speakers Series...... 32 What We Are Doing In 2019...... 33 2018-2019 Board of Directors...... 34 Honorary Board ...... 35 State Representatives ...... 36 Global Awareness Team ...... 38 National Staff...... 39 2019 Membership Directory Naming Policy ...... 40 2019 Country Partnerships ...... 41 2019 State Partnerships ...... 42 2019 City Connection Marketplace...... 43 2019 Sister City Partnership Listing By U.S. State ...... 44 2019 Sister City Partnership Listing By Country-Region...... 62 2019 Global Membership ...... 91 Frequently Asked Questions...... 92 Membership Programs and Benefits...... 93

2 2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY A message from the Chairman

2018 was a banner year for organizational change within Sister Cities International —both nationally and for the Sister Cities International network. The organizational, programmatic, and long-term sustainability developments that Sister Cities International has been working on will greatly strengthen our ability to pursue our mission; financially sustain our operations and investments; raise our brand; enliven our membership base after five years of flat growth; and enable better delivery of benefits and services to our members. First, Mrs. Karen Pence, our Honorary Board Vice Chairperson, has continued her role as Sister Cities International’s lead advocate throughout her worldwide travels. In April, she was the well-received Guest of Honor as the Speaker for the Omaha Sister Cities Annual Gala Dinner. She asked the 20 attending Japanese exchange students to join her on stage and regale the audience with a hearty rendition of “UE O Muite Arukou,” popularly known in American Pop Culture as the ‘Sukiyaki” Song. Mrs. Pence clearly understands firsthand the value of citizen diplomacy from a people-to-people and community-to-community perspective. Second, Roger-Mark De Souza formally joined as our President /CEO in January and immediately commenced an impressive National Network field oriented familiarization process that was, in scope, breathtaking and well received. His leadership with Mary Palko and Kathleen Roche-Tansey presented a 62nd Annual Conference program rich in content and enthusiasm which had an electrifying and energizing effect on our citizen diplomacy field. Additionally, he and Helene Schneider have guided a comprehensive Human Resource Staff reorganization. Third, we made steady achievements in the SCI five-year Strategic Plan Goals. We have continued to: a. “Improve our Long Term Sustainability” with two significant organizational and governance innovations: outsourcing the staff finance function as non core competence to a professional financial management company and formally establishing the Sister Cities International Foundation for unified investment portfolio management and growth. b. “Raise Our Visibility” with dramatic developments within our Global Awareness Team under the leadership of our Global Envoys, Mary Palko and Nancy Huppert. We have continued our bi-national summit series with a very successful first ever All Mexico – US Sister Cities Mayors Summit Program in , Mexico, co-chaired by Peter Svarzbein. Additionally, Lorna Johnson for Africa, Shin Koyamada for Japan , Bill Boreum for had standout contributions as Country Representatives this year. Finally, Suhail Arastu has assumed a new role as an Arts and Culture Representative. c. “Grow the Membership” under Lee Guio’s and Jane Cahaly’s leadership by engaging our members more directly through the State Representative Field Team Framework and improving our benefits and services. Two examples of which are the Stevens Program Grant and the reestablished SCI Tour Services with our maiden “Trans Atlantic Cruise.”

2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY 1 As the oldest and largest global volunteer network of citizen diplomats, our mission remains to promote peace through people-to-people and sustained community-to- community connection based on mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation— one individual, one community at a time. Thanks to all of you for your strong dedication, teamwork and continued financial commitment to Sister Cities International. With your support, 2019 will be another banner year! We are well positioned for the future

Sincerely,

Ron Nirenberg. Chairman of the Board of Directors

2018 REVENUE $1,589,752 2018 EXPENSES $1,852,995

US DOS ECA Grant 27% Personnel 51%

Events 16% Membership 22% Facilities 9% Contributions 22% Financial/Misc 6%

Annual Conference 16% Communications 5%

Programs 4% Programs 11% 4% In Kind 5% Travel 2%

-0.02 Investments/Other In Kind .03% ** Unaudited ** Unaudited

SCI FOUNDATION $523 K

$209 K

$30 K $5 K $5 K LOC

Wozar Vielberth Hermsmeyer U.S. – Rae Schultz Fund Fund Reserve Fund Endowment Endowment

* As of June 1, 2019 -$318 K

2 2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY A message from the President

Dear Fellow Citizen Diplomats,

Since our inception in 1956, SCI has worked to create global relationships based on cultural, educational, information and trade exchanges. Every day you see reports of conflict, hatred and mistrust between people. SCI is successful at breaking down these barriers. Our progress in 2018 has convinced me that our mission is not only needed more than ever, but that it is achievable.

In this report we focus on telling our story. Over the past year, we have brought our communities closer through culture and arts. We have built sustainable economic development through trade and investment. We have developed leadership through investing in youth programs. As a result, we are building more stable communities that are connected culturally, economically and strategically. In 2019, we will continue to tell our story as we inspire new members, supporters and partners.

But we are changing how we tell our story. In this impact report, we capture the magic and opportunity of citizen diplomacy. The work of our 471 member communities in 138 countries stresses economic returns, cultural innovations, and building strong communities across geographies. This is the head, heart, and soul of our mission. This report documents what we are learning in citizen diplomacy, the impact that we are having as a movement, and the uniqueness of our approach.

Ultimately, we are trailblazing citizen diplomacy. SCI’s cross cutting approach to citizen diplomacy addresses the issues that matter most to our members, and to our communities across the United States, and the world. As we look ahead to 2019 and beyond, please see some of our plans on page 33 where we emphasize our trailblazing efforts in 2019. As we focus on new initiatives and ideas, we also want to support cutting-edge partnerships in traditionally underserved regions and communities.

Join us in realizing our full potential. We invite you to become a member of our Global Leaders Circle (page 6). Together, we celebrate that when we recognize our differences, and leverage our similarities across communities, we think globally, and make a difference locally.

Thank you for your support.

Roger-Mark De Souza. President and CEO

2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY 3 Our Impact

Leveraged the support of over Trained

young citizen 99 diplomats volunteers ages 14-18 who led more than 2,000 sister at our annual city events in the United States Youth Leadership Summit

Created approximately Involved more than

through our network people in exchanges

Provided over Allowed over

in humanitarian citizen diplomats assistance to a variety to network in person at of communities our annual conference

4 2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY What’s Unique About Sister Cities International?

Mission Reach We promote national and international peace and We reach far and wide security Our geographical reach includes nearly every state, Sister Cities International (SCI) is an American nonprofit country, and continent in the world. Today, after more founded by President Dwight D. 62 years than 60 years, tens of thousands of citizen diplomats ago to be a champion for peace and prosperity by and volunteers in over 500 U.S. member communities fostering bonds among people around the world. enjoy more than 1,800 partnerships in 138 countries on People-to-people “citizen diplomacy” enhances the 6 continents. Through our network, we emphasize both ability of people from different cultures to understand, people-to-people, and community-to-community appreciate, and celebrate their differences while relationships, not just one-shot interactions but building partnerships that advance the interests of all sustained connections. humankind. Efficient Networks Our vision is to enhance our stature as the largest, We leverage and sustain networks and partnerships premier global network connecting people and communities from all backgrounds within the United Not only do the highly-leveraged financial and volunteer States, and around the world. Now, more than ever we models appeal to the discerning philanthropist, but need to find common ground, and to promote values the high visibility and status of SCI in the public and of peace, understanding, and democracy. private sectors attract individuals and companies pursuing economic and altruistic interests. The in-kind Opportunity contributions of our volunteers multiply our impact, We seize the opportunity to make a difference reach, and cost-effectiveness. We work directly with approximately 200 active volunteer leaders throughout SCI programs engage leaders from the community the United States to the national level, as well as youth, and business whose reach leaders. These connections form on an intimate level, multiples as we with citizen diplomacy offering individuals of all ages engage 100,000 extraordinary opportunities for personal growth. citizens and Every day, the lives of millions are touched directly 30,000 youth and indirectly through SCI’s economic, educational, every year. environmental, and cultural programs.

2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY 5 Global Leaders Circle

Thank You to Our 2018 Global Leaders Circle

Our Global Leaders Circle is a thriving network of our highest level and most prestigious citizen diplomats. The Global Leaders Circle is comprised of individuals, businesses, and organizations that have publicly demonstrated their support for global peace and prosperity. Their generous gifts to Sister Cities International lift our efforts to meet our aspirations in promoting peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation — one individual, one community at a time. Membership in the Global Leaders Circle gives each donor the opportunity to align with a powerful, thriving global and local network of those most committed to our mission.

Ambassador - $25,000+ Fred Blanton Constance and Donald Goertz Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas LLC Magdalena Carrasco Gayle Stallings Mary Ellen & E. Fox David Cortese John Dabeet Counselor - $500+ Charge D’Affaires - $10,000+ Willow Darsie Bill Behrens Roger-Mark De Souza AMD Andree Brisson Alix Desulme Brooks Jane Cahaly Alexander & Sharon Durtka HIS Carlo Capua Mae Ferguson Port of San Antonio Greg Jackson Lee Guio Cincinnati reception Stacy Luks Bill Hinkle Ruth Cotter Sandra McCormick Nancy Huppert Sister Cities of Houston Burga Lorna Johnson Michael S. & Rae Hyatt Franklin Thompson Steve Kalishman Hans & Erika Vielberth Paula West Shin Koyamada Katie Willcockson Roger Lawrence Diplomat - $5,000+ Thomas Lisk Albuquerque SC Foundation Ginger Moxey Citizen Diplomat - $100+ Martiza Adonis Frost Bank Dick & Jane Neuheisel Joseph Cassidy Hispano Chamber of Commerce, Ron Nirenberg John Roy Castillo Albuquerque Clare Petrich Jody Edgerton Transtelco Carolina Rendeiro Renee Franklin Univerisity of New Mexico Kathleen Roche-Tansey Ricki Garrett Visit San Antonio Helene Schneider Jane Gehlhausen Vist El Paso/El Paso Convention Center Teri Simmons Bob Greninger Ed & Cynthia Adams Peter Svarzbein Norris Hermsmeyer Richard Buckler Christine Warnke Tim and Debra Mayor Pro Tem Capehart Polly Yu Cindy Elliott Starr Hurley Bill & Ann Evans Siobhan Lyons A. M. Kinney Special Envoy - $1,000+ Patricia Montemayor El Paso Community Foundation Mary Palko Neal Pierce IBC Bank Tim Quigley Mary Pointer LiUNA (Local 270) Carol Robertson Lopez John Raeside MCA Foundation Randy Trask Pat Sallin San Antonio Economic Development Larry Uebner Kay Sargent Foundation Jean Vanbuskirk Barbara Shepard St Rogers LLC Jane Wood Bill Boerum International Attache - $2,500+ ADEC Innovations American University Cuidade of Juarez Sister Cities International gratefully acknowledges the support of the U.S. Union Pacific Department of State for its mission through the Bureau of Educational and University of Texas , El Paso Cultural Affairs. Suhail Arastu

6 2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY 2018 Activities Best Overall Programs

Hays Sister City Committee, Kansas – Ensuring Sister Cities of Jasper, Indiana – Exploring What “Worlds Apart, But Cities Connected” German Heritage Means to Me (Best Overall Program, Population Between 10,000- (Best Overall Program, Population Between 10,000- 25,000) 25,000)

The Hays Sister City Committee reached new levels Sister Cities of Jasper continues to expand the presence of engagement in 2017 with its sister cities , of their partnership with Pfaffenweiler, from China and Santa María, Paraguay. Hays and sister within the community into wider Dubois County. In city Santa María re-signed their Memorandum of addition to administering their annual high school Understanding in front of more than 300 attendees student exchange, Sister Cities of Jasper celebrated at the official Hays sesquicentennial celebration. This German American Day, an annual county-wide renewed commitment led to a fundraiser to provide dinner, on October 4, 2018. The dinner, which Sister new lighting to a museum in Santa María that was Cities of Jasper puts on with the help of other local built as a joint project between the two sister cities. A organizations, featured the German Heritage Award, delegation from Xinzheng, China was also present at presented to Fr. John Boeglin for his role in preserving the sesquicentennial celebration and participated in the and promoting German heritage in the area. A true official inauguration “Worlds Apart, Cities Connected,” “Citizen Diplomat”, Fr. John is an author, top notch a sister cities-commissioned permanent art display, tour guide, and someone who is not afraid to sport at the Hays Public Library. The sesquicentennial lederhosen. He is an enthusiastic promoter of all things celebration cultivated a stronger relationship between German, especially Christmas. Students from each of all three cities that will lead to increased sister cities the four county high schools also received scholarships involvement in the upcoming years. from German American Bank for their winning essays on “What German Heritage Means to Me.” Sister Cities of Jasper continues to support the German teacher at both Jasper High School and Jasper Middle School in his efforts to promote the study of German language. Looking forward to 2019, Sister Cities of Jasper will again sponsor the student exchange with Staufen and Poessneck, Germany in June. Students from the 2019 exchange program are staffing the information booth at the annual Strassenfest, a German inspired street festival held the first weekend of August. The people of Jasper are proud of their Sister City partnership with Pfaffenweiler and continually strive to promote that partnership through personal, educational and economic interaction.

Through sister cities I’ve learned a lot. From my visit to Hyderabad, I learned that the people there have so little and do so much. We have so much and do so little.

Danville, Kentucky and sister city Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland exchanged artists in 2018. This photo was taken Joy West during Brandon Long’s residency in Northern Ireland where Montgomery County Sister Cities, MD he and his wife helped children with special needs create a mural for their school, Castle Tower Special School.

2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY 7 Culver City Sister City Committee, – Birmingham Sister Cities, Alabama – Harnessing Connecting Young People through Sport and Art Innovation to Build Strong Communities (Best Overall Program, Population Between 50,000- (Best Overall Program, Population Between 100,000- 100,000) 300,000)

In 2017, the Culver City Sister City Committee Birmingham Sister Cities (BSC) (CCSCC) facilitated community-wide activities successfully involved each of their to foster international friendship and cultural 14 sister city relationships in understanding. In addition to elevating their meaningful exchanges in 2017. The relationship with Capo d’ Orlando, from a exchanges included an educational friendship city into an official sister city during trip to Ghana for local underserved Culver City’s Centennial Celebration, CCSCC students; a business exchange completed a student and runners exchange with , China linking high with sister cities Kaizuka, Japan and Iksan, South tech incubators with Birmingham Korea. Culver City sent two runners to Kaizuka for Innovation Depot to develop projects a marathon, and two Kaizuka runners came to Culver like water permeable parking lots and medical City for the Los Angeles Marathon. Six Culver City High assistant robots; a donation of medical supplies to the School students visited Iksan, and middle schoolers victims of ongoing war in the Donbas region of their from Kaizuka came to visit in July. CCSCC also hosted sister city Vinnytsia, ; and other activities ranging its first local Young Artists and Authors Showcase, and from sports diplomacy to food and arts exchange. provided the local winner with a scholarship to attend BSC also established a pilot “passport” program in the 2017 Youth Leadership Summit. Additionally, two underserved elementary schools which aims to CCSCC continued to provide donations to support expose over 500 students to local international events two orphanages in Mexico: one in sister city Uruapan and festivals. The widespread community support and and the other in Puerto Escondido. CCSCC’s activities success highlight the cultures that make up the local last year have increased awareness of and interest for community, and give local citizens the opportunity to sister cities in the community. become internationally aware and involved.

Lord Mayor of Portsmouth, England visits Friendship City Portsmouth, New Hampshire in September 2018.

8 2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY Fort Worth Sister Cities International, Texas - Broadening the Scope of the World for Its Citizens (Best Overall Program, Population Greater Than 300,000)

Fort Worth Sister Cities International (FWSCI), a adults alike. This included cultural events, lectures and non-profit organization contracted by the City of seminars focused on educating the community on the Fort Worth to manage its international partnerships, importance of cultural understanding and protocol; a conducted 19 outbound exchanges and hosted 22 three-week Spanish Immersion Camp for elementary inbound delegations involving over 400 people in school students partnering with the Fort Worth ISD; 2017. Outbound exchanges included visits to Fort a bi-national conference centered around women’s Worth’s eight sister cities, as well as exploratory empowerment held both in Fort Worth and , missions to Jordan and where discussions were Mexico; and an international Leadership Academy that held on how a beneficial partnership might broaden brought together over 150 students from Fort Worth the scope of the world for Forth Worth citizens. An and its sister cities for several weeks of team-building, exploratory mission to Nîmes, culminated in and in-class instruction based on a sound curriculum. this French community becoming Fort Worth’s ninth Through creative and strategic programming, Fort sister city in February 2019. FWSCI also focused heavily Worth is a city that is truly “connecting globally and on international education for Fort Worth students and thriving locally.”

Innovative Programs: Arts & Culture

City of Issaquah, Washington – Wrapping Utility Greater Columbus Sister Cities International, Ohio Boxes with Art – Using Portraits to Create Connections (Innovation: Arts & Culture, Population Between (Innovation: Arts & Culture, Population Greater Than 25,000-100,000) 100,000)

The City of Issaquah’s utility wrap Greater Columbus Sister Cities International (GCSCI), program, where the work of with the support of Columbus City Council, hosted local artists is used to wrap photographer Emanuele Timothy Costa from traffic signal boxes around Columbus’ sister city of Genoa, Italy, who is best the city, was expanded in known for his “Thousand People of Genoa” project. His 2017 to include artwork from project is a collection of portraits of people in Genoa its sister cities in Norway and that creates a sense of connection and understanding. . This cross-cultural In 2015, when Costa’s work was introduced to GCSCI project increased knowledge during a GCSCI Young Professionals Exchange, GCSCI and awareness of Issaquah’s sister began planning for a two-week photo exchange of cities while celebrating the 10-year relationship his work. Costa provided his portraits from Genoa for with Chefchaouen, Morocco and rekindling the an exhibit which was displayed at five local Columbus dormant relationship with Sunndal, Norway. Both locations, presenting the people of Columbus to the Chefchaouen and Sunndal encouraged participation people of Genoa. Costa also took portraits of the people from their communities, and the selected artists’ work of Columbus for an exhibit that will be displayed in was unveiled for the annual Salmon Days Festival in Genoa, Italy in October 2019. Through the promotion Issaquah, with the artist from Sunndal attending as a of art, GCSCI was able to create an awareness of the featured artist. The utility boxes showcase the artwork sister city relationship with Genoa, and allowed a and include a narrative about the art, the location of variety of local organizations to collaborate and unite the sister city on a world map, the year the sister city the community. was established, the country’s flag, and the mission of the Sister Cities Commission. By wrapping utility boxes with art from their sister cities, the City of Issaquah turned a positive community project into an extraordinary display of cross-cultural stewardship.

2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY 9 2018-5 Baltimore-Luxor Alexandria Sister City Committee professional chef Aida Mady leads class in Egyptian cooking in Baltimore

Innovative Programs: Youth & Education

Hendersonville Sister Cities, – Highland Park, Illinois Sister Cities Foundation, Fostering First-time Local Ambassadors Illinois – Opening up the World through Virtual (Innovation: Youth & Education, Population Less Than Classrooms 25,000) (Innovation: Youth & Education, Population Between 25,000-100,000) Hendersonville Sister Cities (HSC) established the Hendersonville Student Ambassador Travel Scholarship In 2017, the Highland Park in conjunction with Hendersonville Sister Cities’ 10th Sister Cities Foundation Anniversary celebration. The scholarship provided (HPSCF) established Virtual assistance to local high school, college, and graduate Classrooms, a program students between the ages of 16-26 to travel abroad that connects students for the purposes of education, internship, or work in Highland Park with study. In its inaugural year, the scholarship program students in sister cities received applications from 13 local students ranging Puerto Vallarta, Mexico and from high school to graduate school. HSC awarded a Modena, Italy. The two virtual total of $3,000 to five local students studying abroad classrooms (one for each sister in coming semesters. The program will allow students city) engage middle and high school students to learn to immerse themselves in a country that primarily about their sister city counterparts and culture through speaks a different language, and travel internationally the medium of poetry. Both classrooms took turns for the first time. The students will serve as global sharing works by poets from their respective countries ambassadors to their peers and community. Through and answering study questions to promote analysis this scholarship opportunity, HSC is widening the of these poems. The project was enthusiastically perspective of its local youth who are not usually embraced by students and teachers alike, and exposed to other cultures. reached more people in the Highland Park community beyond their in-person exchanges. The HPSCF virtual exchange program is an outstanding example of how citizens can find alternative ways to connect “face-to- face” with other countries and cultures.

10 2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY Houston Guayaquil Sister City Association, Texas Innovative Programs: Business & Trade – Opening Doors Through Collaborative Research (Innovation: Youth & Education, Population Greater Than 100,000) Indianapolis Hyderabad Sister City Committee, Indiana – Creating Jobs through Digital Transformation After deciding that strengthening the relationship (Innovation: Business & Trade, Population Greater Than between Houston and sister city Guayaquil was 100,000) a priority, the Houston Guayaquil Sister City Indianapolis made history last year Association (HGSCA) established a science and – bringing a surge of positivity, technology-based relationship between Rice optimism, and a boost to job University and Escuela Superior Politécnica del growth and the economy – by Litoral (ESPOL) in Ecuador. The relationship gave further strengthening bonds opportunities to Ecuadorian and U.S. students between the United States and India. pursuing doctoral degrees in STEM careers to foster Thanks to relationship-building between collaborative research relationships with their sister sister cities Indianapolis and Hyderabad, India for the past city counterparts. In 2018, the first doctoral student couple of years, Infosys, an India-based global tech giant benefiting from the agreement arrived in Houston, focused on executing strategies for digital transformation, and it is expected that around 10 Ecuadorian chose to locate their first ever U.S. Tech and Innovation students pursuing doctoral programs will enroll at Hub in Indianapolis in 2017. The hub is anticipated to Rice University in 2019. Due to the planning and create 10,000 U.S. jobs and marks the largest IT deal made execution of this project, the two cities have opened in the history of Indiana. Additionally, Infosys announced doors in other areas such as tourism, trade, business, the building of their cutting-edge Education Center on a and civil engagement that will have a positive social 70.5-acre site that was formerly an Indianapolis airport and economic impact for both cities. terminal. The center will provide American workers with skills for the digital future.

40-year relationship between the U.S. and China- Los Angeles- Sister City Association President Katherine Whitman and several directors attended the opening ceremony of an event hosted at the Whittier Museum.

2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY 11 Innovative Programs: Humanitarian Assistance

Atlanta-Montego Bay Sister Cities, – Building Skills through Medical Donations (Innovation: Humanitarian Assistance, Population Greater Than 100,000)

The Atlanta – Montego Bay Sister Cities Committee their abilities to engage in a digital world. AMBSCC (AMBSCC) has directly impacted the lives of Jamaican also provided extensive medical care to Montego citizens in education, technology, and medical care Bay communities including medical equipment, delivery for 25 years. In 2017, AMBSCC focused on basic necessities, medication, and treatment to over providing humanitarian assistance to Montego Bay 2,000 people in more than 23 local health centers residents through health care and education. AMBSCC and a homeless shelter. AMBSCC also sent classroom worked on a model for the effective integration supplies, a new industrial range, and computers to local of technology into schools within Montego Bay Montego Bay schools, and continued their scholarship communities. The model would provide equipment program for Jamaican students to help them complete and training to students and parents to enhance educational programs.

