Sister Cities International Southern California Chapter President Gil Garcia and Secretary Marti Correa attended the glorious Santa Barbara – Toba, Japan Sister City 50th anniversary event that took place on Sunday, January 24 at the Santa Barbara public library Faulkner Gallery. In addition to delicious Japanese cuisine the attendees enjoyed a fascinating slide show of […]

On January 23, 2016, the Los Angeles – Nagoya Sister City Affiliation (LANSCA) held its annual new year’s luncheon at the Miyako Hotel in Little Tokyo. Speeches were given by special guest Japan Deputy Consul General Izuru Shimmura as well as past LANSCA chairpersons Ernest Higa and Norman Arakawa, and current LANSCA chairperson Teruko Weinberg. LANSCA member […]

The Rotary World Peace Conference 2016 was held on Friday, January 15 th and Saturday, January 16th at the Ontario Convention Center in Ontario, California. Sister Cities International Southern California Chapter hosted a booth during the two days to share information about and encourage joint projects between Rotary International and SCI local groups. The conference […]

Gil Garcia, President of Southern California Sister Cites International invites sister city programs to send a delegation to the Southern California Sister Cities (SoCal) and Northern California Sister Cities (NorCal) Chapters of Sister Cities International joint meeting that will take place at the historic Mission San Miguel, 775 Mission St. San Miguel CA (7 miles […]

Funds for social and economic impact projects that the Santa Barbara / Puerto Vallarta Sister City Committee sends to Puerto Vallarta take advantage of Mexico’s Federal Government “Tres por Uno” (“Three for One” or 3×1) program. This is a great way to maximize the impact of funds we send, for example if we send $1,000 the “Tres por Uno” program turns it into $4,000. […]

Save the Date Join the joint Sister Cities International Southern California & Northern California chapters meeting: DATE: Saturday, January 30th TIME: 9:00am to 5:00pm LOCATION: Old Mission San Miguel Mission Parish Hall 795 SLO Monterey Road San Miguel, California 93451 The program will run from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. The cost for hotel accommodations […]

Everyone has a chance to win money this #GivingTuesday Raise $2,000 and receive 50% back of anything you raise above that amount! And, the other prizes still apply: Those who raise at least $1,500 will receive a scholarship for a student to attend the 2016 Sister Cities International Youth Leadership Summit in Washington, DC, July 14-16. Those who raise $5,000 […]

Sister Cities International Southern California Chapter held a quarterly regional and board meeting on Saturday, November 14th, 2015 at Riverside City College from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. In addition to the SoCal Sister Cities Board of Directors, special guests and visitors included Upland Mayor Ray Musser and representatives of local sister city programs in […]

The Rotary International Peace Conference will be in Ontario, California on January 15th and 16th, 2016. The Rotary World Peace Conference is two days packed full of sessions designed to deliver proven solutions you can take home. REGISTER HERE: www.peaceconference2016.org Over the two days of the conference, you will have an opportunity to select classes from thirteen tracks. Each […]

The Asian World Film Festival will take place October 26th to November 2nd, 2015. Films will screen at ArcLight Cinemas in downtown Culver City and the iPic theaters in Westwood. The festival will feature select foreign language films from 50 eligible countries in the Asian World region, including films that have been officially submitted as […]