Innovative Programs: Professional & Technical Assistance

Aspen Sister Cities: Aspen Bariloche Medical Cincinnati – Kharkiv Sister City Partnership, Ohio – Exchange Program, Colorado – Improving Medical Using Video to Tell the Story of Citizen Diplomacy Services and Patient Care (Innovation: Professional & Technical Assistance, (Innovation: Professional & Technical Assistance, Population Greater Than 100,000) Population Less Than 25,000) The Cincinnati-Kharkiv Sister City Partnership (CKSCP) Aspen and sister city San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina produced a video called “Cincinnati to Kharkiv, have conducted an annual medical exchange program People to People” to show how Cincinnati citizens since 2003. The program began after medical have assisted their counterparts in Kharkiv as they professionals at Zonal Ramon Carillo, a public navigate their transition from being part of the Soviet hospital located in San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, Union to being the newly independent country of requested assistance from Aspen to meet the demands Ukraine. CKSCP has been providing professional and of providing medical care to over 300,000 people in technical assistance to Kharkiv on multiple levels. At their community and surrounding region. In 2017, the formal level, CKSCP has secured U.S government delegations from each city visited Aspen and Bariloche and other prestigious grants, such as Community to view demonstration surgeries and discuss medical Connections and Open World, to provide professional practices with professionals in their respective fields of programming. At an informal level, CKSCP provides physical therapy, pharmacy, nutrition, anesthesia, and professional and technical assistance at the level of orthopedics. Additionally, Dr. Mark Purnell, the director one-on-one contact. CKSCP’s video has created more of the Aspen Bariloche Medical Exchange Program, awareness within their community of the extensive was named an Honored Guest of Bariloche to mark his work they have done in Kharkiv and the strong bond fifteen years of service to the community. The medical between their cities. exchange program helps to improve medical services to over 300,000 patients in the Bariloche community, and has enabled professionals in both cities to better serve their patients.

With Sister Cities International, if you’re volunteering, you’re helping to explain America. Kate Bentley Former State Department Diplomat and SCI volunteer

12 2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY Volunteer of the Year Youth Leadership Feminine Care Kits Build Connections Across Bringing Youth into Grassroots Citizen Geographies, Faiths, Generations, Ethnicities Diplomacy Efforts and Genders

LueRachelle Brim-Atkins Ria Grewal Seattle-Limbé Sister City Association Santa Clara Sister Cities Association (Washington) (California)

LueRachelle Brim-Atkins has helped the Ria Grewal is the current Youth President at Seattle-Limbé Sister City Association (SLSCA) Santa Clara Sister Cities Association (SCSCA). launch an ambitious initiative to deliver Ria has been involved with SCSCA for the thousands of handmade, reusable feminine past three years and, as a youth leader, she care kits for use by schoolgirls in Cameroon, expanded the involvement of Santa Clara as well as build two wells for schools in the youth in the grassroots efforts of citizen City of Limbé. Since becoming president in diplomacy in the local community. She has 2014, LueRachelle has led SLSCA in creating facilitated and mobilized student volunteers a cross-cultural, multi-ethnic, multi-gender, for multiple fundraisers for sister city intergenerational, interfaith organization that delegation trips to Izumo, Japan; Coimbra, has grown steadily over the last four years. ; and Limerick, Ireland. She is also Prior to LueRachelle’s leadership, the SLSCA instrumental in planning youth exchanges had approximately 12 members. By the end of to Santa Clara’s sister cities, and has hosted 2017, SLSCA membership reached 250 active many exchange students in her own home in members at varying levels, including many return. Her dedication has notably increased students. LueRachelle tirelessly promotes the number of youth participants in SCSCA SLSCA and inspires action in the community. activities. She is destined to leave a positive She is a true model of what it means to be a mark on the Santa Clara community. citizen diplomat.

2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY 13 Where We Are (U.S. Partnerships Worldwide)

Sister City Relationships by Region

Oceania Europe The Americas 32 countries, and 374 relationships Middle East/North Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa

Americas

Asia

Europe Asia 100 Germany 5 Lithuania 162 Japan 3 Afghanistan 88 France 5 Moldova 157 China 3 Georgia 81 Italy 5 Romania 58 Russia 3 Pakistan 55 4 Bulgaria 51 Taiwan 3 Thailand 36 Ireland 4 Netherlands 47 2 Azerbaijan 33 4 Slovakia 39 Philippines 2 Kyrgyzstan 27 3 Denmark 21 India 2 22 Ukraine 3 Macedonia 15 1 Burma 17 Czech Republic 3 Slovenia 9 Vietnam 1 East Timor 14 Sweden 2 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 Indonesia 1 Kazakhstan 13 Greece 2 Estonia 4 Armenia 1 Nepal 11 Norway 2 Kosovo 4 Cambodia 1 Tajikistan 10 2 Latvia 4 Mongolia 1 Turkmenistan 9 2 9 Switzerland 2 Iceland 7 Austria 2 Montenegro Oceania 7 Croatia 1 Albania 17 Australia 7 Portugal 1 Belarus 11 New Zealand 6 Finland 1 Isle of Man 1 American Samoa

14 2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY Europe 38 countries, and 609 relationships Asia 26 countries, and 593Asia relationships

Oceania 3 countries, and 29 relationships Middle East/ North Africa 10 countries, and 81 relationships

Sub-Saharan Africa 29 countries, and 114 relationships

Americas Sub Saharan Africa 168 Mexico 4 Venezuela 25 Ghana 3 Cameroon 1 Guinea 27 Canada 3 Guatemala 14 Nigeria 3 Mali 1 Lesotho 21 Brazil 3 Panama 10 Kenya 3 Rwanda 1 Malawi 15 3 Paraguay 8 South Africa 2 Namibia 1 Mozambique 14 Nicaragua 3 Uruguay 8 Tanzania 2 Sierra Leone 1 Uganda 13 Argentina 2 Bolivia 5 Liberia 2 Côte d’Ivoire 1 Zimbabwe 13 Haiti 2 Puerto Rico 5 Ethiopia 1 Angola 1 Cape Verde 12 El Salvador 1 Aruba 4 Senegal 1 Benin 1 Eswatini 11 Colombia 1 Barbados 4 Zambia 1 Botswana 1 Somalia 9 Costa Rica 1 Cayman Islands 3 Burkina Faso 1 Congo (Kinshasa) 9 Cuba 1 Guyana 7 Chile 1 Honduras 7 Ecuador 1 Saint Kitts and Nevis Middle East and North Africa 6 Bahamas 1 Trinidad and Tobago 6 Jamaica 1 Turks and Caicos 44 Israel 4 Palestinian Territories 4 Belize Islands 7 Iraq 3 Lebanon 4 Dominican 7 Morocco 1 Algeria Republic 5 1 Iran 5 Jordan 1 United Arab Emirates

2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY 15 Where We Are (U.S. Member Communities and Partnerships)

WASHINGTON ALASKA 16 78 2 MONTANA 7 2 3 OREGON 11 21 IDAHO 4 4 WYOMING

NEVADA 1 6 UTAH 2 CALIFORNIA 10 COLORADO 79 15 356 56

2 HAWAII 29 ARIZONA 11 NEW MEXICO 48 7 27

KEY Number of Member Communities Number of Partnerships 100 - + Partnerships 51 - 99 Partnerships 11 - 50 Partnerships 1 - 10 Partnerships No Members No Partnerships

16 2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY VERMONT MAINE 1 3 NORTH DAKOTA 2 5

MINNESOTA 16 NEW HAMPSHIRE 11 36 WISCONSIN 4 SOUTH DAKOTA MASSACHUSETTS 40 21 2 10 NEW YORK 4 35 MICHIGAN RHODE ISLAND 7 4 CONNECTICUT IOWA 20 PENNSYLVANIA 11 5 3 NEBRASKA 14 NEW JERSEY 35 8 5 33 OHIO 8 1 ILLINOIS INDIANA 21 DELAWARE 12 79 7 32 27 8 84 WEST MARYLAND VIRGINIA VIRGINIA 52 KANSAS MISSOURI 14 7 5 13 OF 1 54 COLUMBIA 12 39 KENTUCKY 25 14 NORTH 23 5 CAROLINA 62 OKLAHOMA TENNESSEE 17 6 ARKANSAS SOUTH 23 CAROLINA 4 4 12 15 ALABAMA GEORGIA 1 4 6 0 21 29 1 TEXAS MISSISSIPPI 29 0 177 FLORIDA 32 148

2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY 17 Membership with Sister Cities International

Sister Cities International offers a number of services, resources, and discounts to help members Subscribe to our three newsletters find partners, promote their activities, expand and to see your success stories, other improve programming, and save time and money. members’ success stories, and Whether it is developing new skills, recognizing general updates from SCI at milestones or providing much needed information and sistercities.org connections, SCI is committed to boosting the impact ERC T IT S of its membership. At the heart of all of our services is I I E assistance by our knowledgeable staff and leadership, S S I N L T A who have experience working with communities E N R N A T I O around the United States. M E M BER 2019 Services

Communications Sister cities programs do inspiring work around the world, but finding the right audiences for your work and establishing your voice in the din of modern media can be difficult. Sister Cities International can help you: • Publicize your program’s success stories through Global Membership is open to non-U.S. blog posts, social media, and press outreach. cities, districts, counties, provinces, or other • Promote upcoming exchanges and events through communities that wish to enjoy the benefits of the targeted emails, social media, and press outreach. Sister Cities International network. Cities can only • Help your program effectively navigate crises or be registered by government employees, elected controversies. officials, or organizations formally recognized by local government as the representative of their Connecting with our Network sister city program. If you have questions about Sister Cities International’s greatest resource is our whether you are eligible, please contact us at network of thousands of peers dedicated to citizen [email protected]. diplomacy. Sister Cities International provides: • Peer-to-peer learning and cooperation with other As city governments become more involved in sister cities organizations to host exchanges, lead their local sister city programs, assistance with delegations, and develop new policies to find governance issues is critical to ensuring a smooth solutions for your program. transition and buy-in from your stakeholders. For • Connections to the diplomatic corps to gain insight more information on this program or assistance with and create your own network. governance and policy issues, please contact us at • Publicity in our flagship online publication: the [email protected]. Annual Membership Directory. This listing of all current member cities and their partnerships Member Tribute: Sue Mehaffey is distributed to our entire network, municipal and federal governments, and the diplomatic community. In this member tribute, we Governance and Policy acknowledge the huge and In our network, there is no such thing as “one size fits wonderful contributions all” when it comes to governance. Programs range of Omaha Sister City Board in size, partnerships, sectors, countries, and more— Member Sue Mehaffey which can present unique obstacles. who passed away in 2019. Sister Cities International can help you establish an internal Sue’s contributions to Sister structure that suits the needs of your program and takes Cites were wide ranging and advantage of your community’s resources through: varied – and she is very much • Advice on internal governance, including providing missed. She embodied all the best qualities of a sample bylaws and reviewing your draft bylaws. citizen diplomat: passionate, curious, welcoming • Development of new policies to address existing and dedicated. Her life was one of service and problems or future concerns. she gave her talents abundantly to the Sister • Connections to other members who may have Cities International network. We are grateful for had similar experiences or challenges in their own the difference that she has made. Thank you Sue. programs.

18 2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY Looking for a Sister City Partner?

Finding a new partner can be a long and difficult task, filled with questions. Where should we look? What type of activities do we want to do? Are there industries or geographic qualities we’re looking for? Who do we reach out to, and what do we say? Sister Cities International members have access to our services in helping to find new partners with hands-on assistance in establishing new sister city, county, or state partnerships. During the process, staff works directly with communities to help identify priorities, research potential partners, reach out to appropriate points of contact, exchange information, and assist in developing the actual partnership agreement.

Through our partnership program, Sister Cities International has helped dozens of cities start the partnership process and assisted many more at various stages of their search. Our staff can work with your volunteers and city officials from start to finish: debriefing you on your needs, researching cities, helping you narrow your search, reaching out to foreign cities, assisting in the discussion process, and helping to craft and sign an agreement.

With connections to foreign Embassies in Washington, D.C. as well as relationships with U.S. Foreign Service Officers around the globe, Sister Cities International is uniquely positioned to help you get in touch with decision-makers abroad. With our extensive experience brokering partnerships, our staff can help your community overcome the inevitable challenges along the way.

Whether it’s your first partnership or your tenth, Sister Cities International staff is available to assist and guide you through the process. For more information on finding new partners email [email protected].

2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY 19 Membership Resources and Discounts

Travel Insurance Sister Cities International provides its members with discounted travel medical insurance through Seven Corners to protect international travelers in case of unexpected medical costs or hospitalization. Affordable daily rates are available for: • Inbound delegations. • Outbound delegations. • Individuals. • Groups.

Background Checks All members receive access to discounted Intellicorp background check services for host families, chaperones, volunteers, and new hires to administer international exchanges. These background checks are widely considered to be a best practice in the field of exchanges, and are critical to ensuring your program earns the trust of the participants. The comprehensive services include: • Preferred pricing. • System & product training sessions. • Compliance information/online sample forms. • Personalized customer support. • Criminal product validation. • Secure online report ordering & retrieval.

Medical Services Sister Cities International partners with Passport Health to provide members with discounted immunizations and other medical services. A visit to Passport Health ahead of travel includes: • Discussion of destination-specific health risks and strategies to mitigate them. • Vaccine Record and Medical History Review to determine the vaccines you need. • Vaccine consultation and education. • All travel and routine vaccines, based on your health history and destination. • Complete prophylaxis.

Visa Consultations Sister Cities International has partnered with a number of immigration lawyers throughout the United States to provide pro bono consultations on questions you might have regarding inbound or outbound visas. Appointments include: • Answers to basic immigration questions. • Visa, documentation, and travel tips to help delegations prepare for inbound and outbound travel.

Sister Cities International provides members with a number of resources to help build and run your program. Some of these resources include: • Templates for invitations and partnership agreements. • Guides to economic development, visa types, and sister city best practices • Toolkits on communications and program building. • Presentations from previous conference speakers and panels. • Certificates of recognition. • Webinars on topics such as fundraising, building new partnerships, and communications.

20 2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY Youth Leadership Programs

Do you know a young person who can change Over the world? Sister Cities International offers several programs that foster the next generation of diplomatic Youth leaders by connecting them with other students 21 worldwide, providing them with critical leadership came from skills for success in an increasingly globalized world. different countries High School Homestay 9 The High School Homestay Exchange Program allows were hosted by Sister Cities International U. S. members to host students from other countries for a semester or year of different communities high school in the United States through the J-1 Visa 13 Program. High School Homestay is a life-changing in 2018. experience for both visiting students and their host families, and builds deep-rooted bridges across cultures.

In 2016, Sister Cities International received J-1 designation from the U.S. Department of State. Our network of local and international J-1 coordinators help members navigate the exchange process, orient exchange students and host families, and assist as needed.

Sae Ataka aspires to be a future educator; she competed in the Educators Risings Alaska Leadership Conference. “I came here from Japan to study English, I have been here [Palmer, AK] for more than 7 months and have realized how different the [American] culture is from Japan. I thought it would be fun for American people to learn about Japanese culture, so I created a children’s book titled, ‘Welcome to Japan’

2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY 21 Young Artists and Authors Showcase: The Art of Diplomacy

Each year, the Young Artists and Authors Showcase The winning pieces were showcased at the Annual encourages youth from around the globe to express Conference in Aurora, Colorado before departing on a their creativity and global awareness through original year-long tour to cities across the United States. artwork and literature. The competition is open to both U.S. member communities and their sister city partners. Works are sent from member cities I was inspired to create this work to Washington, D.C. where a panel of judges selects winners based on originality, composition, and theme with the idea of both turmoil and interpretation. Local sister city programs often host diplomacy. With all of the problems their own competition and send their community’s present in the world today, only diplomacy winner to compete at the national level. Grand prize in action can take us back to the goodness winners in each category receive a $1,000 prize. and simplicity…

In 2018, young creatives interpreted the theme “The Art Tara Ruhland of Diplomacy”, highlighting the importance of citizen Grand Prize Winner, poem “Eden” diplomacy and the innovative ways citizen diplomats achieve peace through people-to-people interaction.

Joshua Cortez

McKay Osborne

Isabella Bustanoby Nicolle Pico

22 2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY YAAS 2018 Winners & Finalists

Art Grand Prize: 38 “Building the Bridge Between the Nations” pieces of art McKay Osborne Mesa, Arizona “The Diary of 1000 Years” Minori Sakamoto Fukui, Japan

Finalists: Saori Arakawa Hanamaki, Japan Alex Avila Belvidere, Illinois Isabella Bustanoby Culver City, California Jessica Clemont Delray Beach, Florida Victoria E. Ibanez , Colombia Elizabeth Linn Lexington, Kentucky Nuamah Mathias Accra, Ghana Jodi Nguyen Hampton, Virginia Ryunosuke Sakano Osaka, Japan Yuhe Zhao , China

Photography Grand Prize: Anton Edward Kot New Haven, Connecticut Nicolle Pico Barranquilla, Colombia 67 photos Finalists: Marianna Bernardis Capo d’ Orlando, Italy Andres Hincapie Cardenas Barranquilla, Colombia Joshua Cortez San Antonio, Texas Jennifer Lam Aurora, Colorado Hayeong Park Icheon, Gyeongido, Korea Antonella Tascone Capo d’ Orlando, Italy Carmela Velasquez Santa Barbara, California

Literature Essays Grand Prize: 43 “Be A Lion” essays and Michelle Zhao Chandler, Arizona poems Finalists: Deyona Burton Jacksonville, Florida Beibhinn Cullen Tullamore, Ireland Skye Gabbard Lexington, Kentucky John Guilfoil Lexington, Kentucky Alex Wilkerson Suffolk, Virginia Poems Grand Prize: “Eden” Tara Ruhland Mesa, Arizona

Finalists: Kaitlyn Adams Indianapolis, Indiana Alyssa Goden Suffolk, Virginia Rylee McNiff Lakeland, Florida Kyle Polen Scottsdale, Arizona Emily Wang Lexington, Kentucky

2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY 23 2018 Youth Leadership Summit

Sister Cities International’s Youth Leadership Summit Ninety-nine students from the United States, Jamaica offers high school youth from around the and South Korea began their stay in world the opportunity to meet with Aurora, Colorado with a tour like-minded peers and learn about This experience has of the University of Denver global challenges while exploring opened my eyes to different where they were housed in the field of international affairs cultures and their views in and dorms followed by dinner and diplomacy. The 2018 Youth outside of the United States. It and orientation activities Leadership Summit was organized made me think in a way that I including an epic game of around the theme “Immigrants and didn’t think was possible. rock, paper, scissors! Refugees.”

Students Learn the Value of Community Service and Volunteering

Students participated in a variety of community service projects in the Aurora/Denver area. They: Sister Cities International is • Provided volunteer support in gardening and a hands down phenomenal artwork activities at the Asian Pacific Development experience, the activities we did Center; were non-stop, the new people • Stocked the pantry and conducted maintenance I met from all around the world and cleaning activities at Mango House, which were great. provides services for refugees and immigrants; • Participated in art projects with young children, many of whom are refugees/immigrants, at while interacting with community organizations and Downtown Aurora Visual Arts; volunteering.. Some local students even expressed • Engaged in morning movement/yoga, gardening interest in continuing their volunteer work! and painting at Delaney Community Farm which grows food for the local community; Students participated in a walking • Sorted medical supplies at Project C.U.R.E. tour of downtown Denver where which provides supplies and equipment they learned about famous to other countries; and landmarks including “the • Processed donations for local Blue Bear.” They also children and families at the non- learned about the history profit organization A Precious Child. of the local Aurora community at the Aurora Many of the youth delegates learned History Museum. about these topics for the first time

24 2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY This program was life changing for (SCI’s) Youth Leadership Summit me with all the experiences that I was provides the perfect opportunity for given. I changed how I interacted with students to come together, learn others and was able to meet my new together, and leave with new friendships best friends for life. based upon mutual appreciation and passion for world issues. The importance Thinking about an International Career of Sister Cities International exchanges cannot be overstated. Thank you for your Students also had an opportunity to meet with passion for citizen diplomacy and for leaders in the field of diplomacy and international creating a more peaceful world through development. These included: exchanges and initiatives.

• Irina Karmanova, Public Affairs Officer at the Ms. Karen Pence Honorary Vice Chair of Sister Cities U.S. Department of State, who shared with the International; Second Lady students her career path and her own experience of the United States immigrating to the United States. • Anthony Catajan, from ADEC Innovations, who chatted with the students about his company and Diplomatic Experiences his experience working in communities globally on environmental and sustainability programs. The diplomatic simulation is a highlight for many of • Cynthia Matson, President of Texas A&M, San the student diplomats. After splitting into four groups, Antonio, who told the students about her role and students assumed different roles and practiced their emphasis on increasing diversity in her institution. communication and negotiation skills as they worked She also got the students excited about study together to attempt to resolve a fictitious international abroad opportunities available in college. migration crisis. On the last full day, students finished • John Thon Majok, Wilson Center in Washington the diplomatic simulation and prepared presentations D.C., presented on the issue of refugees, for our Annual Conference attendees where they immigration and resilience, sharing his personal shared their experiences from the Youth Leadership story as a ‘Lost Boy’ from Sudan and how engaging Summit including lessons learned from the simulation. with refugees and welcoming them in the United States can help build stronger U.S. communities. Students wrapped up their week with a night of celebration, reflection and dancing at the Annual Awards Dinner and Gala. On the final day, students I gained an even better said their goodbyes to their new friends and returned understanding of refugees and home with a new passion for citizen diplomacy, more immigrants, especially during the information about careers in international affairs, and a service project at Asian Pacific better understanding of issues surrounding support of Development Center. refugees and immigrants in the United States.

2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY 25 Sister Cities International’s 2018 Annual Conference in Aurora, Colorado

Each year, Sister Cities International, in tandem with communities. Sessions covered successful Sister City a selected host city, holds an Annual Conference that models for mountain cities, the Smarter Cities initiative brings together citizen diplomats from all over the in India, and the positive impact of migration on U.S. world. These attendees, ranging from international cities. One keynote speaker, Derran Moss from the city officials, to volunteers and members of the United Nations, discussed the importance of global diplomatic corps, celebrate peace through people-to- communities and cultural exchange. Another keynoter, people and community-to-community relationships John Thon Majok of the Wilson Center, reminded us by sharing best practices; and learning about the that we need to turn to each other in times of crisis. latest innovations in subnational diplomacy. The 2018 conference was held in Aurora, Colorado under the Co-creating New Opportunities in Different theme “Cities Leading the Way.” Geographies

Opening a Global Discussion on Entrepreneurship On the 3rd day of the conference, SCI members and Governance were able to network and brainstorm during several roundtable opportunities. Select Country and Regional The conference attracted more than 500 attendees, Representatives shared current opportunities and including students who attended our Youth Leadership programs internationally, while State Representatives Summit. The official start of our Annual Conference, and other members got into the nuts and bolts of how marked by our traditional Parade of Flags, included to strengthen local Sister City programs. comments on the power of citizen diplomacy from Lt. Governor of Colorado Donna Lynne; Aurora Mayor Sharing Lessons, Services, and Culture Across Bob LeGare; Colorado 6th Congressional District Borders Representative Mike Coffman; and Former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development We wrapped up our conference sessions with a Julián Castro. We included an extra day of conference presentation from the 2018 Youth Leadership Summit sessions with two tracks focused on NextGen/ attendees, who shared the results of their diplomatic Entrepreneurship and the Terrestrial Silk Road. The simulation on refugees and what they most enjoyed NextGen/Entrepreneurship track explored several about their experience. We also thanked Chairman Tim emerging topics, ranging from women’s leadership in Quigley for his dedicated service to SCI, and welcomed the private sector to the power of sports diplomacy; our new chair, Ron Nirenberg, to give remarks on while the Silk Road track analyzed the expansion of the Tim and share his vision for the future of Sister region. Cities International. The gala ended with a riveting performance from the Sister Cities jazz ensemble, Building and Growing Our Communities including performers from Japan, Mexico, the United States and Trinidad and Tobago. Experts from all over the world shared how Sister Cities can contribute to the modernization of their local

26 2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY Annual Awards Winners

Sister Cities International’s Annual Awards Program recognizes our members for outstanding achievement in a number of programmatic areas that exemplify the mission of Sister Cities International. Winners are highlighted throughout the year by Sister Cities International and honored at Sister Cities International’s Annual Conference.

Best Overall Program Innovation: Business and Trade Population Between 10,000-25,000 Population Greater Than 100,000 Hays Sister City Committee (KS) Indianapolis Hyderabad Sister City Committee (IN)

Population Between 10,000-25,000 Innovation: Humanitarian Assistance Sister Cities of Jasper (IN) Population Greater Than 100,000 Atlanta – Montego Bay Sister Cities (GA) Population Between 50,000-100,000 Culver City Sister City Committee (CA) Innovation: Professional and Technical Population Between 100,000-300,000 Assistance Birmingham Sister Cities (AL) Population Less Than 25,000 Aspen Sister Cities: Aspen Bariloche Medical Population Greater Than 300,000 Exchange Program (CO) Fort Worth Sister Cities International (TX) Innovation: Professional and Technical Innovation: Arts and Culture Assistance Population Between 25,000-100,000 Population Greater Than 100,000 City of Issaquah (WA) “Cincinnati to Kharkiv, People to People” Cincinnati- Kharkiv Sister City Partnership (OH) Population Greater Than 100,000 Greater Columbus Sister Cities International (OH) Volunteer of the Year LueRachelle Brim-Atkins Innovation: Youth and Education Seattle-Limbe Sister City Association (WA) Population Less Than 25,000 Hendersonville Sister Cities (NC) Youth Leadership Population Less Than 25,000 Ria Grewal Highland Park, Illinois Sister Cities Foundation (IL) Santa Clara Sister Cities Association (CA)

Population Greater Than 100,000 Houston Guayaquil Sister City Association (TX)

2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY 27 The Special Education and Virtual Learning in the United States and Palestine (SEVLUP) Grant

Sister Cities International concluded a 1.5 year-long Reaching underserved populations Stevens Initiative program. In collaboration with team members at the Sister City Program of Gainesville, Despite logistical problems posed by the nature of the Florida this program was initiated to connect American relationship between the United States and Palestine, Sign Language students in the United States, to the Gainesville program was driven by the passion of Palestinian Sign Language students in Qalqilya, the students involved, whose relationship with deaf and Palestine. The Special Education and Virtual Learning in hard of hearing students in sister city Qalqilya began in the United States and Palestine program is supported 2013. With funding from the Stevens Initiative, students by the Stevens Initiative, which is sponsored by the from Gainesville chatted with Palestinian students U.S. Department of State, with funding provided by virtually and collaborated on the first ASL-Palestinian the U.S. Government, and is administered by the Aspen sign language video dictionary. In developing 15 video Institute. dictionaries by the end of the program, this significant achievement has content tailored to simultaneously According to Waleed Nazzal, General Manager of depict Palestinian Sign Language and American Sign the Al-Amal Association for the Deaf “Of 43,000 Language. The development of these dictionaries made deaf citizens in Palestine, less than two percent great improvements in both the range and quality of attend school and receive formal education”. the exchanges as students were able to develop a tool that allowed them to better grasp the complexities of a language they are learning to master.

“By actually being able to communicate with them in real time, we were able to learn much more than we could have from reading a book.” – Niya Bennett, student at Santa Fe College in Gainesville, FL

28 2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY Virtual exchanges are a vital tool for sharing ideas, concepts, and cultures that make a safer and more peaceful world.

Opening up new spaces for citizen virtual exchanges

These weekly video exchanges have facilitated unique and irreplaceable experiences for all involved – experiences that would not have been possible without virtual exchange. Virtual exchange surpasses the geographic boundaries that would otherwise prohibit these students from connecting. It is a vital tool for the exchange of ideas, concepts, and cultures that makes our world a safer and more peaceful place. The connections made between both groups have expanded the horizons and challenged each student to step out of their comfort zone, while bridging the language gap, and shortening the distance between Gainesville and Palestine at the same time. Students and educators in both the Palestinian and American deaf communities credit the Stevens Initiative with the deepening of relationships and contribution to a common understanding between students.

Professor Michelle Freas said of her students in the program, “Their increasing motivation to learn more about Deaf culture and their peers in the Palestinian Territories is really impactful to me as their facilitator.”

The Stevens Initiative is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, with funding provided by the U.S. Government, and is administered by the Aspen Institute. It is also supported by the Bezos Family Foundation and the governments of Morocco and the United Arab Emirates.

2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY 29 All Mexico-US Sister Cities Mayors’ Summit

An Appreciation of our Independence and Interdependence From February 15-17 2018, Sister Cities International a number of important topics under the theme of worked with local partners and representatives from independence and interdependence in order to help Albuquerque; El Paso; Ciudad Juarez; Guadalajara; both countries advance citizen diplomacy. the State of Maryland; the Federal Government of Mexico; San Antonio; San Jose; Silicon Valley; and The Summit was the result of a unique collaboration the Federal Government of the United States to host between both Mexican and U.S. national governments; the first Mexico-U.S. Sister Cities Mayors’ Summit in Sister Cities International; municipal governments; Guadalajara, Mexico. We welcomed 300 attendees, citizen diplomats; civic leaders; and corporate and including 60 U.S. and Mexican mayors and locally community sponsors from both Mexico and the United elected officials from 70 communities. We covered States.

Addressed Key Emerging Issues for Both Countries Our discussions included sessions on innovation; between different trade corridors and the lessons that economic integration; and resilient each region learns from their counterparts about trade cities; technology; immigration; education; the role of and safety, and focused on exploring how we can local government in the urban agenda; trade and safety; leverage our assets as communities. and the power of culture and sports to transform lives.

During the Summit, we discussed transnational digital entrepreneurs; how to engage the private and public sectors as citizen diplomats; ways to incentivize the establishment of technology as clusters based in exchange between Mexican and U.S. Sister Cities; and we recognized that transportation could be a catalyst for new urbanism. We also learned about strategies

30 2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY Signed Declaration of Collaboration: Enhancing Community Economic Vitality and Quality of Life The Summit culminated in a declaration signed by benefit and potential of using Sister Cities relationships attending mayors wherein attendees recognized that to enhance community economic vitality and quality the interaction between Mexico and the United States of life. occurs at all levels, particularly at the local level. The Summit reinforced our shared commitment As a follow up to the Summit and by agreement and mission, as citizen diplomats, to promote peace between Sister Cities mayors, Guadalajara shared the through people-to-people connections based on original founding documents of San Antonio and Bexar mutual respect, understanding and cooperation. It County for San Antonio’s Tricentennial celebrations in underscored the enduring value and vital importance May 2018. of the citizen diplomat and the Sister Cities relationship as the connective tissue between our two peoples on The All Mexico-U.S. Sister Cities Mayors’ Summit clearly an everyday basis, but especially when national issues helped binational representatives understand the put a strain on our historic friendship.

2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY 31 Ambassadors Speakers Series

Throughout the spring, SCI in conjunction with the City Club of Washington D.C., hosted a number of Diplomatic Luncheons to highlight bilateral relations, and the role citizen diplomacy plays in these relations. SCI hosted ambassadors from Afghanistan, Barbados, Costa Rica, Greece, Ghana, Kosovo, and Ireland. These ambassadors touched on trade, investment, tourism, climate change, and how citizens from their country and the United States can engage and develop relationships. They reaffirmed that people-to- people connections forge bonds that last and provide a context for meaningful engagement with multiple human, economic and community benefits.

32 2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY What We Are Doing In 2019

Japanese-U.S. sister city relationships are some of the Japan – Texas Leadership most longstanding, strongest, and most innovative Symposium: Business, Culture, relationships in our network. At this symposium we will and Diplomacy – Enhancing build upon these partnerships, by highlighting successful 1 Competitiveness business and trade ventures, how culture can lay the foundation for diplomacy, and the importance of leaning on the expertise of service members.

Throughout 2019, SCI will be showcasing how U.S.- German sister cities are on the forefront of building Wunderbar Together: stronger communities. Through conferences, community United States and Germany events, and cultural exchanges, local citizen diplomats 2 Leveraging Social Networks will share how bolstering the social fabric of local communities helps strengthen democratic institutions while building community resilience.

In partnership with TeamUp, SCI will award two grants to small or medium sized sister cities in the Japan-U.S. SCI and TeamUp – Small network, to facilitate student mobility programs. The Cities as Incubators for programs will find creative ways to promote student 3 Learning and Leadership exchange, expand the internationalization of education, and serve as examples for other communities of similar size.

In 2019 SCI will be providing members with opportunities to foster people-to-people connections while experiencing new cultures. A cruise between Scandinavia, Russia, and the will provide attendees a People to People and number of networking and cultural opportunities. A trip Business Connections in to Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan will combine tourism with the Baltics, the Silk Road diplomacy, and act as a follow up to our Silk Road series at 4 and Cuba our Annual Conference. A business delegation to Cuba in October, hosted by People-to-People International, will highlight Cuban economic and cultural development, and seek to highlight new practices and modes of thinking to Cuban business.

At SCI, we understand the importance of highlighting our impact. In order to do this effectively, we are launching a monthly media series which will shed light on our Telling Our Story Project Community Impact, Social Engagement, and Innovations 5 to citizen diplomacy. This program will also facilitate the sharing of best practices and inspirational stories.

2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY 33 2018-2019 Board of Directors

Sister Cities International is governed by a 28-member Board of Directors who are elected by the voting membership of the organization. Board members serve three-year terms, and state, youth, and young professional representatives serve two-year terms. Board members are elected at Sister Cities International’s Annual Business Meeting during the Annual Conference each summer. Board members each generously support Sister Cities International through a $2,500 donation every year they serve on the Board.

Executive Committee

Chair Directors Ron Nirenberg Ed Adams Suhail Arastu President & CEO (ex officio) Roger-Mark De Souza Sheri Capehart Magdalena Carrasco Vice Chair Willow Darsie Carol Robertson-Lopez Alix Desulme Cindy Elliott Parliamentarian of the Board Tom Lisk Mae Ferguson Greg Jackson Treasurer Lorna K. Johnson Lawrence F. Uebner Steve Kalishman Shin Koyamada Secretary Roger Lawrence Clare Petrich Tim Quigley Executive Committee (At-Large) Carolina Rendeiro Lee Guio Barbara Shepard Helene Schneider Teri Simmons Peter Svarzbein Young Professional Representative Courtney Bennett Christine Warnke Polly Yu

34 2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY Honorary Board

Sister Cities International’s Honorary Board is of their outstanding support and involvement in the comprised of key individuals who have shown great organization, were voted as Honorary Board members. leadership in Sister Cities International through As a self-governing body, the Honorary Board stands the years. They are long-standing volunteers from ready to assist Sister Cities International members with membership, former members of the Board of a wealth of institutional knowledge and experience. Directors, or former State Coordinators who, because

Chair Secretary Fred Blanton Staunton, VA Carlo Capua Fort Worth, TX Board Leroy Allala Chicago, IL Nancy Huppert Rochester, NY James Amato Lexington, KY Michael Hyatt Fort Worth, TX Tony Anderson Tacoma, WA Linda Jay Jackson Anchorage, AK Raveen Arora Tempe, AZ Laverne Johnson Washington, DC Martha Atherton Palatine, IL Ash Kalra San Jose, CA Randy Avon Fort Lauderdale, FL A.M. Kinney Cincinnati, OH Sherman Banks Little Rock, AR Launa Kowalski Johns Greek, GA Mimi Barker New York, NY Tom LaBonge Los Angeles, CA Gary Barnabo New Providence, NJ Holly Lazzerini Belvidere, IL Bill Behrens Washington, DC Tom Lisk Richmond, VA Dr. Carolyn Bishop Atlanta, GA Boubker Mazoz Casablanca, MAR Bill Boerum Sonoma, CA Sandra McCormick La Crosse, WI Carol Burdette Anderson, SC Georgiana McLeod Costa Mesa, CA A.J. Chahal Santa Clara, CA Norman Mineta Edgewater, MD Alan Chambers Bangor, NIR Sue Myrick Johns Island, SC Brad Cole Carbondale, IL Jane Neuheisel Pendleton, SC Henry C. Cole Noblesville, IN Richard Neuheisel Tempe, AZ James Conway St. Louis, MO Len Olender , UK Mary Cort Sonoma, CA Mary Palko Fort Worth, TX Dave Cortese Santa Clara, CA Thelma Press San Diego, CA Ruth Cotter Santa Clara, CA Brian Propp Fort Collins, CO Michael Curd Tempe, AZ Tim Quigley San Jose, CA John Dabeet Muscatine, IA Avi Rabinovitch Tel Aviv, ISR Francis Dias Santa Rosa, CA John Raeside West Olive, MI Rick Donohue High Point, NC Rodger Randle Tulsa, OK Janet Downey Starkville, MS Carolina Rendeiro Coral Gables, FL Al Durtka Milwaukee, WI Carlos Reyes Washington, DC Joanna Edgerton Kansas City, MO Shirley Rivens-Smith Washington, DC Nancy Eidam Santa Cruz, CA Carol Robertson Lopez Santa Fe, NM Mary Jean Eisenhower St. Louis, MO Kathleen Roche-Tansey San Solana Beach, CA Bill Evans Tacoma, WA Patricia Sanders Palo Alto, CA Pat Fallin Solvang, CA Kay Sargent Lexington, KY Mae Ferguson Fort Worth, TX Sylvia Sass Tacoma, WA Stelle Feuers Huntington Beach, CA Louise Schoene Buffalo, NY Mary Ellen Fox Saratoga, CA Raymond Schultz The Village, FL Michael Fox Saratoga, CA Brian Smith Hartford, CT Ruth Fraser Virginia Beach, VA Charles Stokke Menomonie, WI John Henry Fullen San Mateo, CA Georgianna Thomas Atlanta, GA Gilbert Garcia Santa Barbara, CA Frank Tripicchio Bakersfield, CA Jose Luis Garcia San Antonio, TX Jane Tublin New Brunswick, NJ Jane Gehlhausen Indianapolis, IN Jean Van Buskirk Towson, MD Roxana Goin Santa Cruz, CA Hans Vielberth Regensburg, DEU Angie Gomez Alhambra/Pasadena, CA Carla Walker Cincinnati, OH Glenn Gray Vashon Island, WA Joshua Walker Washington, DC Bob Greninger Prescott Valley, AZ Mark Walton New York, NY Priscilla Harris Tulsa, OK Paula West Phoenix, AZ Norris Hermsmeyer Boulder, CO Dr. Charles Wheeler Kansas City, MO Robert Heuermann St. Louis, MO Linda Whitton Rehoboth Beach, DE Cheryl Hill Newington, AUS Wylie Williams Charlotte, NC Kevin Hill Newington, AUS Jane Wood Jacksonville, FL

2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY 35 State Representatives

Sister Cities International’s State Representatives are a volunteer group of leaders in the sister cities network who provide expertise and assistance to members in their respective states. If you are interested in becoming a state representative, please email Jane Cahaly at [email protected]

Alabama Florida Kansas Scotty Colson Carolina Rendeiro Cindy Elliott [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 205-254-2317 305-542-0299 785-650-3378

Alaska Georgia Kentucky Linda Jackson Teri Simmons Kay Sargent [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 907-338-8128 404-873-8612 859-258-3137

Arizona Hawaii Maryland Dick Neuheisel Lily Ong Laura Smit [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 480-350-8181 808-779-0001 410-715-3162

Arkansas Illinois Michigan Henry Jones Sue Minott John Roy Castillo [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 501-435-3297 224-249-1670 517-204-7694

California (Northern) Indiana Minnesota Starr Hurley Jane Gehlhausen Karen Karkula [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 916-425-5558 317-828-3379 763-571-2406

Brenda Brumfield [email protected] 707-642-8015

California (Southern) Pat Fallin [email protected] 805-245-9075

Kathleen Roche-Tansey [email protected] 858-481-6856

Colorado Gayle Stallings [email protected] 303-246-7528

District of Columbia Courtney Bennett [email protected] 202-695-2450 President and CEO Roger-Mark De Souza and Jane S. Cahaly, State Representative Liaison and South Carolina State Representative, at SCI National Headquarters in Washington D.C.

36 2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY Mississippi Ohio Texas (Northern) Ricki Garrett James Hartung Mae Ferguson [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 601-940-6383 419-270-1060 817-632-7104

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2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY 37 Global Awareness Team

Mayors Leadership Council Mayor Rodger Randle...... Chair

Eisenhower Distinguished Leadership Council Ambassador Barbara Barrett...... Chair

Country/Regional Representatives Ramune Abromaitis...... Bahamas; Lithuania Raveen Arora...... India Sherman Banks ...... Ghana Joe Bice ...... Saudi Arabia Carolyn Bishop...... China; Korean Peninsula Bill Boerum...... Peru; Russia Rick Burns...... Afghanistan Carlo Capua...... Swaziland Magdalena Carrasco...... Central America/ Mexico Raj Chahal...... India John Dabeet...... Palestine Al Durtka...... Japan Cindy Elliott...... China Mae Ferguson...... Jordan John Henry Fullen...... Poland Gil Garcia...... Mexico Lee Guio...... Thailand Nancy Huppert...... India Mike Hyatt...... Mexico Greg Jackson...... Hungary Mark Jackson...... Japan Lorna Johnson...... African countries Steve Kalishman...... Middle East AM Kinney...... Germany Shin Koyamada...... Eastern and Southern Asia/ Japan Carol Robertson Lopez...... Uzbekistan Nia Lyte...... Colombia Boubker Mazoz...... Maghreb Ginger Moxey...... Caribbean Mary Palko...... Argentina; France Tim Quigley...... Ireland; Italy Rodger Randle ...... United Kingdom Carolina Rendeiro...... Brazil; Portugal Teri Simmons...... EU Anna Stout ...... El Salvador Peter Svarzbein...... Israel Jason Tateman...... China Joshua Walker...... Turkey Christine Warnke ...... Chile; ; Greece; Serbia Karim Wasfi...... Egypt; Iraq

Global Envoys Nancy Huppert ...... Rochester, NY Mary Palko ...... Fort Worth, TX Thelma Press...... San Diego, CA Hans Vielberth ...... Germany (Regensburg, Germany)

38 2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY National Staff

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2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY 39 2019 Membership Directory Naming Policy

The following policy is applicable to the names of areas of special sovereignty may also be listed cities, states, countries, and other administrative under their sovereignty (e.g. Le Marin, Martinique, areas (provinces, oblasts, prefectures, protectorates, France or Curaçao, Netherlands). Cities in et al.). In Sister Cities International’s printed and England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales online directories, community names are listed in are listed under the United Kingdom along with Latinate form, either in common English or in their their respective country/region. If a sister city local form with respective diacritical marks (e.g. relationship is formed with a city that subsequently Gothenburg or Göteborg). changes its name the original name, is listed in parentheses (e.g. Tamba (Kasuga), Japan). U.S. cities are listed with their respective state and may not include a country designation. Cities Country and area names are short-formed outside the United States may include a regional according to the U.S. Department of State. If the designation such as a prefecture or province when sovereignty of an area is disputed, Sister Cities necessary to differentiate cities (e.g. Santa Fe, International shall refer to the policy of the U.S. Cebu, Philippines and Santa Fe, Leyte, Philippines). Department of State for the purpose of identifying Districts, boroughs, and other such communities in which country the community is located. Country may include the city in the listing (e.g. Brooklyn, names are listed solely for clarity of location; Sister New York City, New York or Haizhu District, Cities International takes no formal stance on the Guangzhou, China). Communities listed may status of borders or territorial disputes. For a list of also include regional markers (e.g. Milwaukee countries and other areas recognized by the U.S. County, Wisconsin or Province, Poland). Department of State please visit their website at Dependencies, protectorates, departments, and http://www.state.gov/misc/list/.

Requests to alter the name of a city, region, or country in Sister Cities International’s directory may be directed to the Membership Department and may be subjected to approval by Sister Cities International’s Executive Staff or Board of Directors for final judgement.

Sister Cities: Emeritus Cities: Permanent relationships formalized when Sister city relationships which have been put the mayors or highest elected/appointed into Emeritus status by a mayor or highest officials from two communities sign a elected official, usually due to dormancy. partnership agreement to establish a sister Emeritus relationships are sometimes city relationship. returned to full sister city status by citizens who revitalize the partnership.

Friendship Cities: Charter Sister Cities: Less formal relationships which nonetheless When two U.S. communities have the same are initiated by a partnership agreement sister city, the partnership that was first between two cities. The nature of friendship signed is acknowledged as the “Charter city agreements varies from city to city Sister City” relationship. depending on tradition and/or city policy. Although they are less formal, many friendship cities are as active as sister city relationships.

Although Sister Cities International is primarily an To request edits, additions, designations as Charter association for U.S. sister city organizations, some Sister Cities, or any other changes to the Directory, international communities join as Global Members to please email [email protected]. take advantage of Sister Cities International resources and to have their international partnerships listed in Sister Cities International’s Membership Directory.

40 2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY 2019 Country Partnerships

Country/Region Partnerships Country/Region Partnerships Country/Region Partnerships

Afghanistan 3 Hungary 10 Panama 3 Albania 1 Iceland 2 Paraguay 3 Algeria 1 India 21 Peru 15 American Samoa 1 Indonesia 5 Philippines 39 Angola 1 Iran 1 Poland 27 Argentina 13 Iraq 7 Portugal 7 Armenia 4 Ireland 36 Puerto Rico 2 Aruba 1 Isle of Man 1 Romania 5 Australia 17 Israel 44 Russia 58 Austria 7 Italy 81 Rwanda 3 Azerbaijan 2 Jamaica 6 Saint Kitts and Nevis Islands 1 Bahamas 6 Japan 162 Senegal 4 Barbados 1 Jordan 5 Serbia 2 Belarus 1 Kazakhstan 1 Sierra Leone 2 Belgium 9 Kenya 10 Slovakia 4 Belize 4 Kosovo 2 Slovenia 3 Benin 1 Kyrgyzstan 2 Somalia 1 Bolivia 2 Latvia 2 South Africa 8 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 Lebanon 3 South Korea 47 Botswana 1 Lesotho 1 Spain 33 Brazil 21 Liberia 5 Sweden 14 Bulgaria 4 Lithuania 5 Switzerland 9 Burkina Faso 3 Macedonia 3 Taiwan 51 Burma 1 Malawi 1 Tajikistan 1 Cambodia 4 Mali 3 Tanzania 8 Cameroon 3 Mexico 168 Thailand 3 Canada 27 Moldova 5 Trinidad and Tobago 1 Cape Verde 1 Mongolia 4 Turkey 15 Cayman Islands 1 Montenegro 2 Turkmenistan 1 Chile 7 Morocco 7 Turks and Caicos Islands 1 China 157 Mozambique 1 Uganda 1 Colombia 11 Namibia 2 Ukraine 22 Congo (Kinshasa) 1 Nepal 1 United Arab Emirates 1 Costa Rica 9 Netherlands 4 United Kingdom 55 Côte d’Ivoire 2 New Zealand 11 Uruguay 3 Croatia 7 Nicaragua 14 Uzbekistan 2 Cuba 9 Nigeria 14 Venezuela 4 Czech Republic 17 Norway 11 Vietnam 9 Denmark 3 Pakistan 3 Zambia 4 Dominican Republic 4 Palestinian Territories 4 Zimbabwe 1 East Timor 1 Ecuador 7 Egypt 5 El Salvador 12 Estonia 2 Eswatini 1 Ethiopia 5 Finland 6 France 88 Georgia 3 Germany 100 Ghana 25 Greece 13 Guatemala 3 Guinea 1 Guyana 1 Haiti 13 St Charles-Ludwigsburg Sister Cities hosts Trivia Night 2018 to raise funds to Honduras 1 support their local student exchange program.

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Country/Region Members Partners Country/Region Members Partners

Alabama 4 21 Minnesota 16 36 Alaska 2 7 Mississippi 1 0 Arizona 11 48 Missouri 5 39 Arkansas 4 12 Montana 2 3 California 79 356 Nebraska 5 8 Colorado 15 56 Nevada 1 6 Connecticut 4 11 New Jersey 3 8 Delaware 1 7 New Mexico 7 27 District Of Columbia 1 14 New York 11 40 Florida 32 148 North Carolina 23 62 Georgia 6 29 Ohio 21 79 Hawaii 2 29 Oklahoma 6 23 Idaho 4 4 Oregon 11 21 Illinois 33 84 Pennsylvania 5 35 Indiana 12 27 South Carolina 4 15 Iowa 14 33 South Dakota 2 4 Kansas 7 12 Tennessee 5 17 Kentucky 13 25 Texas 29 177 Louisiana 1 0 Utah 2 10 Maine 3 5 Vermont 1 2 Maryland 8 52 Virginia 14 54 Massachusetts 4 21 Washington 16 78 Michigan 7 20 Wisconsin 10 35

(On our sister cities trip), we were more than campers, we were diplomats…This gave the whole experience a sense of major importance, as if we were leaving our mark.

Mateen Kane, High School Citizen Diplomat, Baltimore, MD

42 2018 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2019 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY 2019 City Connection Marketplace

Our City Connection Marketplace is available to members to provide hands-on assistance in establishing new sister city, county, or state partnerships. We help dozens of cities start the partnership process from scratch and assist many more at various stages of their search.

Alabama Kansas Green Jasper Bonner Springs Miami Madison Wilson Oxford Trotwood Arizona Kentucky Gila Bend Grayson Oregon Lawrenceburg Albany Arkansas Midway John Day Fayetteville Louisiana South Carolina California Baton Rouge Bamberg County Maywood Fountain Inn McFarland Maine Pickens County Needles Eastport Spartanburg Placer County Santa Ana Massachusetts Texas Truckee West Springfield Briarcliff Weed Odessa Michigan Palmview Port Arthur Colorado Boyne City Commerce City Saginaw Weatherford Grand Junction Minnesota Luverne Florida Virginia Stanardsville Apalachicola Mississippi Fort Pierce Clinton Gulfport Washington Pembroke Park Longview Pinellas County Nebraska Lynnwood Nebraska City Surfside Papillion West Park

Georgia New Jersey Global Connection Manasquan Peachtree Corners Marketplace Idaho New York Little Falls Gibraltar Twin Falls Trumansburg Gibraltar

Illinois Turkey Havana North Carolina Carthage Alsancak Hazel Crest Kernersville Sisli , Iowa Japan Decorah Kanagawa Marshalltown Ohio Fairborn

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Alabama Birmingham Anshan, China Chao Yang District, , China Plzen, Czech Republic Winneba, Ghana Apaaso, Ghana Szekesfehervar, Hungary Rosh Ha’ayin, Israel Kingston, Jamaica Maebashi, Japan Hitachi, Japan Al-Karak, Jordan Guediawaye, Senegal Vinnytsya, Ukraine , United Kingdom

Tuscaloosa Schorndorf, Germany Sunyani-Techiman, Ghana San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg speaks during a Commemorative Ceremony Narashino, Japan honoring the 30th anniversary of the San Antonio-Kumamoto, Japan Sister City relationship. The ceremony was held at the San Antonio Botanical Center, steps Alaska away from the Kumamoto-En - a Japanese garden that Kumamoto gifted to San Juneau Antonio in 1989. Since their twinning in 1987, San Antonio and Kumamoto have carried out multiple diverse exchanges. Whitehorse, Canada , China Kalibo, Aklan, Philippines Phoenix Regensburg, Germany Camiling, Philippines Calgary, Canada Agra, India Vladivostok, Russia , China Al-Hilla, Iraq , Czech Republic Carlow, Ireland Chia-Yi, Taiwan Grenoble, France , Macedonia Ennis, Ireland Timbuktu, Mali Palmer Ramat-Gan, Israel Lower Hutt, New Zealand Saroma, Japan Catania, Italy , Peru Himeji, Japan Trollhättan, Sweden Arizona , Mexico Chandler Municipality, Taiwan Arkansas Tullamore, Ireland Gilbert Tainan City, Taiwan Prescott Bride, Isle of Man Suchitoto, El Salvador Fountain Hills Zeitz, Germany Hot Springs Kasterlee, Belgium , Mexico Hanamaki, Japan Ataco, El Salvador Dierdorf, Germany Scottsdale Little Rock Zamość, Poland Cairns, Australia Mons, Belgium Kingston, Canada Gilbert Caxias do Sul, Brazil , , China , China , China Uasin Gishu County, Kenya La Petite Roche, France Antrim-Newtownabbey, Northern Alamos, Mexico Ragusa, Italy Ireland, United Kingdom Marrakech, Morocco Interlaken, Switzerland Pachuca, Mexico Glendale Hanam, South Korea Ørland, Norway Sierra Vista Kaohsiung Municipality, Taiwan Radebeul, Germany , China Mesa , Mexico Newcastle upon Tyne, United Burnaby, Canada Kingdom , China Tempe , Mexico , China California Upper Hutt, New Zealand Cuenca, Ecuador Alameda Caraz, Peru Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France , China Dumaguete, Philippines

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Anaheim Parañaque, Philippines Hemet Mito, Japan La Carlota, Philippines Kushimoto, Japan Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain Wanju-Gu County, South Korea Marumori, Japan

Bakersfield Cathedral City Irvine Partyzanski District, , Belarus Tequila, Mexico Tsukuba, Japan Cixi, China Hermosillo, Mexico Amritsar, India Culver City Seocho, South Korea Wakayama, Japan Lethbridge, Canada Nowon, South Korea Queretaro, Mexico Capo d’Orlando, Italy Taoyuan, Taiwan Bucheon, South Korea Kaizuka, Japan Uruapan, Mexico La Cañada Flintridge Benicia Iksan, South Korea Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain Tula, Mexico Cupertino Laguna Beach Beverly Hills Bhubaneswar, India Menton, France Pudong District, Shanghai, China Copertino, Italy San Jose del Cabo, Mexico Cannes, France Toyokawa, Japan St. Ives, Cornwall, England, United Herzliya, Israel Hsinchu, Taiwan Kingdom Acapulco, Mexico Elk Grove Livermore Big Bear Lake Concepción de Ataco, El Salvador Quezaltenango, Guatemala Abtenau, Austria Yotsukaido, Japan Fresno Snezhinsk, Russia Burbank Châteauroux, France Gaborone, Botswana Livingston Ota, Japan Gardena City, China Incheon, South Korea Ichikawa, Japan Wakami-Machi, Japan Solna, Sweden , Mexico Lodi Carlsbad Hayward Lodi, Italy Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic Ghazni, Afghanistan Kofu, Japan Futtsu, Japan Funabashi, Japan San Felipe, Mexico Long Beach Carson Faro, Portugal Phnom Penh, Cambodia Soka, Japan , China San Pablo de Manta, Ecuador Yokkaichi, Japan Mombasa, Kenya Bacolod, Philippines Sochi, Russia Rosarito Beach, Mexico Venice, Italy Izmir, Turkey

Los Angeles , Armenia Salvador, Brazil Vancouver, Canada Guangzhou, China Split, Croatia Giza, Egypt San Salvador, El Salvador Bordeaux, France , Germany Athens, Greece Mumbai, India Jakarta, Indonesia Tehran, Iran Eilat, Israel Fort Worth student plays with local children in Mbabane, Eswatini. Ischia, Italy

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Nagoya, Japan San Martin de Hidalgo, Mexico Palo Alto Beirut, Lebanon Ameca, Mexico Albi, France Kaunas, Lithuania Seferihisar, Turkey Yangpu, China , Mexico Heidelberg, Germany Auckland, New Zealand Mountain View Tsuchiura, Japan Makati, Philippines Hasselt, Belgium Oaxaca, Mexico St. Petersburg, Russia Iwata, Japan Enschede, Netherlands Busan, South Korea Palo, Philippines Taipei Municipality, Taiwan Newport Beach Linkoping, Sweden Lusaka, Zambia Antibes, France Okazaki, Japan Pasadena Malibu Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Vanadzor, Armenia , China Yochon, South Korea Xicheng District, China Vung Tau Provence, Vietnam Järvenpää, Finland Martinez Ludwigshafen Am Rhein, Germany , China Oakland Mishima, Japan Milazzo, Italy , China Kasukabe, Japan Stresa, Italy , China Paju, South Korea Dunbar, Scotland, United Kingdom Guangzhou, China Qingdao, China Rancho Cordova Mendocino Chengdu, China Turrialba, Costa Rica Miasa-Omachi, Japan Haikou, Hainan, China , China Redlands Menlo Park Changping District, China Linli, China Galway, Ireland Jingan District, China Hino, Japan , China , Mexico Millbrae Jurong, China Huadu District, Guangzhou City, , China Redondo Beach China , China , China Lengshuijian City, , China , China Itoman, Japan Hanyū, Japan Pudong, China Ensenada, Mexico SongShang, China La Paz, Mexico Milpitas Tanggu District, , China Municipality, China Santiago de Cuba, Cuba Redwood City Figline Valdarno, Italy Bahir Dar, Ethiopia , China Tsukuba, Japan Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana , Mexico Kukizaki, Japan Port-de-Paix, Haiti Ciudad Guzman, Mexico Dagupan, Philippines Livorno, Italy Ocho Rios, Jamaica Richmond Modesto Fukuoka, Japan , china Vernon, British Columbia, Canada Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Regla, Cuba Mengzi, China Agadir, Morocco Shimada, Japan Laval, France Benin City, Nigeria Vijayawada, India Bauchi, Nigeria Riverside Kurume, Japan Funchal, Portugal , China Aguascalientes, Mexico Nakhodka, Russia Erlangen, Germany Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine Da Nang, Vietnam Obuasi, Ghana Hyderabad, India Monterey Ontario Sendai, Japan Lankaran, Azerbaijan Brockville, Canada Cuautla, Mexico Dubrovnik, Croatia Guamuchil, Mexico Ensenada, Mexico Isola delle Femmine, Italy Mocorito, Mexico Gangnam-Gu, South Korea Nanao, Japan Winterhuir, Switzerland Can Tho, Vietnam Lleida, Spain Tainan City, Taiwan Orinda Sacramento Kusadasi, Turkey Tabor, Czech Republic , China Lanphun, Thailand Ashkelon, Israel Morgan Hill Matsuyama, Japan Headford, Ireland Palm Desert Mexicali, Mexico San Casciano in Val di Pesa, Italy Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, Mexico Chisinau, Moldova Mizuho, Japan Gisborne, New Zealand Hamilton, New Zealand

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San Juan de Oriente, Nicaragua Bethlehem, Palestinian Territories Pasay, Philippines Manila, Philippines Yongsan-Gu, South Korea , Switzerland

San Bernardino Yushu, China Herzliya, Israel Tachikawa, Japan Mexicali, Mexico Villahermosa, Mexico Tauranga, New Zealand Ile-Ife, Nigeria Roxas, Philippines Zavolzhie, Russia Kigali, Rwanda

San Diego Jalalabad, Afghanistan Perth, Australia Campinas, Brazil , China A San Jose City delegation visits Sister City Okayama, Japan in 2018. The Tema, Ghana delegration was invited to play taiko with the Gakugeikan High School taiko Yokohama, Japan group who had performed the year before at the Hammer Theater in downtown Leon, Mexico San Jose as part of the 60th Anniversary celebration of its Sister City relationship. Tijuana, Mexico , Panama Cavite City, Philippines Pune, India Limerick City and County, Ireland Warsaw Province, Poland , Ireland Izumo, Japan Vladivostok, Russia Okayama, Japan Coimbra, Portugal Jeonju, South Korea Veracruz, Mexico Alcala de Henares, Spain Guadalajara, Mexico Santa Clarita Taichung, Taiwan Ekaterinburg, Russia Tena, Ecuador , Scotland, United Kingdom Tainan City, Taiwan Sariaya, Philippines

San Francisco San Mateo Santa Cruz Sydney, Australia Varde, Denmark Chiverico, Cuba Shanghai, China Toyonaka, Japan Sestri Levante, Italy , France Riva Trigoso, Italy , Germany San Pablo Shingu, Japan Thessaloniki, Greece Manzanillo, Mexico Jinotepe, Nicaragua Bangalore, India Kasese, Uganda Cork, Ireland Santa Barbara Alushta, Ukraine Haifa, Israel , China Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela Assisi, Italy Patras, Greece Abidjan, Ivory Coast Dingle, Ireland Santa Fe Springs Osaka, Japan Toba, Japan Tirschenreuth, Germany Amman, Jordan Puerto Vallarta, Mexico , Mexico Manila, Philippines Kotor, Montenegro Kraków, Poland San Juan, Philippines Santa Monica Seoul, South Korea Hamm, Germany , Spain Santa Clara County Fujinomiya, Japan Zurich, Switzerland Metropolitan City of Florence, Italy Mazatlan, Mexico Taipei Municipality, Taiwan , Russia Caracas, Venezuela Hsinchu County, Taiwan Sausalito Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Viña del Mar, Chile Santa Clara Sakaide, Japan San Jose Nagpur, India Cascais, Portugal San Jose, Costa Rica

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Sebastopol Temecula Jocotepec, Mexico Takeo, Japan Daisen (Nakayama), Japan Tangancícuaro, Mexico Chyhyryn, Ukraine Leidschendam-Voorburg, Netherlands Whittier Sonoma Upland , China Penglai, China Mildura, Australia Aswan, Egypt Caborca, Mexico Colorado Chambolle-Musigny, France Arvada Tokaj, Hungary Vallejo Mechelen, Belgium Greve-in-Chianti, Italy La Spezia, Italy Jinzhou, China Patzcuaro, Mexico Akashi, Japan Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan Kaniv, Ukraine Trondheim, Norway Baguio, Philippines Aspen South San Francisco Jincheon, South Korea San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina St. Jean Pied de Port, France Bagamoyo, Tanzania Chamonix, France Lucca, Italy Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Kishiwada, Japan Walnut Creek Abetone, Italy Atotonilco, Mexico Siofok, Hungary Shimukappu, Japan Pasig City, Philippines Noceto, Italy Queenstown, New Zealand Davos, Switzerland Stockton Walnut Battambang, Cambodia Calamba City, Phillipines Boulder Foshan, China Lhasa, China Parma, Italy Watsonville Yateras, Cuba Shimizu/Shizuoka, Japan City, China Yamagata, Japan Empalme, Mexico Cavtat, Croatia Kisumu, Kenya Asaba, Nigeria San Pedro Masahuat, El Salvador Ciudad Mante, Mexico Iloilo, Philippines Kawakami-Mura, Japan Jalapa, Nicaragua Nablus, Palestinian Territories Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Brighton Ziebice, Poland

Colorado Springs Bankstown, Australia Ancient Olympia, Greece Fujiyoshida, Japan Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Nuevo , Mexico Smolensk, Russia Kaohsiung Municipality, Taiwan

Denver Regional Council of Governments Baghdad, Iraq

Denver , China Axum, Ethiopia Brest, France Akureyri, Iceland Chennai, India Karmiel, Israel Ramat HaNegev, Israel Potenza, Italy Takayama, Japan The Highland Park Sister Cities Foundation brought tenor Gianni Coletta from Nairobi, Kenya its sister city, Modena, Italy, to celebrate Highland Park’s Italian community. , Mexico

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Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Osogbo, Nigeria Kfar Saba, Israel Panama City, Panama Watford, England, United Kingdom Deir Alla, Jordan Mejdlaya, Lebanon Estes Park District Of Columbia Matagalpa, Nicaragua Monteverde, Costa Rica Washington Qalqilya, Palestinian Territories , Belgium Rzeszow, Poland Gunnison Brasilia, Brazil Novorossiysk, Russia Majkhali, India Beijing, China Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Jacksonville Lakewood Paris, France Bahia Blanca, Argentina Sutherland Shire, Australia Accra, Ghana , Brazil Stade, Germany Athens, Greece , China Chester, England, United Kingdom , Italy , China Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom Dakar, Senegal , China Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, , China Longmont South Africa Nantes, France Chino, Japan Seoul, South Korea San Juan, Puerto Rico Ciudad Guzman, Mexico Bangkok, Thailand , Russia , Turkey Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, Pueblo Sunderland, England, United Kingdom South Africa Weifang, China Changwon City, South Korea Bergamo, Italy Lucca Sicula, Italy Florida Kissimmee Boynton Beach Chihuahua, Mexico Miaoli, Taiwan , China , Mexico Rauma, Finland Maribor, Slovenia Lakeland Les Cayes, Haiti Richmond Hill, Canada Steamboat Springs Chongming County, China Clearwater San Martin de los Andes, Argentina Fengxian District, Shanghai, China Wyong, Australia Saasfee, Switzerland , China Kalamaria, Greece City, China Nagano, Japan Connecticut Portmore St. Catherine, Jamaica Imabari, Japan Enfield Coral Gables Ronneby, Sweden Balti, Moldova Cartagena, Colombia Rybnitsa, Moldova Chung Li, Taoyuan City, Taiwan , Ecuador Aix-en-Provence, France Miami Beach Essex La Antigua, Guatemala Deschapelles, Haiti Fortaleza, Brazil Pisa, Italy Rio de Janeiro, Brazil El Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain Brampton, Canada New Haven Granada, Spain Avignon, France Santa Marta, Colombia Afula-Gilboa, Israel Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic Crestview Nahariya, Israel Amalfi, Italy Noirmoutier, France Tetlanohcan, Mexico Ramat Gan, Israel León, Nicaragua Pescara, Italy Delray Beach Fujisawa, Japan Freetown, Sierra Leone Aquin, Haiti Hue, Vietnam Cozumel, Mexico Pesaro, Italy Ica, Peru Miyazu, Japan Almonte, Spain Norwalk Moshi, Tanzania Nagarote, Nicaragua , Switzerland Doral Miami Dade County Delaware Oranjestad, Aruba Mendoza, Argentina Wilmington The Bahamas, Bahamas Fulda, Germany Gainesville Santa Cruz, Bolivia Kalmar, Sweden Manizales, Colombia Sao Paulo, Brazil Ningbo, China Jacmel, Haiti Cayman Islands Nemours, France Tegucigalpa, Honduras , Chile Olevano sul Tusciano, Italy Duhok, Iraq Pereira, Colombia

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San Jose, Costa Rica Tel Mond, Israel Ancient Olympia, Greece Prague, Czech Republic Treviso, Italy Ra’anana, Israel , Dominican Republic Merida, Mexico Montego Bay, Jamaica Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, Vladimir, Russia Fukuoka, Japan France Dunfermline, Scotland, United Lagos, Nigeria Lamentin, Guadeloupe, France Kingdom , Romania Petit Goave, Haiti Daegu, South Korea Provincia di Asti, Italy St. Augustine Taipei Municipality, Taiwan Kingston, Jamaica George-, Great Exuma, The Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Veracruz, Mexico Bahamas Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Asuncion, Paraguay Cartagena de , Colombia Kingdom Pucallpa, Peru San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Saint Kitts and Nevis Islands Aviles, Spain Augusta Dakar, Senegal Ciudadella de Menorca, Spain Biarritz, France Cape Town, South Africa Takarazuka, Japan de Tenerife, Spain St. Petersburg County, Sweden Takamatsu, Japan Decatur Taipei Municipality, Taiwan Isla Mujeres, Mexico Bousse, Burkina Faso Turks and Caicos Islands St. Petersburg, Russia Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso Maldonado, Uruguay Figueres, Spain Trujillo, Peru Monagas State, Venezuela Antolín del Campo, Venezuela Sunny Isles Beach LaGrange Netanya, Israel Poti, Georgia Miami Taormina, Italy Aso, Japan Buenos Aires, Argentina Hengchun, Taiwan Craigavon, County Armagh, Northern Santiago, Chile Punta del Este, Uruguay Ireland, United Kingdom Cali, Colombia Lima, Peru Tampa Marietta Porto Alegre, Brazil Seongdong-Gu, South Korea Miramar , Province, China Santa Ana, El Salvador Barranquilla, Colombia Hawaii Le Havre, France Hawaii County Mount Dora South Dublin County, Ireland Ormoc, Phillippines Forres, Scotland, United Kingdom Ashdod, Israel Agrigento, Italy Maui North Miami Veracruz/Boca del Rio, Mexico Rapa Nui, Chile Arcahaie, Haiti , Spain Hainan Province, China Saint-Louis-du-Nord, Haiti Izmir, Turkey County, Hainan, China Delmas, Haiti San Cristobal Island, Ecuador Tavares Albi, France Pensacola Xindian, Taiwan Hirara (Miyakujima), Japan Escazu, Costa Rica Hachijo Island, Japan Gero, Japan West Palm Beach Fukuyama, Japan Isla Mujeres, Mexico Tzahar Region, Israel , Peru Chimbote, Peru San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Manila, Philippines Miraflores, Peru Budva, Montenegro Quezon City, Philippines Macharaviaya, Spain Mersin, Turkey Bacarra, Philippines Kaohsiung City, Taiwan Puerto Princesa, Philippines Gorlovka, Ukraine Georgia Zambales Province, Philippines Borobia, Spain Atlanta Sarrat, Philippines , Austria Badoc, Philippines Pompano Beach Brussels, Belgium Cabugao, Philippines Itajai, Brazil Cotonou, Benin San Nicolas, Philippines Termoli, Italy Rio de Janeiro, Brazil San Juan, Philippines , China Santa, Philippines Sarasota , China Funchal, Portugal Hamilton, Canada Salcedo, Dominican Republic Sao Miguel Island, Portugal Siming District, , China Toulouse, France Goyang, South Korea Perpignan, France , Georgia , Spain Nuremberg, Germany Pingtung, Taiwan

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Embo, Scotland, United Kingdom Birmingham, England, United Highland Saipan, Northern Mariana Island, Kingdom Sursee, Switzerland United States Sydney, Australia American Samoa, United States Hoffman Estates Columbia Angoulême, France Idaho Gedern, Germany Idaho Falls Lake Zurich Tokai-Mura, Japan Decatur Nittenau, Germany Seevetal, Germany Moscow Tokorozawa, Japan Lockport Villa El , Nicaragua Asiago, Italy Dixon Pocatello Herzberg, Germany Millstadt Kwaremanguel, Burkina Faso Castlebar, Ireland Gross-Bieberau, Germany Iwamizawa, Japan Thika, Kenya Dickson, Russia Naperville Patzcuaro, Mexico Illinois Elk Grove Village Nitra, Slovakia Bartlett Termini Imerese Sicily, Italy Miaoli, Taiwan Palatine Galena Fontenay-le-Comte, France Belleville Agen, France Paderborn, Germany Park Ridge Park Kinver, England, United Kingdom Belvidere Cape Coast, Ghana Vaux-le-Penil, France Valparaiso, Mexico Quincy Schwieberdingen, Germany Herford, Germany Highland Park Charleston Yerucham, Israel Richton Park Fengshan, Taiwan Kiryat Gat, Israel Cat Island, The Bahamas Fengshan District, Taiwan Modena, Italy Ferrara, Italy Rockford Chicago Puerto Vallarta, Mexico , China Toronto, Canada Taszár, Hungary , China Shanghai, China , Colombia Prague, Czech Republic Paris, France Sydney, Australia , Germany Accra, Ghana Athens, Greece Delhi, India Galway, Ireland Petach Tikva, Israel Milan, Italy Osaka, Japan Amman, Jordan , Lithuania Mexico City, Mexico Casablanca, Morocco Lahore, Pakistan Warsaw, Poland Moscow, Russia , Serbia Durban, South Africa Busan, South Korea Gothenburg, Sweden Photo from St Charles-Ludwigsburg Sister Cities - Ludwigsburg Germany hosts , Switzerland the Venetian Festival every two years. Each of Ludwigsburg’s five sister cities is , Ukraine represented.

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Ferentino, Italy Indianapolis Johnston Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan Campinas, Brazil Peja, Kosovo Cluj-Napoca, Romania , China Borgholm, Sweden , Germany Muscatine Brovary, Ukraine Hyderabad, India Crespo, Argentina Monza, Italy Parana, Argentina Roselle Onitsha, Nigeria Zhengding, China Bochnia, Poland Piran, Slovenia Ludwigslust, Germany Taipei Municipality, Taiwan Ichikawadaimon, Japan Schaumburg Northamptonshire County, England, Ramallah, Palestinian Territories Schaumburg, Germany United Kingdom Lomza, Poland Namerikawa, Japan Kislovodsk, Russia Safranbolu, Turkey Jasper Drohobych, Ukraine Pfaffenweiler, Germany Paysandu, Uruguay Springfield Killarney, Ireland Lafayette Newton Ashikaga, Japan , China Wuchi Town, Taiwan San Pedro de las Colonias, Mexico Ota, Japan Smila, Ukraine

Urbana Newburgh Osage Haizhu District, Guangzhou, China Newburgh, England, United Kingdom Lermontov, Russia Thionville, France Zomba, Malawi Noblesville Shenandoah Nova Prata, Brazil Tisovek, Slovakia Waterloo Cittadella, Italy Porta Westfalica, Germany Waverly Vincennes Eisenach, Germany West Chicago Vincennes, France Taufkirchen, Germany Wasserburg, Germany West Des Moines Mateh Asher, Israel West Dundee Iowa Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom Clarinda Kansas Tamana, Japan Abilene Wilmette Omitama (Minori), Japan Mona Vale, Australia Council Bluffs Herat, Afghanistan Hays Indiana Karadah Baghdad, Iraq Xinzheng, China Bloomington El Hajeb, Morocco Neustadt an der Waldnaab, Santa Clara, Cuba Tobolsk, Russia Germany Posoltega, Nicaragua Santa Maria, Paraguay Davenport Carmel Ilheus, Brazil Lawrence , China Kaiserslautern, Germany Eutin, Germany Kawachinagano, Japan Carlow County, Ireland Iniades, Greece Hiratsuka, Japan Columbus Des Moines Löhne, Germany , China Victoria , Kosovo Kubelstein Stadt Schesslitz, Germany Elkhart Saint-Etienne, France Kurdjali, Bulgaria Kofu, Japan Wichita , China Stavropol, Russia , China Burton upon Trent, England, United Orleans, France Kingdom Dubuque Cancun, Mexico Dornbirn, Austria Tlalnepantla de Baz, Mexico Fort Wayne , China Mawlamyine, Burma Pyatigorsk, Russia Kentucky Danville Greenfield Elkader Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, Kakuda, Japan Mascara, Algeria United Kingdom

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Frankfort Piraeus, Greece Salisbury Shimamoto-cho, Japan Ely O’Carroll, Ireland Dalian, China Ashkelon, Israel Tartu, Estonia Georgetown Genoa, Italy Salisbury, England, United Kingdom Tahara, Japan Kawasaki, Japan Gbarnga, Liberia Massachusetts Hopkinsville Rotterdam, Netherlands Boston Carentan-les-Marais, France Changwon City, South Korea Melbourne, Australia Odessa, Ukraine Praia, Cape Verde Lexington Hangzhou, China Deauville, France Columbia Strasbourg, France County Kildare, Ireland , China Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana Shinhidaka, Japan Cergy-Pontoise, France Padua, Italy Newmarket, Suffolk, England, United Tema, Ghana Kyoto, Japan Kingdom Cap-Haitien, Haiti Beira, Mozambique Tres Cantos, Spain Barcelona, Spain Louisville Taipei Municipality, Taiwan La Plata, Argentina District Heights , Northern Ireland, United , China Mbuji-Mayi, Democratic Republic of Kingdom Chengdu, China Congo (Kinshasa) Quito, Ecuador Thomonde, Haiti Cambridge Montpellier, France Yerevan, Armenia , Germany Hagerstown Cienfuegos, Cuba , Ghana Wesel, Germany San Jose Las Flores, El Salvador Perm, Russia Galway, Ireland Adapazari, Turkey Maryland State Gaeta, Italy Leeds, England, United Kingdom Walloon Region, Belgium Ischia, Italy State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Coimbra, Portugal Morehead Province, China Yangshuo County, China Harju County, Estonia Somerville Ballymena, Northern Ireland, United Nord-Pas de Calais, France Yucuaiqu, El Salvador Kingdom County Cork, Ireland Gaeta, Italy Ramat HaNegev, Israel Tiznit, Morocco Owensboro Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan Olomouc, Czech Republic Maryland County, Liberia Olomouc Kraj, Czech Republic Michigan Bong County, Liberia Chelsea Nisshin, Japan State of Jalisco, Mexico Shimizu, Hokkaido, Japan Ondo State, Nigeria Paris Cross River State, Nigeria Grand Rapids Lamotte-Beuvron, France Lodz Region, Poland Ga West District, Ghana Leningrad Region, Russia Ga East District, Ghana Pikeville St. Petersburg, Russia Perugia, Italy Dundalk, Ireland KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Omihachiman, Japan Gyeongsangnam-Do, South Korea Zapopan, Mexico Maine Jeollanamdo, Korea Bielsko-Biala, Poland Portland Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality, Mytilene, Greece Turkey Lansing Cap-Haitien, Haiti Ninh Thuan Province, Vietnam , China Shinagawa, Japan Akuapem South District, Ghana Arkhangelsk, Russia Montgomery County Nsawam Adoagyiri Municipality, Xi’an, China Ghana Waterville Morazán, El Salvador Pianezza, Italy Kotlas, Russia Gondar, Ethiopia Otsu, Japan Hyderabad, India Guadalajara, Mexico Daejon, South Korea Maryland Tipitapa, Nicaragua Baltimore Asan, South Korea Rockville Xiamen, China Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Alexandria, Egypt Jiaxing, China Pinneberg, Germany Luxor, Egypt Port Huron Bremerhaven, Germany Chiquimula, Guatemala

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St. Anthony Salo, Finland

Missouri Columbia Laoshan District, China K’ut’aisi, Georgia Hakusan (Matto), Japan Sibiu, Romania Suncheon, South Korea

Kansas City Xi’an, China Yan’an, China Metz, France Hannover, Germany Ramla, Israel Kurashiki, Japan Guadalajara, Mexico , Mexico San Nicolas de los Garza, Mexico Musicians from San Antonio’s Sister and Friendship Cities perform for a full house during the Sister City Jazz Ensemble in February of 2018. The innovative Port Harcourt, Nigeria concert featured 12 artists who had never met, coming together to perform a Freetown, Sierra Leone piece composed by a local San Antonio composer titled ‘Sister Cities.’ , Spain Tainan City, Taiwan Arusha, Tanzania Saline Little Canada Lindenberg, Germany Thunder Bay, Canada Springfield Brecon, Wales, United Kingdom Isesaki, Japan Melrose Tlaquepaque, Mexico South Haven Buhl, Germany Quilali, Nicaragua Legden, Germany St. Charles Ludwigsburg, Germany Minnesota Minneapolis Carndonagh/Inishowen, Ireland Cambridge Winnipeg, Canada Beli Manastir, Croatia Santiago, Chile St. Louis Yuasa, Japan , China Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina Rattvik, Sweden Kuopio, Finland Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina Tours, France Nanjing, China Columbia Heights Najaf, Iraq , China Lomianki, Poland Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan Lyon, France Eldoret, Kenya , Germany Duluth Cuernavaca, Mexico Georgetown, Guyana Thunder Bay, Canada Novosibirsk, Russia Bogor, Indonesia Rania, Iraq Bosaso, Somalia Galway, Ireland Isumi-shi, Japan Uppsala, Sweden Donegal, Ireland Petrozavodsk, Russia Bologna, Italy Växjö, Sweden New Ulm Suwa, Japan Neu-Ulm, Germany San Luis Potosi, Mexico Elbow Lake Ulm, Germany Szczecin, Poland Flekkefjord, Norway Samara, Russia Red Wing St. Louis, Senegal Fergus Falls , China Nordhordland Region, Norway Ikata, Japan Montana Kongsberg, Norway Livingston Hibbing Naganohara, Japan Waldsrode, Germany Petatlan, Mexico Missoula Lindstrom Neckargemünd, Germany Tingsryd, Sweden Shoreview Palmerston North, New Zealand Einhausen, Germany

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Nebraska Las Cruces Kanazawa, Japan Boys Town Nienburg, Germany Abuja, Nigeria Ballymoe, Ireland Ciudad Lerdo, Mexico Rzeszow, Poland Tver, Russia Kearney Los Alamos Muhanga District, Rwanda Opava, Czech Republic Sarov, Russia Yeongcheon, South Korea Bursa Yildirim, Turkey Omaha Santa Fe Drohobych, Ukraine Yantai, China , China Horlivka, Ukraine Braunschweig, Germany Holguin, Cuba Naas, Ireland Sorrento, Italy Canisteo Shizuoka, Japan Tsuyama, Japan Wauchope, Australia Siauliai, Lithuania Parral, Mexico Xalapa, Mexico San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Corning Icheon, South Korea San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy Nevada Santa Fe de la Vega, Spain Kakegawa (Osuka), Japan Nevsehir, Turkey Lviv, Ukraine Reno Bukhara, Uzbekistan Hatzor, Israel Livingston, Zambia Honeoye Falls Guadalupe, Nuevo León, Mexico Borgne, Haiti Wanganui, New Zealand San Sabastian, Spain New York Horseheads Taichung, Taiwan Brooklyn, New York City, New Nakagawa-machi, Tochigi, Japan Udonthani, Thailand York Üsküdar, Turkey Northport New Jersey Buffalo Sochi, Russia Montclair Changzhou, China , Austria Bani, Dominican Republic Rochester Laguna de Perlas, Nicaragua Lille, France Xiangyang, China Cherepovets, Russia Dortmund, Germany Puerta Plata, Dominican Republic Barnet, England, United Kingdom Aboadze, Ghana Rennes, France Cape Coast, Ghana Würzburg, Germany New Brunswick Kiryat Gat, Israel Waterford, Ireland Debrecen, Hungary Siena, Italy Rehovot, Israel Limerick City and County, Ireland Torremaggiore, Italy Caltanissetta, Italy Fukui, Japan St. Ann, Jamaica Hamamatsu, Japan Tsuruoka, Japan

New Mexico Albuquerque Lanzhou, China Helmstedt, Germany Rehovot, Israel Sasebo, Japan Chihuahua, Mexico Guadalajara, Mexico Alburquerque, Spain Hua Lien City, Taiwan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan Lusaka, Zambia

Angel Fire Quang Tri Town, Vietnam

Ascensión Mesilla, New Mexico Students from Hampton Roads enjoying a three-week experience in Clovis Wilhelmshaven, Germany. All students and chaperones were home stayed. Kasama, Zambia Norfolk Sister City Association provided scholarship support for one student to participate in this program and support for one student to participate in its Toulon, France exchange program.

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Alytus, Lithuania Greensboro Cincinnati Bamako, Mali Montbeliard, France , China Kraków, Poland Buiucani District, Chişinău, Moldova Nancy, France Velikiy Novgorod, Russia , Germany Greenville Mysore, India Village of Great Neck Plaza Incheon, South Korea Gifu, Japan Tiberias, Israel Amman, Jordan Hendersonville New Taipei City, Taiwan North Carolina Verbania, Italy Kharkiv, Ukraine Asheville Almuñécar, Spain Harare, Zimbabwe Saumur, France Karpenisi, Greece Laurinburg Cleveland San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico Oban, Scotland, United Kingdom Fieri, Albania , Mexico Alexandria, Egypt Osogbo, Nigeria Matthews Segundo Montes, El Salvador , Russia Sainte Maxime, France Bahir Dar, Ethiopia Dunkeld and Birnam, Scotland Rouen, France Mooresville-South Iredell Heidenheim, Germany Boone Hockenheim, Germany Conakry, Guinea Collingwood, Canada Miskolc, Hungary Raleigh Bangalore, India Burlington-Alamance Xiangyang, China West Mayo, Ireland Soledad de Graciano Sánchez, San Compiegne, France Holon, Israel Luis Potosi, Mexico Rostock, Germany Beit She’an, Israel Gwacheon, South Korea Nairobi, Kenya Vincenza, Italy Kingston-upon-Hull, England, United Klaipeda, Lithuania Cary Kingdom Ibadan, Nigeria Markham, Canada Lima, Peru Le Touquet, France Saluda Gdansk, Poland County Meath, Ireland Carunchio, Italy Brasov, Romania Hsinchu, Taiwan Volgograd, Russia Sanford , Slovakia Charlotte , China , Slovenia , China Taipei Municipality, Taiwan Limoges, France Southern Pines Cleveland County, England, United Krefeld, Germany Newry and Mourne District, Northern Kingdom Kumasi, Ghana Ireland, United Kingdom Cleveland, England, United Hadera, Israel Kingdom Arequipa, Peru Wilmington Wroclaw, Poland Bridgetown, Barbados Columbus Voronezh, Russia San Pedro, Belize Curitiba, Brazil , China , China Concord Doncaster, England, United Kingdom Odense, Denmark Freeport, Grand Bahamas , Germany Killarney, Ireland Winston-Salem Accra, Ghana Siena, Italy Nassau, Bahamas Ahmedabad, India Freeport, Grand Bahamas Herzliya, Israel Durham Yangpu District, Shanghai, China Genoa, Italy , China Kumasi, Ghana Seville, Spain , China Buchanan, Liberia Tainan City, Taiwan , China Ungheni, Moldova Kavala, Greece Dayton Toyama, Japan North Dakota , Bosnia and Herzegovina Kostroma, Russia Grand Forks Augsburg, Germany Arusha, Tanzania Kanuma, Japan Holon, Israel Tilarán, Costa Rica Oiso, Japan Monrovia, Liberia Durham, England Ohio Centerville Delaware Gastonia Waterloo, Canada Sakata, Japan Gotha, Germany Bad Zwischenahn, Germany Santiago de Surco, Peru

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Kettering Ulyanovsk, Russia Pennsylvania Steyr, Austria Kigali, Rwanda Hazleton Kettering, England, United Kingdom Tainan City, Taiwan Lambro and Mingardo, Italy Taipei Municipality, Taiwan Lima Morrisville Harima-cho, Japan Stillwater Bloléquin, Ivory Coast Kameoka, Japan Montgomery Northampton Neuilly-Plaisance, France Tulsa Stegersbach, Austria , China Oakwood Amiens, France Philadelphia Outremont, Canada Celle, Germany Douala, Cameroon Le Vésinet, France Tiberias, Israel Tianjin, China Unterhaching, Germany Utsunomiya, Japan Aix-en-Provence, France San Luis Potosi, Mexico am Main, Germany Portsmouth Zelenograd, Russia Tel Aviv - Yafo, Israel Zittau, Germany Kaohsiung Municipality, Taiwan Abruzzo, Italy Orizaba, Mexico Florence, Italy Corby, England, United Kingdom Yukon Kobe, Japan Krnov, Czech Republic Torun, Poland South Euclid Nizhny Novgorod, Russia Kraljevo, Serbia Oregon Incheon, South Korea Ashland Toledo , Mexico Pittsburgh Londrina, Brazil , Bulgaria , China Astoria Wuhan, China Delmenhorst, Germany , Germany , Croatia Coburg, Germany Matanzas, Cuba Szeged, Hungary Eugene Ostrava, Czech Republic Csongrad County, Hungary Kakegawa (Osuka), Japan Saarbrucken, Germany Coimbatore, India Kathmandu, Nepal Karmiel, Israel Toyohashi, Japan Irkutsk, Russia Misgav, Israel Bekaa Valley, Lebanon Chinju, South Korea Omiya, Japan Hyderabad, Pakistan Saitama (Urawa), Japan Poznan, Poland Grants Pass Skopje, Macedonia Toledo, Spain Rubtsovsk, Russia Naucalpan, Mexico Tanga, Tanzania San Isidro, Nicaragua Hood River Fernando de la Mora, Paraguay Vandalia Tsuruta, Japan Presov, Slovakia Lichtenfels, Germany Bilbao, Spain Prestwick, Scotland, United Kingdom Medford Gaziantep, Turkey Alba, Italy , Ukraine Westlake Sheffield, England, United Kingdom Kingsville, Ontario, Canada Ontario Da Nang, Vietnam Tralee, Ireland Osakasayama, Japan South Carolina Oklahoma Oregon City Anderson Edmond Tateshina, Japan Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, , China United Kingdom Engels, Russia Portland Western Isles, Scotland, United Suzhou, China Kingdom Norman Ashkelon, Israel Clermont-Ferrand, France Bologna, Italy Charleston Arezzo, Italy Sapporo, Japan Spoleto, Italy Seika, Japan Guadalajara, Mexico Panama City, Panama Colima, Mexico Utrecht, Netherlands Khabarovsk, Russia Columbia Oklahoma City Ulsan, South Korea Plovdiv, Bulgaria Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Kaohsiung Municipality, Taiwan , China Haikou, Hainan, China Mutare, Zimbabwe Kaiserslautern, Germany Puebla, Mexico

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Accra, Ghana Villefranche Sur Mer, France Grand Prairie Cluj-Napoca, Romania Koblenz, Germany bei Wien, Austria Chelyabinsk, Russia Oita, Japan Charlesbourg, Canada Taichung, Taiwan Maseru, Lesotho Gueishan, Taiwan Saltillo, Mexico Kalush, Ukraine Greenville Tehuacan, Mexico Kortrijk, Belgium Orlu, Nigeria Houston Tianjin, China Lima, Peru Luanda, Angola Vadodara, India Gwangmyeong, South Korea Perth, Australia Bergamo, Italy Taichung, Taiwan , Azerbaijan Antalya Kepez, Turkey Shenzhen, China South Dakota London Borough of Hackney, England, Shanghai, China Rapid City United Kingdom Guayaquil, Ecuador Apolda, Germany Nice, France Nikko, Japan Bandera Leipzig, Germany Strzelce Opolskie County, Poland Basrah, Iraq Sioux Falls Tysmenytsia, Ukraine Chiba City, Japan , Germany , Mexico Newry and Mourne District, Northern Bryan-College Station Stavanger, Norway Ireland, United Kingdom Bastogne, Belgium Karachi, Pakistan Greifswald, Germany Tyumen, Russia Salamanca, Mexico Huelva, Spain Tennessee Taipei Municipality, Taiwan Franklin Corpus Christi Istanbul, Turkey Carleton Place, Canada Agen, France Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Bad Soden am Taunus, Germany Yokosuka, Japan Grampian Region, Aberdeen, Scotland, County Laois, Ireland Veracruz, Mexico United Kingdom Toledo, Spain Germantown Keelung City, Taiwan Irving Konigs Wusterhausen, Germany Espoo, Finland Dallas Boulogne-Billancourt, France Johnson City Brno, Czech Republic Marino, Italy Rybinsk, Russia Dijon, France Leon, Mexico Ronneby, Sweden , Latvia Darkhan, Mongolia Monterrey, Mexico Merton, England, United Kingdom Nashville Saratov, Russia Mendoza, Argentina Taipei Municipality, Taiwan Killeen Tamworth, Australia San Juan, Puerto Rico Edmonton, Canada Denison Osan, South Korea , China Cognac, France Caen, France La Grange Crouy, France El Paso Frenstat, Czech Republic , Germany Hadera, Israel Olfen, Germany Kamakura, Japan Ciudad Juárez, Mexico Port de la Selva, Spain Laredo Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Farmers Branch San Antonio de Areco, Argentina Kingdom Garbsen, Germany Murray Bridge, Australia Nakashi (Naka Machi), Japan Schonebeck, Germany , China Bassetlaw District, England, United , China Oak Ridge Kingdom Wuwei, China Obninsk, Russia , China Fort Worth La Cruz, Costa Rica Texas , China Acambaro, Mexico Arlington Trier, Germany Cienega de Flores, Mexico Bad Königshofen, Germany , Hungary Jerez de Garcia Salinas, Mexico Bandung, Indonesia Lampazos, Mexico Austin Reggio Emilia, Italy Mexticacan, Mexico Adelaide, Australia Nagaoka, Japan Moncolva, Mexico Siem Reap, Cambodia Toluca, Mexico , Mexico Xishuangbanna, China Nîmes, France Montemorelos, Mexico Angers, France Mbabane, Eswatini

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Torreon, Mexico San Antonio Utah Tepatitlán, Mexico , China Park City Tonala, Mexico Suzhou, China Courchevel, France Ciudad Valles, Mexico Darmstadt, Germany Los Herreras, Mexico Chennai, India Salt Lake City Papantla, Mexico Tel Aviv - Yafo, Israel Oruro, Bolivia San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Kumamoto, Japan Thurles, Ireland Guadalupe, Nuevo León, Mexico Guadalajara, Mexico Torino, Italy Campeche, Mexico Monterrey, Mexico Matsumoto, Japan Cerralvo, Mexico Windhoek, Namibia Trujillo, Peru Escobedo, Mexico Gwangju, South Korea Quezon City, Philippines General Teran, Mexico de Gran Canaria, Spain , Russia Tlahualilo Durango, Mexico , Spain Keelung City, Taiwan Tijuana, Mexico Kaohsiung Municipality, Taiwan Chernivtsi, Ukraine Cuautla, Mexico Angostura, Mexico San Elizario Vermont , Mexico Casas Grandes, Mexico Hartford Cuernavaca, Mexico Municipio de Janos, Mexico Cenon, France Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico Guerrero del Real de Rio Grande, Kratovo, Macedonia Leon, Mexico Mexico Guadalajara, Mexico Santa Barbara, Mexico León Guanajuato, Mexico Satevo, Mexico Virginia Veracruz, Mexico Valle de , Mexico Alexandria Lower Hutt, New Zealand Gyumri, Armenia Laredo, Spain Southlake Caen, France Cantabria, Spain Wuzhong District, Suzhou, China Helsingborg, Sweden Tainan City, Taiwan Tome (Toyoma), Japan Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom Tainan Hsien, Taiwan Tomball Arlington McAllen , Germany San Miguel, El Salvador Belize City, Belize Reims, France Saint Laurent, Canada Tyler Aachen, Germany , China Lo Barnechea, Chile Coyoacan, Mexico San Jose, Costa Rica Liberia, Costa Rica Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine Acapulco, Mexico Yachiyo, Chiba, Japan , Guanajuato, Mexico San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Charlottesville Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, Mexico Jelenia Gora, Poland Pleven, Bulgaria Monterrey, Mexico Besancon, France , Mexico Tampico, Mexico Guadalupe, Nuevo León, Mexico Cadereyta Jiménez, Mexico Garcia, Nuevo León, Mexico , Mexico San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Oaxaca de Juarez, Mexico Taxco, Mexico San Luis Potosi, Mexico

Prairie View Belize City, Belize Punta Gorda, Belize Guachené, Colombia Manta, Colombia Santander de Quilichao, Colombia Santa Tecla, El Salvador Aseseeso, Ghana Pabellón de Arteaga, Mexico Tacoma-Brovary Committee receives title to ambulance to be donated to Brovary, Ukraine (Slavic Christian Center, Tacoma, WA).

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The Highland Park Sister Cities Foundation sent three teachers to teach poetry classes in Puerto Vallarta. Its Virtual Classroom teachers collaborated from Virtual to Reality.

Winneba, Ghana Segou, Mali Bellevue Poggio a Caiano, Italy Windhoek, Namibia Kladno, Czech Republic Richmond upon Thames, England, Yao, Japan Chesapeake United Kingdom Liepaja, Latvia Joinville, Brazil Hualien, Taiwan Roanoke Gordonsville Florianopolis, Brasil Bellingham Thoré-la-Rochette, France Lijiang, China Port Stephens, Australia Saint-Lo, France , Chile Hampton Kisumu, Kenya Vaasa, Finland Vendome, France Opole, Poland Tateyama, Japan Pietermaritzburg Msunduzi, South Pskov, Russia Tsetserleg, Mongolia Africa Wonju, South Korea Nakhodka, Russia , South Korea Cheongju, South Korea Southampton, England, United Suffolk Kingdom Oderzo, Italy Camas Suffolk, United Kingdom Hosoecho, Japan Lynchburg Taki-Cho, Japan Rueil Malmaison, France Virginia Beach Krapkowice, Poland Glauchau, Germany , Germany Morawica, Poland Miyazaki, Japan Zabierzow, Poland Newport News San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua Taizhou, China Moss, Norway Issaquah Greifswald, Germany Olongapo, Philippines Chaouen, Morocco Neyagawa, Japan Ards and North Down Borough, Sunndal, Norway Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Norfolk Lakewood Halifax, Canada Washington Danzhou, China Ningbo, China Anacortes Okinawa City, Japan Toulon, France Sidney, Canada Bauang La Union, Philippines Wilhelmshaven, Germany Vela Luka, Croatia Gimhae, South Korea Tema, Ghana Nikaho, Japan Kochi, India Lomonosov, Russia Mercer Island Kitakyushu, Japan Thonon-les-Bains, France Cagayan de Oro, Philippines Auburn Kaliningrad, Russia Yuhang District, China Point Roberts Norfolk County, England, United , China Campobello Island, Canada Kingdom Mola di Bari, Italy Tamba (Kasuga), Japan Seattle Richmond Pyeongchang, South Korea Sihanoukville, Cambodia , China Limbe, Cameroon Saitama (Urawa), Japan , China

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Nantes, France Kitakyushu, Japan Madison Pecs, Hungary Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Ainaro, East Timor Reykjavik, Iceland El Jadida, Morocco Surabaya, Indonesia Ålesund, Norway Marshfield Galway, Ireland Davao, Philippines Jauregui-Lujan, Argentina Beer Sheva, Israel Vladivostok, Russia Perugia, Italy George, South Africa Milwaukee Kobe, Japan Gunsan, South Korea Ningbo, China Mombasa, Kenya Taichung, Taiwan Zadar, Croatia Mazatlan, Mexico Brovary, Ukraine Medan, Indonesia Christchurch, New Zealand Galway, Ireland Bergen, Norway Walla Walla Bomet, Kenya , Philippines Cannara, Italy uMhlathuze, South Africa Gdynia, Poland Daegu, South Korea Daejon, South Korea Wisconsin Tarime, Tanzania Kaohsiung Municipality, Taiwan Door County Irpin, Ukraine Tashkent, Uzbekistan , China Haiphong, Vietnam Racine Kenosha Fortaleza, Brazil Snoqualmie Douai, France Aalborg, Denmark Chaclacayo, Peru Wolfenbuttel, Germany Montélimar , France Gangjin, South Korea Cosenza, Italy Oiso, Japan Quezon City, Philippines Zapotlanejo, Mexico Spokane Moshi, Tanzania Bluefields, Nicaragua , China Limerick, Ireland La Crosse Rice Lake Cagli, Italy Kumbo, Cameroon Zamberk, Czech Republic Nishinomiya, Japan , China Miharu-Machi, Japan San Luis Potosi, Mexico Epinal, France Jecheon, South Korea Friedberg, Germany Stevens Point Bantry, Ireland Gulcz, Poland Tacoma Førde, Norway Rostov Veliky, Russia Boca Del Rio, Mexico Dubna, Russia , China Two Rivers Cienfuegos, Cuba Lublin Domažlice, Czech Republic Biot, France Lublin, Poland Kiryat Motzkin, Israel

We recognize the importance of Sister Cities’ role in assisting municipal officials to empower their communities and citizens to participate in international affairs, particularly in terms of economic development. It is estimated Sister Cities programs contribute over half a billion dollars to the U.S. economy each year.

Elizabeth McKay, U.S. Department of State Public Diplomat in Residence, USC Annenberg

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Afghanistan Yerevan Tamworth Ghazni Los Angeles, California Nashville, Tennessee Hayward, California Cambridge, Massachusetts Wauchope Jalalabad Aruba Canisteo, New York San Diego, California Oranjestad Wyong Doral, Florida Herat Clearwater, Florida Council Bluffs, Iowa Australia Austria Adelaide Abtenau Albania Austin, Texas Fieri Big Bear Lake, California Cleveland, Ohio Bankstown Baden bei Wien Colorado Springs, Colorado Algeria Grand Prairie, Texas Mascara Cairns Dornbirn Elkader, Iowa Scottsdale, Arizona Dubuque, Iowa Melbourne Graz Angola Boston, Massachusetts Luanda Montclair, New Jersey Houston, Texas Mildura Salzburg Upland, California Atlanta, Georgia Argentina Bahia Blanca Mona Vale Stegersbach Jacksonville, Florida Wilmette, Illinois Northampton, Pennsylvania Buenos Aires Murray Bridge Steyr Miami, Florida Laredo, Texas Kettering, Ohio Perth Crespo Azerbaijan Muscatine, Iowa San Diego, California Houston, Texas Lankaran Jauregui-Lujan Monterey, California Marshfield, Wisconsin Port Stephens Bellingham, Washington Baku La Plata Houston, Texas Louisville, Kentucky Sutherland Shire Lakewood, Colorado Bahamas Mendoza Cat Island Miami Dade County, Florida Sydney Richton Park, Illinois Nashville, Tennessee San Francisco, California Chicago, Illinois Freeport, Grand Bahama Parana Concord, North Carolina Muscatine, Iowa Winston-Salem, North Carolina Rosario, Santa Fe Province St. Louis, Missouri San Antonio de Areco Laredo, Texas San Carlos de Bariloche Aspen, Colorado San Martin de los Andes Steamboat Springs, Colorado Armenia Gyumri Alexandria, Virginia Vanadzor Pasadena, California Sister Cities International Oklahoma City President Mary Blankenship Pointer and Secretary Nancy Hyde during a visit to Kigali in Rwanda.

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George-Town, Great Exuma Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria St. Augustine, Florida Brčko Kurdjali St. Louis, Missouri Elkhart, Indiana Nassau Winston-Salem, North Carolina Sarajevo Pleven Dayton, Ohio Charlottesville, Virginia The Bahamas Miami Dade County, Florida Botswana Plovdiv Columbia, South Carolina Barbados Gaborone California Bridgetown Sofia Wilmington, North Carolina Brazil Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Belarus Brasilia Burkina Faso Washington, District of Columbia Partyzanski District, Minsk Bousse Bakersfield, California Campinas Decatur, Georgia San Diego, California Kwaremanguel Belgium Indianapolis, Indiana Bastogne Pocatello, Idaho Bryan-College Station, Texas Caxias do Sul Ouahigouya Little Rock, Arkansas Brussels Decatur, Georgia Washington, District of Columbia Curitiba Atlanta, Georgia Jacksonville, Florida Burma Columbus, Ohio Mawlamyine Hasselt Fort Wayne, Indiana Mountain View, California Florianopolis Roanoke, Virginia Cambodia Kasterlee Battambang Fountain Hills, Arizona Fortaleza Stockton, California Miami Beach, Florida Kortrijk Racine, Wisconsin Phnom Penh Greenville, South Carolina Long Beach, California Ilheus Mechelen Davenport, Iowa Siem Reap Arvada, Colorado Austin, Texas Itajai Mons Pompano Beach, Florida Sihanoukville Little Rock, Arkansas Seattle, Washington Joinville Walloon Region Chesapeake, Virginia Cameroon Maryland State, Maryland Douala Londrina Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Belize Toledo, Ohio Belize City Kumbo Nova Prata McAllen, Texas La Crosse, Wisconsin Noblesville, Indiana Prairie View, Texas Limbe Porto Alegre Punta Gorda Seattle, Washington Tampa, Florida Prairie View, Texas Rio de Janeiro Canada San Pedro Miami Beach, Florida Brampton Wilmington, North Carolina Atlanta, Georgia Miami Beach, Florida Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Benin Brockville Cotonou Salvador Ontario, California Atlanta, Georgia Los Angeles, California Burnaby Bolivia Sao Paulo Mesa, Arizona Santa Cruz Miami Dade County, Florida Calgary Miami Dade County, Florida State of Rio de Janeiro Phoenix, Arizona ok. se escuchó raro eso de “manuel la”Oruro Maryland State, Maryland Salt Lake City, Utah Campobello Island Point Roberts, Washington

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Carleton Place Toronto Viña del Mar Franklin, Tennessee Chicago, Illinois Sausalito, California Charlesbourg Vancouver China Grand Prairie, Texas Los Angeles, California Anhui Province Collingwood Vernon, British Columbia Maryland State, Maryland Boone, North Carolina Modesto, California Anshan Edmonton Waterloo Birmingham, Alabama Nashville, Tennessee Centerville, Ohio Baoding Halifax Whitehorse Charlotte, North Carolina Norfolk, Virginia Juneau, Alaska Beihai Hamilton Winnipeg Tulsa, Oklahoma Sarasota, Florida Minneapolis, Minnesota Beijing Washington, District of Columbia Kingston Cape Verde Scottsdale, Arizona Praia Changchun Kingsville, Ontario Boston, Massachusetts Little Rock, Arkansas Westlake, Ohio Cayman Islands Changping District Lethbridge Cayman Islands Oakland, California Culver City, California Miami Dade County, Florida Changshu Whittier, California Markham Chile Cary, North Carolina Iquique Changzhou Outremont Miami Dade County, Florida Rockford, Illinois Buffalo, New York Oakwood, Ohio Lo Barnechea Richmond Hill Tyler, Texas Chao Yang District, Beijing Birmingham, Alabama Lakeland, Florida Punta Arenas Saint Laurent Bellingham, Washington Chengdu McAllen, Texas Phoenix, Arizona Rapa Nui Oakland, California Sidney Maui, Hawaii Louisville, Kentucky Anacortes, Washington Santiago Chenzhou Thunder Bay Miami, Florida Laredo, Texas Duluth, Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota Little Canada, Minnesota Chongming County Lakeland, Florida

Photo from the 50th Anniversary celebration of the relationship between Dayton, Ohio and Oiso, Kanagawa. Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley, City Manager Shelley Dickstein and Dayton Sister City Committee’s Oiso Chair Kevin Lydy present Oiso Mayor Hisao Nakajima with gifts. Joining the Dayton delegation are three high school students from Dayton.

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Chongqing Seattle, Washington Cixi Bakersfield, California Dalian Oakland, California Salisbury, Maryland

Dandong Wilmington, North Carolina Danzhou Lakewood, Washington

Fengxian District, Shanghai Lakeland, Florida Foshan Oakland, California Stockton, California Fuzhou Tacoma, Washington Ganzhou The San Jose Dublin Sister City Board of Directors participate in team building McAllen, Texas activities during its 2018 board retreat in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Guanghan Huizhou Municipality Kaifeng Auburn, Washington Milpitas, California Wichita, Kansas Guangzhou Jiangmen Kaiping Los Angeles, California Riverside, California Mesa, Arizona Oakland, California Jiangyin Kunming Guiyang Alameda, California Denver, Colorado Fort Worth, Texas Jiaxing Kunshan Haikou, Hainan Lakeland, Florida Durham, North Carolina Scottsdale, Arizona Rockville, Maryland Oakland, California Lanzhou Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Jilin Albuquerque, New Mexico Spokane, Washington Tampa, Florida Hainan Province Maui, Hawaii Jinan Laoshan District Sacramento, California Columbia, Missouri Haizhu District, Guangzhou Urbana, Illinois Jingan District Lengshuijian City, Hunan Oakland, California Millbrae, California Hanchuan Martinez, California Jingdezhen Leshan Door County, Wisconsin Gilbert, Arizona Handan Dubuque, Iowa Jining Lhasa Little Rock, Arkansas Boulder, Colorado Hangzhou Indianapolis, Indiana Jinzhou Lijiang Boston, Massachusetts Oakland, California Malibu, California Arvada, Colorado Roanoke, Virginia Harbin Minneapolis, Minnesota Jiujiang Linli Louisville, Kentucky Redlands, California Hefei Columbus, Ohio Jurong Liuzhou Oakland, California Cincinnati, Ohio Huadu District, Guangzhou City Millbrae, California

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Liyang Chicago, Illinois Kansas City, Missouri Columbia, Maryland Houston, Texas Xiamen Longkou Shaoxing Baltimore, Maryland Lafayette, Indiana Jacksonville, Florida Xiangyang Luoyang Shenyang Carmel, Indiana La Crosse, Wisconsin Chicago, Illinois Rochester, New York Raleigh, North Carolina Maoming Shenzhen Oakland, California Atlanta, Georgia Xianning Houston, Texas Durham, North Carolina Mengzi Modesto, California Shijiazhuang Xicheng District Des Moines, Iowa Pasadena, California Mianyang Oakland, California Siming District, Xiamen Xingcheng City Sarasota, Florida Lakeland, Florida Mishan Juneau, Alaska SongShang Xinzheng Oakland, California Hays, Kansas Nanjing Atlanta, Georgia Suzhou Xishuangbanna St. Louis, Missouri Jacksonville, Florida Austin, Texas Portland, Oregon Nanning San Antonio, Texas Yan’an Oakland, California Kansas City, Missouri Taiyuan Ningbo Nashville, Tennessee Yangpu Wilmington, Delaware Palo Alto, California Jacksonville, Florida Taizhou Norfolk, Virginia Newport News, Virginia Yangpu District, Shanghai Milwaukee, Wisconsin Winston-Salem, North Carolina Tanggu District, Tianjin Penglai Oakland, California Yangshuo County Sonoma, California Morehead, Kentucky Tianjin Pinghu City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Yantai Watsonville, California Greenville, South Carolina San Diego, California Omaha, Nebraska Pudong Tongxiang Oakland, California Elkhart, Indiana Yibin Beverly Hills, California Columbia, South Carolina Weifang Qingdao Oakland, California Yingkou Long Beach, California Pueblo, Colorado Jacksonville, Florida Oakland, California Weihai Yingtan City Qingyang Santa Barbara, California Livingston, California Edmond, Oklahoma Wenzhou Yixing Qinhuangdao Laredo, Texas Sanford, North Carolina Toledo, Ohio Wuhan Yuhang District Qufu St. Louis, Missouri Auburn, Washington Boynton Beach, Florida Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Yushu Quzhou Wuwei San Bernardino, California Red Wing, Minnesota Laredo, Texas Zhangjiagang Sanming Wuxi Redondo Beach, California Lansing, Michigan San Antonio, Texas Zhangjiajie Sanya County, Hainan Wuzhong District, Suzhou Santa Fe, New Mexico Maui, Hawaii Southlake, Texas Zhengding Shanghai Xi’an Muscatine, Iowa San Francisco, California Montgomery County, Maryland

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Zhengzhou Manta Croatia Richmond, Virginia Prairie View, Texas Beli Manastir Cambridge, Minnesota Zhenjiang Pereira Tempe, Arizona Miami Dade County, Florida Cavtat Watsonville, California Zhoushan Santa Marta Richmond, California Miami Beach, Florida Dubrovnik Monterey, California Zhuhai Santander de Quilichao Redwood City, California Prairie View, Texas Split Los Angeles, California Zhuzhou Congo (Kinshasa) Durham, North Carolina Mbuji-Mayi, Vela Luka Anacortes, Washington Zixing District Heights, Maryland Laredo, Texas Costa Rica Zadar Milwaukee, Wisconsin Colombia Escazu Pensacola, Florida Barranquilla Zagreb Tampa, Florida La Cruz Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Laredo, Texas Bogotá Cuba Chicago, Illinois Liberia Chivirico Santa Cruz, California Cali Tyler, Texas Miami, Florida Monteverde Cienfuegos Cambridge, Massachusetts Cartagena Estes Park, Colorado Tacoma, Washington Coral Gables, Florida San Jose Holguin Cartagena de Indias San Jose, California Santa Fe, New Mexico St. Augustine, Florida Miami Dade County, Florida McAllen, Texas Matanzas Guachené Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Prairie View, Texas Tilarán Durham, North Carolina Regla Manizales Turrialba Richmond, California Gainesville, Florida Rancho Cordova, California Santa Clara Bloomington, Indiana Santiago de Cuba Oakland, California Yateras Boulder, Colorado Czech Republic Brno Dallas, Texas Cesky Krumlov Miami Beach, Florida Domažlice Two Rivers, Wisconsin

Frenstat La Grange, Texas Karlovy Vary Lansing Regional Sister Cities Commission (LRSCC) built a clinic in Nsakye, Ghana Carlsbad, California and renovated two clinics in and near Aburi. On this trip, LRSCC asked for a list of local needs and purchased every item on the list. LRSCC received a grant from Kladno Lansing Rotary Club and will be providing an air conditioning and air purification Bellevue, Washington system to the maternity and neonatal wards this summer.

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Krnov San Cristobal Island Eswatini Yukon, Oklahoma Maui, Hawaii Mbabane Fort Worth, Texas Olomouc San Pablo de Manta Owensboro, Kentucky Long Beach, California Ethiopia Olomouc Kraj Tena Addis Ababa Owensboro, Kentucky Santa Clarita, California Washington, District of Columbia Opava Egypt Axum Denver, Colorado Kearney, Nebraska Alexandria Ostrava Baltimore, Maryland Bahir Dar Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Cleveland, Ohio Oakland, California Cleveland, Ohio Plzen Aswan Birmingham, Alabama Sonoma, California Gondar Montgomery County, Maryland Prague Giza Phoenix, Arizona Los Angeles, California Finland Miami Dade County, Florida Luxor Espoo Chicago, Illinois Baltimore, Maryland Irving, Texas Tabor El Salvador Järvenpää Orinda, California Pasadena, California Ataco Zamberk Fountain Hills, Arizona Kuopio Rice Lake, Wisconsin Minneapolis, Minnesota Concepción de Ataco Denmark Elk Grove, California Rauma Boynton Beach, Florida Aalborg Morazán Racine, Wisconsin Montgomery County, Maryland Salo St. Anthony, Minnesota Odense San Jose Las Flores Columbus, Ohio Cambridge, Massachusetts Vaasa Bellingham, Washington Varde San Miguel San Mateo, California Arlington, Virginia France Dominican Republic San Pedro Masahuat Agen Bani Watsonville, California Galena, Illinois Buffalo, New York Corpus Christi, Texas San Salvador Puerta Plata Los Angeles, California Aix-en-Provence Rochester, New York Coral Gables, Florida Santa Ana Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Salcedo Miramar, Florida Atlanta, Georgia Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis Santa Tecla Miami Dade County, Florida Santo Domingo Prairie View, Texas Miami Dade County, Florida Albi Segundo Montes Palo Alto, California East Timor Cleveland, Ohio Maui, Hawaii Ainaro Suchitoto Amiens Madison, Wisconsin Prescott, Arizona Tulsa, Oklahoma Ecuador Yucuaiqu Angers Cuenca Somerville, Massachusetts Austin, Texas Tempe, Arizona Estonia Angoulême Guayaquil Harju County Hoffman Estates, Illinois Houston, Texas Maryland State, Maryland Antibes Quito Tartu Newport Beach, California Coral Gables, Florida Salisbury, Maryland Louisville, Kentucky Avignon New Haven, Connecticut

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Beaulieu-sur-Mer Epinal Nice Tempe, Arizona La Crosse, Wisconsin Houston, Texas Besançon Fontenay-le-Comte Nîmes Charlottesville, Virginia Palatine, Illinois Fort Worth, Texas Biarritz Grenoble Noirmoutier Augusta, Georgia Phoenix, Arizona Crestview, Florida Biot La Petite Roche Nord-Pas de Calais Tacoma, Washington Little Rock, Arkansas Maryland State, Maryland Bordeaux Lamentin, Guadeloupe Orléans Los Angeles, California Miami Dade County, Florida Wichita, Kansas Boulogne-Billancourt Lamotte-Beuvron Paris Irving, Texas Paris, Kentucky San Francisco, California Washington, District of Columbia Brest Laval Chicago, Illinois Denver, Colorado Modesto, California Perpignan Caen Le Havre Sarasota, Florida Nashville, Tennessee Tampa, Florida Alexandria, Virginia Reims Le Touquet Arlington, Virginia Cannes Cary, North Carolina Beverly Hills, California Rennes Le Vésinet Rochester, New York Carentan-les-Marais Oakwood, Ohio Hopkinsville, Kentucky Rouen Lille Cleveland, Ohio Cenon Buffalo, New York Hartford, Vermont Rueil Malmaison Limoges Lynchburg, Virginia Cergy-Pontoise Charlotte, North Carolina Columbia, Maryland Saint-Etienne Lyon Des Moines, Iowa Chambolle-Musigny St. Louis, Missouri Sonoma, California Saint-Lo Menton Roanoke, Virginia Chamonix Laguna Beach, California Aspen, Colorado Sainte Maxime Metz Matthews, North Carolina Châteauroux Kansas City, Missouri Fresno, California Saumur Montbéliard Asheville, North Carolina Clermont-Ferrand Greensboro, North Carolina Norman, Oklahoma St. Jean Pied de Port Montélimar South San Francisco, California Cognac Racine, Wisconsin Denison, Texas Strasbourg Montpellier Boston, Massachusetts Compiègne Louisville, Kentucky Raleigh, North Carolina Thionville Nancy Urbana, Illinois Courchevel Cincinnati, Ohio Park City, Utah Thonon-les-Bains Nantes Mercer Island, Washington Crouy Jacksonville, Florida Nashville, Tennessee Seattle, Washington Thoré-la-Rochette Gordonsville, Virginia Deauville Nemours Lexington, Kentucky Wilmington, Delaware Toulon Norfolk, Virginia Dijon Neuilly-Plaisance Dallas, Texas Montgomery, Ohio Toulouse Atlanta, Georgia Douai Kenosha, Wisconsin

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Eisenach Waverly, Iowa Erlangen Riverside, California Eutin Lawrence, Kansas Frankfurt am Main Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Friedberg La Crosse, Wisconsin Fulda Wilmington, Delaware Garbsen Farmers Branch, Texas Danville, Kentucky and sister city Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland exchanged Garmisch-Partenkirchen artists in 2018. Community members including Habitat for Humanity, Centre Aspen, Colorado College and the Danville Sister Cities Commission all pitched in to install a mural by international mural artist, Dee Craig. Dee was selected as Carrickfergus, Gedern Northern Ireland’s exchange artist to Danville, Kentucky. Columbia, Illinois

Tours Bad Zwischenahn Glauchau Minneapolis, Minnesota Centerville, Ohio Lynchburg, Virginia Vaux-le-Penil Berlin Gotha Belvidere, Illinois Los Angeles, California Gastonia, North Carolina Vendôme Braunschweig Greifswald Hampton, Virginia Omaha, Nebraska Bryan-College Station, Texas Newport News, Virginia Villefranche Sur Mer Bremerhaven Austin, Texas Baltimore, Maryland Gross-Bieberau Millstadt, Illinois Vincennes Buhl Vincennes, Indiana Melrose, Minnesota Hamburg Chicago, Illinois Georgia Celle Hamm K’ut’aisi Tulsa, Oklahoma Santa Monica, California Columbia, Missouri Coburg Hannover Poti Toledo, Ohio Kansas City, Missouri LaGrange, Georgia Cologne Heidelberg Tbilisi Indianapolis, Indiana Palo Alto, California Atlanta, Georgia Darmstadt San Antonio, Texas Heidenheim Germany Cleveland, Ohio Aachen Delmenhorst Arlington, Virginia Toledo, Ohio Helmstedt Albuquerque, New Mexico Apolda Dierdorf Rapid City, South Dakota Fountain Hills, Arizona Herford Quincy, Illinois Augsburg Dortmund Dayton, Ohio Buffalo, New York Herzberg Dixon, Illinois Bad Königshofen Dresden Arlington, Texas Columbus, Ohio Hockenheim Mooresville-South Iredell, North Bad Soden am Taunus Einhausen Carolina Franklin, Tennessee Shoreview, Minnesota

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Kaiserslautern Olfen Waiblingen Davenport, Iowa La Grange, Texas Virginia Beach, Virginia Columbia, South Carolina Paderborn Waldsrode Kiel Belleville, Illinois Hibbing, Minnesota San Francisco, California Pfaffenweiler Walldorf Koblenz Jasper, Indiana Astoria, Oregon Austin, Texas Pinneberg Wasserburg Konigs Wusterhausen Rockville, Maryland Vincennes, Indiana Germantown, Tennessee Porta Westfalica Wesel Krefeld Waterloo, Illinois Hagerstown, Maryland Charlotte, North Carolina Potsdam Wilhelmshaven Kubelstein Stadt Schesslitz Sioux Falls, South Dakota Norfolk, Virginia Victoria, Kansas Radebeul Wolfenbuttel Legden Sierra Vista, Arizona Kenosha, Wisconsin Melrose, Minnesota Regensburg Würzburg Leipzig Tempe, Arizona Rochester, New York Houston, Texas Rostock Zeitz Lichtenfels Raleigh, North Carolina Prescott, Arizona Vandalia, Ohio Saarbrucken Zittau Lindenberg Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Portsmouth, Ohio Saline, Michigan Schaumburg Ghana Löhne Schaumburg, Illinois Aboadze Columbus, Indiana Schonebeck Buffalo, New York Ludwigsburg Farmers Branch, Texas Accra St. Charles, Missouri Schorndorf Washington, District of Columbia Ludwigshafen Am Rhein Tuscaloosa, Alabama Chicago, Illinois Pasadena, California Columbus, Ohio Schwieberdingen Columbia, South Carolina Ludwigslust Belvidere, Illinois Muscatine, Iowa Akuapem South District Seevetal Lansing, Michigan Magdeburg Decatur, Illinois Nashville, Tennessee Apaaso Stade Birmingham, Alabama Mainz Lakewood, Colorado Louisville, Kentucky Aseseeso Stuttgart Prairie View, Texas Munich St. Louis, Missouri Cincinnati, Ohio Cape Coast Taufkirchen Hanover Park, Illinois Neckargemünd West Chicago, Illinois Buffalo, New York Missoula, Montana Telgte Ga East District Neu-Ulm Tomball, Texas Grand Rapids, Michigan New Ulm, Minnesota Tirschenreuth Ga West District Neustadt an der Waldnaab Santa Fe Springs, California Grand Rapids, Michigan Hays, Kansas Trier Kumasi Nienburg Fort Worth, Texas Charlotte, North Carolina Las Cruces, New Mexico Winston-Salem, North Carolina Ulm Nittenau New Ulm, Minnesota Nsawam Adoagyiri Municipality Lake Zurich, Illinois Lansing, Michigan Unterhaching Nuremberg Oakwood, Ohio Obuasi Atlanta, Georgia Riverside, California

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Sekondi-Takoradi Guyana Oakland, California Georgetown Szekesfehervar Boston, Massachusetts St. Louis, Missouri Birmingham, Alabama Taszár Sunyani-Techiman Haiti Tuscaloosa, Alabama Rockford, Illinois Aquin Tamale Delray Beach, Florida Tokaj Louisville, Kentucky Sonoma, California Arcahaie Tema North Miami, Florida Iceland San Diego, California Borgne Akureyri Columbia, Maryland Honeoye Falls, New York Denver, Colorado Norfolk, Virginia Cap-Haitien Reykjavik Winneba Portland, Maine Seattle, Washington Birmingham, Alabama Columbia, Maryland Charlottesville, Virginia India Delmas Agra Greece North Miami, Florida Tempe, Arizona Ancient Olympia Colorado Springs, Colorado Deschapelles Ahmedabad Atlanta, Georgia Essex, Connecticut Columbus, Ohio Athens Jacmel Amritsar Los Angeles, California Gainesville, Florida Bakersfield, California Washington, District of Columbia Bangalore Chicago, Illinois Les Cayes Boynton Beach, Florida San Francisco, California Iniades Cleveland, Ohio Lawrence, Kansas Petit Goave Miami Dade County, Florida Bhubaneswar Kalamaria Cupertino, California Clearwater, Florida Port-de-Paix Oakland, California Chennai Karpenisi Denver, Colorado Asheville, North Carolina Saint-Louis-du-Nord San Antonio, Texas North Miami, Florida Kavala Coimbatore Durham, North Carolina Thomonde Toledo, Ohio District Heights, Maryland Mytilene Delhi Portland, Maine Honduras Chicago, Illinois Tegucigalpa Hyderabad Patras Gainesville, Florida Santa Barbara, California Riverside, California Hungary Indianapolis, Indiana Piraeus Montgomery County, Maryland Budapest Baltimore, Maryland Fort Worth, Texas Kochi Thessaloniki Norfolk, Virginia Csongrad County San Francisco, California Toledo, Ohio Majkhali Gunnison, Colorado Guatemala Debrecen Chiquimula New Brunswick, New Jersey Mumbai Port Huron, Michigan Los Angeles, California Miskolc La Antigua Cleveland, Ohio Mysore Coral Gables, Florida Cincinnati, Ohio Pecs Quezaltenango Seattle, Washington Nagpur Livermore, California Santa Clara, California Siofok Guinea Walnut Creek, California Pune Conakry San Jose, California Cleveland, Ohio Szeged Toledo, Ohio

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Vadodara Headford Greenville, South Carolina Morgan Hill, California Vijayawada Killarney Modesto, California Springfield, Illinois Concord, North Carolina Indonesia Bandung Limerick Fort Worth, Texas Spokane, Washington Bogor Limerick City and County St. Louis, Missouri Santa Clara, California New Brunswick, New Jersey Jakarta Los Angeles, California Naas Omaha, Nebraska Medan Milwaukee, Wisconsin South Dublin County Tampa, Florida Surabaya Seattle, Washington Thurles Vocalist Magos Herrera from Mexico Salt Lake City, Utah Iran City performs “Sister Cities” during Tralee Tehran the Sister City Jazz Ensemble in Westlake, Ohio Los Angeles, California February of 2018. Tullamore Iraq Cork Chandler, Arizona Al-Hilla San Francisco, California Tempe, Arizona Waterford County Cork Rochester, New York Baghdad Maryland State, Maryland Denver Regional Council of West Mayo Governments, Colorado County Kildare Cleveland, Ohio Lexington, Kentucky Duhok Isle of Man Gainesville, Florida County Laois Bride Franklin, Tennessee Gilbert, Arkansas Karadah Baghdad Council Bluffs, Iowa County Meath Israel Cary, North Carolina Rania Afula-Gilboa Duluth, Minnesota Dingle New Haven, Connecticut Santa Barbara, California Najaf Ashdod Minneapolis, Minnesota Donegal Tampa, Florida St. Louis, Missouri Basrah Ashkelon Houston, Texas Dublin Sacramento, California San Jose, California Baltimore, Maryland Ireland Portland, Oregon Ballymoe Dundalk Beer Sheva Boys Town, Nebraska Pikeville, Kentucky Seattle, Washington Bantry Ely O’Carroll Beit She’an La Crosse, Wisconsin Baltimore, Maryland Cleveland, Ohio Carlow Ennis Eilat Tempe, Arizona Phoenix, Arizona Los Angeles, California County Davenport, Iowa Galway Hadera Carndonagh/Inishowen Menlo Park, California Charlotte, North Carolina St. Charles, Missouri Chicago, Illinois Cambridge, Massachusetts El Paso, Texas Castlebar St. Louis, Missouri Haifa Dixon, Illinois Seattle, Washington San Francisco, California Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Hatzor Tiberias Cosenza Reno, Nevada Village of Great Neck Plaza, New York Kenosha, Wisconsin Tulsa, Oklahoma Herzliya Ferentino Beverly Hills, California Tzahar Region Rockford, Illinois San Bernardino, California West Palm Beach, Florida Columbus, Ohio Ferrara Yerucham Highland Park, Illinois Holon Highland Park, Illinois Cleveland, Ohio Figline Valdarno Dayton, Ohio Italy Milpitas, California Abetone Florence Karmiel Aspen, Colorado Denver, Colorado Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Abruzzo Gaeta Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Kfar Saba Cambridge, Massachusetts Gainesville, Florida Agrigento Somerville, Massachusetts Tampa, Florida Kiryat Gat Genoa Highland Park, Illinois Alba Baltimore, Maryland Buffalo, New York Medford, Oregon Columbus, Ohio Kiryat Motzkin Amalfi Greve-in-Chianti Tacoma, Washington New Haven, Connecticut Sonoma, California Mateh Asher Arezzo Ischia West Des Moines, Iowa Norman, Oklahoma Los Angeles, California Cambridge, Massachusetts Misgav Asiago Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Lockport, Illinois Isola delle Femmine Monterey, California Nahariya Assisi Miami Beach, Florida San Francisco, California La Spezia Sunny Isles Beach, Florida Vallejo, California Bergamo Petach Tikva Pueblo, Colorado Lambro and Mingardo Chicago, Illinois Greenville, South Carolina Hazleton, Pennsylvania Ra’anana Bologna Livorno Atlanta, Georgia St. Louis, Missouri Oakland, California Portland, Oregon Ramat Gan Lodi Miami Beach, Florida Cagli Lodi, California Spokane, Washington Phoenix, Arizona Lucca Ramat HaNegev Caltanissetta South San Francisco, California Rochester, New York Denver, Colorado Lucca Sicula Maryland State, Maryland Cannara Pueblo, Colorado Walla Walla, Washington Ramla Marino Kansas City, Missouri Capo d’Orlando Irving, Texas Culver City, California Rehovot Metropolitan City of Florence Albuquerque, New Mexico Santa Clara County, California Rochester, New York Carunchio Saluda, North Carolina Milan Rosh Ha’ayin Chicago, Illinois Birmingham, Alabama Catania Phoenix, Arizona Milazzo Tel Aviv – Yafo Martinez, California Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Cittadella Noblesville, Indiana San Antonio, Texas Modena Highland Park, Illinois Tel Mond Copertino Cupertino, California Sarasota, Florida Mola di Bari Auburn, Washington

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Monza Sorrento Aso Indianapolis, Indiana Santa Fe, New Mexico LaGrange, Georgia Noceto Spoleto Chiba City Walnut Creek, California Charleston, South Carolina Houston, Texas Oderzo Stresa Chino Suffolk, Virginia Martinez, California Longmont, Colorado Olevano sul Tusciano Taormina Daisen (Nakayama) Wilmington, Delaware Sunny Isles Beach, Florida Temecula, California Padua Termini Imerese Sicily Fujinomiya Boston, Massachusetts Elk Grove Village, Illinois Santa Monica, California Parma Termoli Fujisawa Stockton, California Pompano Beach, Florida Miami Beach, Florida Perugia Torino Fujiyoshida Grand Rapids, Michigan Salt Lake City, Utah Colorado Springs, Colorado Seattle, Washington Torremaggiore Fukui Pesaro Buffalo, New York New Brunswick, New Jersey Delray Beach, Florida Treviso Fukuoka Pescara Sarasota, Florida Oakland, California Miami Beach, Florida Atlanta, Georgia Venice Pianezza Long Beach, California Fukuyama Lansing, Michigan Maui, Hawaii Verbania Pisa Hendersonville, North Carolina Funabashi Coral Gables, Florida Hayward, California Vincenza Poggio a Caiano Cleveland, Ohio Futtsu Charlottesville, Virginia Carlsbad, California Ivory Coast Potenza Abidjan Gero Denver, Colorado San Francisco, California Pensacola, Florida Provincia di Asti Bloléquin Gifu Miami Dade County, Florida Morrisville, Pennsylvania Cincinnati, Ohio Ragusa Jamaica Hachijo Island Little Rock, Arkansas Maui, Hawaii Kingston Reggio Emilia Birmingham, Alabama Hakusan (Matto) Fort Worth, Texas Miami Dade County, Florida Columbia, Missouri Riva Trigoso Montego Bay Hamamatsu Santa Cruz, California Atlanta, Georgia Rochester, New York Rome Ocho Rios Hanamaki Washington, District of Columbia Oakland, California Hot Springs, Arkansas San Casciano in Val di Pesa Portmore St. Catherine Hanyū Morgan Hill, California Lakeland, Florida Millbrae, California St. Ann San Giovanni Valdarno Buffalo, New York Harima-cho Corning, New York Lima, Ohio Japan Sestri Levante Himeji Akashi Santa Cruz, California Phoenix, Arizona Vallejo, California Siena Hino Ashikaga Buffalo, New York Redlands, California Springfield, Illinois Concord, North Carolina

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Hirara (Miyakujima) Kaizuka Kobe Maui, Hawaii Culver City, California Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Seattle, Washington Hiratsuka Kakegawa (Osuka) Lawrence, Kansas Corning, New York Kofu Eugene, Oregon Lodi, California Hitachi Des Moines, Iowa Birmingham, Alabama Kakuda Greenfield, Indiana Kukizaki Hosoecho Milpitas, California Camas, Washington Kamakura Nashville, Tennessee Kumamoto Ibaraki, Osaka San Antonio, Texas Minneapolis, Minnesota Kameoka Stillwater, Oklahoma Kurashiki Ichikawa Kansas City, Missouri Gardena, California Kanagawa Prefecture Maryland State, Maryland Kurume Ichikawadaimon Modesto, California Muscatine, Iowa Kanazawa Buffalo, New York Kushimoto Ikata Hemet, California Red Wing, Minnesota Kanuma Grand Forks, North Dakota Kyoto Imabari Boston, Massachusetts Lakeland, Florida Kasukabe Pasadena, California Maebashi Isesaki Birmingham, Alabama Springfield, Missouri Kawachinagano Carmel, Indiana Marumori Isumi-shi Hemet, California Duluth, Minnesota Kawakami-Mura Watsonville, California Matsumoto Itoman Salt Lake City, Utah Redondo Beach, California Kawasaki Baltimore, Maryland Matsuyama Iwamizawa Sacramento, California Pocatello, Idaho Kishiwada South San Francisco, California Miasa-Omachi Iwata Mendocino, California Mountain View, California Kitakyushu Norfolk, Virginia Miharu-Machi Izumo Tacoma, Washington Rice Lake, Wisconsin Santa Clara, California Mishima Pasadena, California Mito Anaheim, California

Miyazaki Virginia Beach, Virginia

Miyazu Delray Beach, Florida

Mizuho Morgan Hill, California

Nagano Clearwater, Florida

Naganohara Livingston, Montana Marathon runners from Angoulême, France participated in Fit America Run in Hoffman Estates, Ilinoiis.

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Nagaoka Ota Tahara Fort Worth, Texas Burbank, California Georgetown, Kentucky Lafayette, Indiana Nagoya Takamatsu Los Angeles, California Otsu St. Petersburg, Florida Lansing, Michigan Nakagawa-machi, Tochigi Takarazuka Horseheads, New York Saitama (Urawa) Augusta, Georgia Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Nakashi (Naka Machi) Richmond, Virginia Takayama Oak Ridge, Tennessee Denver, Colorado Sakaide Namerikawa Sausalito, California Takeo Schaumburg, Illinois Sebastopol, California Sakata Nanao Delaware, Ohio Taki-Cho Monterey, California Camas, Washington Sapporo Narashino Portland, Oregon Tamana Tuscaloosa, Alabama Clarinda, Iowa Saroma Neyagawa Palmer, Alaska Tamba (Kasuga) Newport News, Virginia Auburn, Washington Sasebo Nikaho Albuquerque, New Mexico Tateshina Anacortes, Washington Oregon City, Oregon Seika Nikko Norman, Oklahoma Tateyama Rapid City, South Dakota Bellingham, Washington Sendai Nishinomiya Riverside, California Toba Spokane, Washington Santa Barbara, California Shimada Nisshin Richmond, California Tokai-Mura Owensboro, Kentucky Idaho Falls, Idaho Shimamoto-cho Oiso Frankfort, Kentucky Tokorozawa Dayton, Ohio Decatur, Illinois Racine, Wisconsin Shimizu, Hokkaido Chelsea, Michigan Tome (Toyoma) Oita Southlake, Texas Austin, Texas Shimizu/Shizuoka Stockton, California Toyama Okayama Durham, North Carolina San Jose, California Shimukappu Aspen, Colorado Toyohashi Okazaki Toledo, Ohio Newport Beach, California Shinagawa Portland, Maine Toyokawa Okinawa City Cupertino, California Lakewood, Washington Shingu Santa Cruz, California Toyonaka Omihachiman San Mateo, California Grand Rapids, Michigan Shinhidaka Lexington, Kentucky Tsuchiura Omitama (Minori) Palo Alto, California Abilene, Kansas Shizuoka Omaha, Nebraska Tsukuba Omiya Irvine, California Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Soka Milpitas, California Carson, California Osaka Tsuruoka San Francisco, California Suwa New Brunswick, New Jersey Chicago, Illinois St. Louis, Missouri Tsuruta Osakasayama Tachikawa Hood River, Oregon Ontario, Oregon San Bernardino, California

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Tsuyama Santa Fe, New Mexico Utsunomiya Tulsa, Oklahoma Wakami-Machi Livingston, California Wakayama Bakersfield, California Yachiyo, Chiba Tyler, Texas Yamagata Boulder, Colorado Yao Bellevue, Washington Yokkaichi Long Beach, California Brewmasters from Fort Worth, TX and Trier, Germany collaborate to create a signature beer for Fort Worth’s Oktoberfest. Yokohama San Diego, California Nairobi Lesotho Yokosuka Denver, Colorado Maseru Corpus Christi, Texas Raleigh, North Carolina Austin, Texas Yotsukaido Thika Liberia Dixon, Illinois Livermore, California Bong County Maryland State, Maryland Yuasa Uasin Gishu County Scottsdale, Arizona Cambridge, Minnesota Buchanan Winston-Salem, North Carolina Jordan Kosovo Al-Karak Peja Gbarnga Birmingham, Alabama Johnston, Iowa Baltimore, Maryland Amman Pristina Maryland County San Francisco, California Des Moines, Iowa Maryland State, Maryland Chicago, Illinois Monrovia Cincinnati, Ohio Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Dayton, Ohio Deir Alla Colorado Springs, Colorado Gainesville, Florida Lithuania Tokmok Kazakhstan Rockford, Illinois Rochester, New York Kyzylorda Kaunas Arvada, Colorado Latvia Liepaja Los Angeles, California Bellevue, Washington Kenya Klaipeda Bomet Riga Cleveland, Ohio Milwaukee, Wisconsin Dallas, Texas Siauliai Eldoret Omaha, Nebraska Minneapolis, Minnesota Lebanon Beirut Vilnius Kisumu Los Angeles, California Chicago, Illinois Boulder, Colorado Bekaa Valley Roanoke, Virginia Toledo, Ohio Macedonia Skopje Mombasa Mejdlaya Tempe, Arizona Long Beach, California Gainesville, Florida Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Seattle, Washington

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Kratovo Cerralvo Albuquerque, New Mexico Hartford, Vermont Laredo, Texas Portland, Oregon Laredo, Texas Malawi Chihuahua San Antonio, Texas Zomba Pueblo, Colorado Urbana, Illinois Albuquerque, New Mexico Guadalupe, Nuevo León Reno, Nevada Cienega de Flores Laredo, Texas Mali Laredo, Texas Bamako McAllen, Texas Rochester, New York Ciudad Guzman Guamuchil Redwood City, California Segou Ontario, California Longmont, Colorado Richmond, Virginia Guanajuato Ciudad Juárez Timbuktu Ashland, Oregon El Paso, Texas Tempe, Arizona Guaymas Ciudad Lerdo Mesa, Arizona Mexico Las Cruces, New Mexico Acambaro Guerrero del Real de Rio Grande Laredo, Texas Ciudad Mante San Elizario, Texas Boulder, Colorado Acapulco Hermosillo Beverly Hills, California Ciudad Valles Phoenix, Arizona McAllen, Texas Laredo, Texas Irvine, California Aguascalientes Ciudad Victoria Huatabampo Modesto, California McAllen, Texas Gardena, California Alamos Colima Irapuato, Guanajuato Scottsdale, Arizona Redwood City, California McAllen, Texas Norman, Oklahoma Ameca Isla Mujeres Morgan Hill, California Coyoacan Pensacola, Florida Arlington, Virginia St. Petersburg, Florida Angostura Laredo, Texas Cozumel Ixtapa Zihuatanejo Miami Beach, Florida Palm Desert, California Ascensión, Mexico McAllen, Texas Mesilla, New Mexico Cuautla Riverside, California Jalpan de Serra Atotonilco Laredo, Texas Laredo, Texas South San Francisco, California Cuernavaca Jerez de Garcia Salinas Boca Del Rio Denver, Colorado Laredo, Texas Tacoma, Washington Minneapolis, Minnesota Laredo, Texas Jocotepec Cabo San Lucas Watsonville, California Newport Beach, California Empalme Stockton, California La Paz Caborca Redondo Beach, California Prescott, Arizona Ensenada Upland, California Redondo Beach, California Lampazos Riverside, California Laredo, Texas Cadereyta Jiménez McAllen, Texas Escobedo Lazaro Cardenas Laredo, Texas Laredo, Texas Campeche Laredo, Texas Garcia, Nuevo León Leon McAllen, Texas San Diego, California Cananea Irving, Texas Sierra Vista, Arizona General Teran Laredo, Texas Laredo, Texas Cancun León Guanajuato Wichita, Kansas Guadalajara Laredo, Texas San Jose, California Casas Grandes Los Herreras Lansing, Michigan San Elizario, Texas Laredo, Texas Kansas City, Missouri

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Manzanillo Parral Satevo San Pablo, California Santa Fe, New Mexico San Elizario, Texas Mazatlán Patzcuaro Soledad de Graciano Sánchez Santa Monica, California Sonoma, California Burlington-Alamance, North Carolina Seattle, Washington Naperville, Illinois State of Jalisco Merida Puebla Maryland State, Maryland Sarasota, Florida Pueblo, Colorado Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Tampico Mexicali Houston, Texas Sacramento, California Puerto Vallarta McAllen, Texas San Bernardino, California Santa Barbara, California Highland Park, Illinois Tangancícuaro Mexico City Tacoma, Washington Watsonville, California Los Angeles, California Chicago, Illinois Queretaro Taxco Bakersfield, California McAllen, Texas Mexticacan Laredo, Texas Reynosa Tehuacan McAllen, Texas Austin, Texas Mocorito Ontario, California Rosarito Beach Tepatitlán Long Beach, California Laredo, Texas Moncolva Laredo, Texas Salamanca Tequila Bryan-College Station, Texas Cathedral City, California Montemorelos Laredo, Texas Saltillo Tetlanohcan Austin, Texas New Haven, Connecticut Monterrey Dallas, Texas San Cristobal de las Casas Tijuana McAllen, Texas Asheville, North Carolina San Diego, California San Antonio, Texas Laredo, Texas San Felipe Morelia Hayward, California Tlahualilo Durango Kansas City, Missouri Laredo, Texas San Jose del Cabo Municipio de Janos Laguna Beach, California Tlalnepantla de Baz San Elizario, Texas Wichita, Kansas San Luis Potosi Naucalpan St. Louis, Missouri Tlaquepaque Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Tulsa, Oklahoma Springfield, Missouri McAllen, Texas Toluca Navojoa Spokane, Washington Santa Fe Springs, California Fort Worth, Texas San Martin de Hidalgo Tonala Nuevo Casas Grandes Morgan Hill, California Colorado Springs, Colorado Laredo, Texas San Miguel de Allende Nuevo Laredo Torreon Redlands, California Laredo, Texas Laredo, Texas St. Augustine, Florida Oaxaca de Juarez West Palm Beach, Florida Tula Palo Alto, California Santa Fe, New Mexico Benicia, California McAllen, Texas Laredo, Texas McAllen, Texas Uruapan Orizaba Tyler, Texas Culver City, California Portsmouth, Ohio San Nicolas de los Garza Valladolid Pabellón de Arteaga Kansas City, Missouri Asheville, North Carolina Prairie View, Texas San Pedro de las Colonias Valle de Zaragoza Pachuca Springfield, Illinois San Elizario, Texas Little Rock, Arkansas Santa Barbara Valparaiso Papantla San Elizario, Texas Hanover Park, Illinois Laredo, Texas

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Namibia Windhoek San Antonio, Texas Richmond, Virginia Nepal Kathmandu Eugene, Oregon Netherlands Enschede Palo Alto, California Leidschendam-Voorburg Temecula, California Rotterdam Baltimore, Maryland Utrecht Portland, Oregon New Zealand Local Fort Worth girl learns about the art of playing the koto, a traditional Auckland Japanese instrument. Los Angeles, California Veracruz Tsetserleg Christchurch San Jose, California Bellingham, Washington Seattle, Washington Miami Dade County, Florida Corpus Christi, Texas Ulaanbaatar Gisborne Laredo, Texas Oakland, California Palm Desert, California Denver, Colorado Veracruz/Boca del Rio Hamilton Tampa, Florida Montenegro Sacramento, California Budva Lower Hutt Villahermosa West Palm Beach, Florida San Bernardino, California Tempe, Arizona Kotor Laredo, Texas Xalapa Santa Barbara, California Omaha, Nebraska Palmerston North Missoula, Montana Zapopan Morocco Agadir Grand Rapids, Michigan Queenstown Oakland, California Aspen, Colorado Zapotlanejo Casablanca Racine, Wisconsin Tauranga Chicago, Illinois San Bernardino, California Moldova Chaouen Upper Hutt Balti Issaquah, Washington Mesa, Arizona Lakeland, Florida El Hajeb Wanganui Buiucani District, Chişinău Council Bluffs, Iowa Reno, Nevada Greensboro, North Carolina El Jadida Nicaragua Chisinau Tacoma, Washington Sacramento, California Bluefields Marrakech Racine, Wisconsin Rybnitsa Scottsdale, Arizona Lakeland, Florida Jalapa Tiznit Boulder, Colorado Ungheni Somerville, Massachusetts Winston-Salem, North Carolina Jinotepe Mozambique Santa Cruz, California Mongolia Beira Laguna de Perlas Darkhan Boston, Massachusetts Montclair, New Jersey Irving, Texas

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León Port Harcourt Trondheim New Haven, Connecticut Kansas City, Missouri Vallejo, California Matagalpa Norway Pakistan Gainesville, Florida Ålesund Hyderabad Nagarote Tacoma, Washington Toledo, Ohio Norwalk, Connecticut Bergen Karachi Posoltega Seattle, Washington Houston, Texas Bloomington, Indiana Flekkefjord Lahore Quilali Elbow Lake, Minnesota Chicago, Illinois South Haven, Michigan Førde Palestinian Territories San Isidro La Crosse, Wisconsin Bethlehem Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Kongsberg Sacramento, California San Juan de Oriente Red Wing, Minnesota Nablus Sacramento, California Moss Boulder, Colorado San Juan del Sur Virginia Beach, Virginia Qalqilya Virginia Beach, Virginia Nordhordland Region Gainesville, Florida Tipitapa Fergus Falls, Minnesota Ramallah Lansing, Michigan Ørland Muscatine, Iowa Glendale, Arizona Villa El Carmen Panama Moscow, Idaho Stavanger Panama City Houston, Texas Charleston, South Carolina Nigeria Denver, Colorado Abuja Sunndal San Diego, California Buffalo, New York Issaquah, Washington Asaba Stockton, California Bauchi Oakland, California Benin City Oakland, California Cross River State Maryland State, Maryland Ibadan Cleveland, Ohio Ile-Ife San Bernardino, California Lagos Atlanta, Georgia Ondo State Maryland State, Maryland Onitsha Ataco, El Salvador representative for sister cities came to visit Fountain Hills, AZ. Indianapolis, Indiana She shared the story of the town’s food shortage due to the world drop in coffee prices. Growers could not afford to pick, process and ship the coffee beans; Orlu leaving the residents of Ataco with no income to purchase food for their families. Austin, Texas Fountain Hills and Sister Cities quickly raised $5,200 for the Mayor to purchase prepared food bags to distribute to the families. The food bags are filled with Osogbo basic supplies such as flour, sugar, beans, rice, to feed an average family of four Wilmington, Delaware children for a month or two. A series of fundraisers are planned raise additional Asheville, North Carolina funds to help.

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Paraguay Cagayan de Oro Roxas Asuncion Norfolk, Virginia San Bernardino, California Miami Dade County, Florida Calamba City, Phillipines San Juan Fernando de la Mora Walnut, California Santa Barbara, California Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Maui, Hawaii Camiling Santa Maria Juneau, Alaska San Nicolas Hays, Kansas Maui, Hawaii Cavite City Peru San Diego, California Santa Maui, Hawaii Arequipa Cebu City Maui, Hawaii Seattle, Washington Sariaya Charlotte, North Carolina Santa Clarita, California Dagupan Caraz Milpitas, California Sarrat Mesa, Arizona Maui, Hawaii Davao Chaclacayo Tacoma, Washington Zambales Province Snoqualmie, Washington Maui, Hawaii Dumaguete Chimbote Alameda, California Poland Pensacola, Florida Bielsko-Biala Iloilo Grand Rapids, Michigan Cusco Stockton, California Tempe, Arizona Bochnia Kalibo, Aklan Roselle, Illinois Ica Juneau, Alaska Miami Beach, Florida Gdansk La Carlota Cleveland, Ohio Lima Carson, California Miami, Florida Gdynia Cleveland, Ohio Makati Seattle, Washington Austin, Texas Los Angeles, California Gulcz Miraflores Manila Stevens Point, Wisconsin Pensacola, Florida Sacramento, California San Francisco, California Jelenia Gora Pucallpa Maui, Hawaii Tyler, Texas Miami Dade County, Florida Olongapo Kraków Santiago de Surco Virginia Beach, Virginia San Francisco, California Gastonia, North Carolina Rochester, New York Ormoc Trujillo Hawaii County, Hawaii Krapkowice Decatur, Georgia Camas, Washington Salt Lake City, Utah Palo Palo Alto, California Lodz Region Philippines Maryland State, Maryland Bacarra Parañaque Maui, Hawaii Carson, California Lomianki Columbia Heights, Minnesota Bacolod Pasay Long Beach, California Sacramento, California Lomza Muscatine, Iowa Badoc Pasig City Maui, Hawaii South San Francisco, California Lublin Lublin, Wisconsin Baguio Puerto Princesa Vallejo, California Maui, Hawaii Morawica Camas, Washington Bauang La Union Quezon City Lakewood, Washington Maui, Hawaii Opole Salt Lake City, Utah Roanoke, Virginia Cabugao Kenosha, Wisconsin Maui, Hawaii Poznan Toledo, Ohio

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Rzeszow Cluj-Napoca Santa Clara County, California Gainesville, Florida Rockford, Illinois Chicago, Illinois Buffalo, New York Columbia, South Carolina Murmansk Strzelce Opolskie County Sibiu Jacksonville, Florida Bandera, Texas Columbia, Missouri Nakhodka Szczecin Russia Oakland, California St. Louis, Missouri Arkhangelsk Bellingham, Washington Portland, Maine Torun Nizhny Novgorod Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Chelyabinsk Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Columbia, South Carolina Warsaw Novorossiysk Chicago, Illinois Cherepovets Gainesville, Florida Montclair, New Jersey Warsaw Province Novosibirsk San Diego, California Dickson Minneapolis, Minnesota Dixon, Illinois Wroclaw Obninsk Charlotte, North Carolina Dubna Oak Ridge, Tennessee La Crosse, Wisconsin Zabierzow Perm Camas, Washington Ekaterinburg Louisville, Kentucky San Jose, California Zamość Petrozavodsk Fountain Hills, Arizona Engels Duluth, Minnesota Edmond, Oklahoma Ziebice Pskov Brighton, Colorado Irkutsk Roanoke, Virginia Eugene, Oregon Portugal Pyatigorsk Cascais Izhevsk Dubuque, Iowa Sausalito, California Salt Lake City, Utah Rostov Veliky Coimbra Kaliningrad Stevens Point, Wisconsin Santa Clara, California Norfolk, Virginia Cambridge, Massachusetts Rubtsovsk Khabarovsk Grants Pass, Oregon Faro Portland, Oregon Hayward, California Rybinsk Kislovodsk Johnson City, Tennessee Funchal Muscatine, Iowa Oakland, California Samara Maui, Hawaii Kostroma St. Louis, Missouri Durham, North Carolina Sao Miguel Island Saratov Maui, Hawaii Kotlas Dallas, Texas Waterville, Maine Sarov Puerto Rico Los Alamos, New Mexico San Juan Leningrad Region Jacksonville, Florida Maryland State, Maryland Smolensk Killeen, Texas Lermontov Colorado Springs, Colorado Osage, Iowa Romania Snezhinsk Brasov Lomonosov Livermore, California Cleveland, Ohio Anacortes, Washington Sochi Bucharest Moscow Long Beach, California Atlanta, Georgia Northport, New York

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St. Petersburg Miami Dade County, Florida Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Los Angeles, California Jacksonville, Florida Maryland State, Maryland Guediawaye St. Petersburg, Florida Birmingham, Alabama Pietermaritzburg Msunduzi Hampton, Virginia Stavropol St. Louis Des Moines, Iowa St. Louis, Missouri Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality Washington, District of Columbia Tobolsk Serbia Council Bluffs, Iowa Belgrade uMhlathuze Chicago, Illinois Milwaukee, Wisconsin Tver Buffalo, New York Kraljevo South Korea South Euclid, Ohio Anyang Tyumen Hampton, Virginia Houston, Texas Sierra Leone Freetown Asan Ulyanovsk New Haven, Connecticut Lansing, Michigan Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Kansas City, Missouri Bucheon Velikiy Novgorod Bakersfield, California Rochester, New York Slovakia Bratislava Busan Cleveland, Ohio Vladikavkaz Los Angeles, California Asheville, North Carolina Chicago, Illinois Nitra Naperville, Illinois Vladimir Changwon City Sarasota, Florida Jacksonville, Florida Presov Baltimore, Maryland Vladivostok Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Juneau, Alaska Cheongju Tisovek San Diego, California Bellingham, Washington Tacoma, Washington Shenandoah, Iowa Chinju Volgograd Slovenia Eugene, Oregon Cleveland, Ohio Ljubljana Cleveland, Ohio Daegu Voronezh Atlanta, Georgia Charlotte, North Carolina Maribor Milwaukee, Wisconsin Pueblo, Colorado Zavolzhie Daejon San Bernardino, California Piran Montgomery County, Maryland Indianapolis, Indiana Seattle, Washington Zelenograd Tulsa, Oklahoma Somalia Gangjin Bosaso Snoqualmie, Washington Rwanda Minneapolis, Minnesota Kigali Gangnam-Gu San Bernardino, California South Africa Riverside, California Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Cape Town Miami Dade County, Florida Gimhae Muhanga District Lakewood, Washington Buffalo, New York Durban Chicago, Illinois Goyang Saint Kitts and Nevis Maui, Hawaii Saint Kitts and Nevis Islands George Miami Dade County, Florida Tacoma, Washington Gunsan Tacoma, Washington Senegal KwaZulu-Natal Maryland State, Maryland Gwacheon Dakar Burlington-Alamance, North Carolina Washington, District of Columbia

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Gwangju Pyeongchang Almuñécar San Antonio, Texas Auburn, Washington Hendersonville, North Carolina Gwangmyeong Seocho Aviles Austin, Texas Irvine, California St. Augustine, Florida Gyeongsangnam-Do Seongdong-Gu Barcelona Maryland State, Maryland Marietta, Georgia San Francisco, California Boston, Massachusetts Hanam Seoul Little Rock, Arkansas San Francisco, California Bilbao Washington, District of Columbia Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Icheon Santa Fe, New Mexico Suncheon Borobia Columbia, Missouri Pensacola, Florida Iksan Culver City, California Ulsan Cabildo de Tenerife Portland, Oregon Miami Dade County, Florida Incheon Burbank, California Wanju-Gu County Cantabria Greenville, North Carolina Carson, California Laredo, Texas Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wonju Ciudadella de Menorca Jecheon Roanoke, Virginia St. Augustine, Florida Spokane, Washington Yeongcheon El Puerto de Santa Maria Jeollanamdo, Korea Buffalo, New York Coral Gables, Florida Maryland State, Maryland Yochon Figueres Jeonju Newport Beach, California St. Petersburg, Florida San Diego, California Yongsan-Gu Granada Jincheon Sacramento, California Coral Gables, Florida Vallejo, California Spain Huelva Nowon Alburquerque Houston, Texas Irvine, California Albuquerque, New Mexico Laredo Osan Alcala de Henares Laredo, Texas Killeen, Texas San Diego, California Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Paju Almonte San Antonio, Texas Pasadena, California Miami Beach, Florida Lleida Monterey, California Macharaviaya Pensacola, Florida Madrid Maui, Hawaii Oviedo Tampa, Florida Port de la Selva Nashville, Tennessee San Sabastian Reno, Nevada Santa Cruz de Tenerife San Antonio, Texas Lansing Regional Sister Cities Commission established a library at the Aburi Santa Fe de la Vega Presbyterian Teacher Training College, Ghana. On this trip, LRSCC shipped barrels Santa Fe, New Mexico of books, teaching supplies, and lap top computers. When they presented them to the school, they also offered a monetary gift to each teacher.

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Seville Liestal Miaoli Kansas City, Missouri Sacramento, California Kissimmee, Florida Columbus, Ohio Bartlett, Illinois Lucerne Toledo Chicago, Illinois New Taipei City Toledo, Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio Corpus Christi, Texas Saasfee Steamboat Springs, Colorado Pingtung Tres Cantos Maui, Hawaii Columbia, Maryland Sursee Highland, Illinois Taichung Villanueva de la Cañada San Diego, California La Cañada Flintridge, California Winterhuir Reno, Nevada Ontario, California Columbia, South Carolina Vitoria-Gasteiz Austin, Texas Anaheim, California Zurich San Francisco, California Tacoma, Washington Sweden Tainan City Borgholm Taiwan Chandler, Arizona Rockford, Illinois Chia-Yi Monterey, California Juneau, Alaska San Jose, California Gothenburg Kansas City, Missouri Chicago, Illinois Chung Li, Taoyuan City Enfield, Connecticut Columbus, Ohio Helsingborg Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Alexandria, Virginia Fengshan Laredo, Texas Charleston, Illinois Kalmar Tainan Hsien Wilmington, Delaware Fengshan District Laredo, Texas Charleston, Illinois Linkoping Taipei Municipality Palo Alto, California Gueishan Phoenix, Arizona Grand Prairie, Texas Los Angeles, California Rattvik San Francisco, California Cambridge, Minnesota Hengchun Miami Dade County, Florida Sunny Isles Beach, Florida Atlanta, Georgia Ronneby Hsinchu Indianapolis, Indiana Enfield, Connecticut Boston, Massachusetts Johnson City, Tennessee Cupertino, California Cary, North Carolina Cleveland, Ohio Solna Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Burbank, California Hsinchu County Dallas, Texas Santa Clara County, California Houston, Texas Stockholm County Miami Dade County, Florida Hua Lien City Taoyuan Albuquerque, New Mexico Irvine, California Tingsryd Lindstrom, Minnesota Hualien Wuchi Town Bellevue, Washington Newton, Iowa Trollhättan Tempe, Arizona Kaohsiung City Xindian Pensacola, Florida Tavares, Florida Uppsala Minneapolis, Minnesota Kaohsiung Municipality Tajikistan Little Rock, Arkansas Dushanbe Växjö Colorado Springs, Colorado Boulder, Colorado Duluth, Minnesota Tulsa, Oklahoma Portland, Oregon Tanzania Switzerland San Antonio, Texas Arusha Basel Seattle, Washington Kansas City, Missouri Miami Beach, Florida Durham, North Carolina Keelung City Davos Corpus Christi, Texas Bagamoyo Aspen, Colorado Salt Lake City, Utah Vallejo, California Interlaken Dar es Salaam Scottsdale, Arizona Lansing, Michigan

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Moshi Üsküdar Odessa Delray Beach, Florida Brooklyn, New York City, New York Baltimore, Maryland Kenosha, Wisconsin Turkmenistan Smila Tanga Ashgabat Newton, Iowa Toledo, Ohio Albuquerque, New Mexico Tysmenytsia Tarime Bandera, Texas Milwaukee, Wisconsin Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands Vinnytsya Thailand Miami Dade County, Florida Birmingham, Alabama Bangkok Washington, District of Columbia Uganda United Arab Emirates Kasese Abu Dhabi Lanphun Santa Cruz, California Houston, Texas Orinda, California Ukraine United Kingdom Udonthani Alushta Reno, Nevada England Santa Cruz, California Barnet Trinidad and Tobago Brovary Montclair, New Jersey Port of Spain Rockford, Illinois Bassetlaw District Atlanta, Georgia Tacoma, Washington Farmers Branch, Texas Turkey Chernivtsi Birmingham Adapazari Salt Lake City, Utah Chicago, Illinois Louisville, Kentucky Chyhyryn Burton upon Trent Ankara Sebastopol, California Elkhart, Indiana Washington, District of Columbia Donetsk Chester Antalya Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Lakewood, Colorado Kepez Drohobych Austin, Texas Cleveland Muscatine, Iowa Cleveland, Ohio Bursa Yildirim Buffalo, New York Buffalo, New York Cleveland County Gorlovka Cleveland, Ohio Gaziantep Pensacola, Florida Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Corby Horlivka Portsmouth, Ohio Istanbul Buffalo, New York Houston, Texas Doncaster Irpin Wilmington, North Carolina Izmir Milwaukee, Wisconsin Long Beach, California Durham Ivano-Frankivsk Durham, North Carolina Tampa, Florida Arlington, Virginia Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality Kettering Kalush Kettering, Ohio Maryland State, Maryland Grand Prairie, Texas Kusadasi Kingston-upon-Hull Kaniv Raleigh, North Carolina Monterey, California Sonoma, California Mersin Kinver Kharkiv Park Ridge, Illinois West Palm Beach, Florida Cincinnati, Ohio Nevsehir Leeds Khmelnytskyi Louisville, Kentucky Santa Fe, New Mexico Modesto, California Safranbolu Liverpool Kyiv Birmingham, Alabama Schaumburg, Illinois Chicago, Illinois Seferihisar London Borough of Hackney Lviv Austin, Texas Morgan Hill, California Corning, New York

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Delegates from the government of the Canary Islands celebrate with members of the Canary Islands Descendants Association of San Antonio during the annual Arrival Anniversary Celebration. 2018’s anniversary event, titled El Nacimiento, celebrated the arrival of the Canary Islanders in San Antonio and the subsequent establishment of the region by Spain in the 1700s. The delegation visited to celebrate San Antonio’s Tricentennial and was comprised of several high-level government officials, including the mayors of both San Antonio’s Canarian Sister Cities –Las Palmas and Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Merton Suffolk Scotland Irving, Texas Suffolk, Virginia Dunbar Martinez, California Newburgh Sunderland West Dundee, Illinois Newburgh, Indiana Washington, District of Columbia Alexandria, Virginia Newcastle upon Tyne Watford Dunfermline Little Rock, Arkansas Wilmington, Delaware Sarasota, Florida Atlanta, Georgia Northern Ireland Dunkeld and Birnam Newmarket, Suffolk Antrim-Newtownabbey Asheville, North Carolina Lexington, Kentucky Gilbert, Arizona Edinburgh Norfolk County Ards and North Down Borough San Diego, California Norfolk, Virginia Virginia Beach, Virginia Embo Northamptonshire County Ballymena Maui, Hawaii Indianapolis, Indiana Morehead, Kentucky Forres Portsmouth Belfast Mount Dora, Florida Lakewood, Colorado Boston, Massachusetts Grampian Region, Aberdeen Richmond upon Thames Nashville, Tennessee Houston, Texas Richmond, Virginia Carrickfergus Oban Salisbury Danville, Kentucky Laurinburg, North Carolina Salisbury, Maryland Anderson, South Carolina Prestwick Sheffield Craigavon, County Armagh Vandalia, Ohio Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania LaGrange, Georgia Western Isles Southampton Newry and Mourne District Anderson, South Carolina Hampton, Virginia Southern Pines, North Carolina Sioux Falls, South Dakota St. Ives, Cornwall Laguna Beach, California

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Wales Caracas Vung Tau Provence Brecon San Francisco, California Newport Beach, California Saline, Michigan Monagas State Zambia United States Miami Dade County, Florida Kasama American Samoa Clovis, New Mexico Maui, Hawaii Puerto La Cruz Santa Cruz, California Saipan, Northern Mariana Island Livingston Maui, Hawaii Santa Fe, New Mexico Vietnam Uruguay Can Tho Lusaka Maldonado Riverside, California Los Angeles, California Miami Dade County, Florida Albuquerque, New Mexico Da Nang Paysandu Oakland, California Zimbabwe Muscatine, Iowa Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Harare Cincinnati, Ohio Punta del Este Haiphong Sunny Isles Beach, Florida Seattle, Washington Mutare Portland, Oregon Ho Chi Minh City Uzbekistan San Francisco, California Bukhara Santa Fe, New Mexico Hue New Haven, Connecticut Tashkent Seattle, Washington Ninh Thuan Province Maryland State, Maryland Venezuela Antolín del Campo Quang Tri Town Miami Dade County, Florida Angel Fire, New Mexico

Roselle Sister Cities participates in the Rose Parade in Roselle which takes place during the first weekend of June.

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Canada Manila, Philippines George Town, Malaysia Thunder Bay Quezon City, Philippines Majuro, Marshall Islands Seinäjoki, Finland Warsaw, Poland Boston, Massachusetts Gifu. Japan Jiddah, Saudi Arabia San Nicolas, Mexico Duluth, Minnesota Dakar, Senegal Ulan Bator, Mongolia Little Canada, Minnesota Johannesburg, South Africa Managua, Nicaragua Pretoria, South Africa Cleveland, Ohio Toronto Daegu, South Korea Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Chongqing, China Seoul, South Korea Panama City, Panama Quito, Ecuador Mbabane, Swaziland Asunción, Paraguay Frankfurt, Germany Dallas, Texas Malabon, Philippines Chicago, Illinois Houston, Texas Manila, Philippines Milan, Italy Marshall, Texas Quezon City, Philippines Sagamihara, Japan Lome, Togo Warsaw, Poland Warsaw, Poland Guam, United States Territory Ulan-Ude, Russia Kiev, Ukraine Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Taipei Municipality Dakar, Senegal Phoenix, Arizona Johannesburg, South Africa Colombia Gold Coast, Australia Pretoria, South Africa Cotonou, Benin Daegu, South Korea Bogota La Paz, Bolivia Seoul, South Korea Chicago, Illinois Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Saigon, South Vietnam Los Angeles, California Mbabane, Swaziland Barranquilla Los Angeles, California Dallas, Texas Buenos Aires, Argentina San Francisco, California Houston, Texas Nanjing, China San Jose, Costa Rica Marshall, Texas Tampa, Florida Prague, Czech Republic Guam, United States Kaohsiung, Taiwan Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic San Salvador, El Salvador Taiwan Versailles, France Cities Seeking Partners New Taipei City Banjul, Gambia Phoenix, Arizona Atlanta, Georgia Gibraltar Cotonou, Benin Guatemala City, Guatemala Gibraltar La Paz, Bolivia Bissau, Guinea Bissau Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Tegucigalpa, Honduras Japan Ulan-Ude, Buryat Bangalore, India Kanagawa Los Angeles, California Indianapolis, Indiana San Fransisco, California Yokohama, Japan Turkey San Jose, Costa Rica Riga, Latvia Alsancak Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Monrovia, Liberia Sisli Municipality, Istanbul San Salvador, El Salvador Vilnius, Lithuania Versailles, France Lilongwe, Malawi Banjul, Gambia Atlanta, Georgia Guatemala City, Guatemala Bissau. Guinea Bissau Tegucigalpa, Honduras Indianapolis, Indiana Riga, Latvia Monrovia, Liberia Vilnius, Lithuania Lilongwe, Malawi Majuro, Marshall Islands Boston, Massachusetts San Nicolas, Mexico Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Managua, Nicaragua Cleveland, Ohio Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Panama City, Panama Asunción, Paraguay Sister Cities International Oklahoma City celebrates the Chinese New Year

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To find out if your city is a member of Sister Sister City? Cities International, see our online directory at www.sistercities.org. You can find primary Talk to your local sister city program about their contact information for each member city on our process. You can also visit our Cities Seeking website, which you can use to reach out to your Cities page at sistercities.org/cities-seeking- local sister city committee. Many programs have cities for more information on how Sister Cities Facebook pages, which is a quick and easy way International can help you establish a new sister to connect with them. You can also email us at city relationship. [email protected].

What difference do How can I contribute to Sister Cities make? Sister Cities International?

Sister cities promote peace worldwide on multiple Visit our website and click the “donate” button, levels. Form providing students with their first opportunity to travel abroad and experience another culture; to creating valuable professional experiences and building connections between organizations; sister cities strengthen local and Sister Cities International @SisterCitiesInt global communities and promote world peace while bringing tangible economic and social Sister Cities International @SisterCitiesInt benefits to participating cities.

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For more member benefits, please visit our website at www.sistercities.org/membership

Peer-to-peer networking with sister cities programs Global Connect with foreign communities Networking Support from foreign and domestic Diplomatic Corps

Marketing & communications assistance Telling Recognition through Annual Awards Your Story Crisis communications

Governance & policy services Resources That Matter Toolkits & templates

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