Wade Nomura of Rotary International (left) and Gil Garcia, President of Sister Cities International Southern California Chapter (right) discuss joint cooperation of both organizations during an interview on Santa Barbara’s public access television. A power point presentation was presented demonstrating a variety of successful joint projects between the Santa Barbara Sister City Committee and various […]

On Monday February 15, 2016, Santa Barbara – Puerto Vallarta  Sister City and SoCal Sister City Board members Gil Garcia, Marti Correa de Garcia, and Pat Fallin attended an interesting Santa Barbara Yacht Club luncheon presentation by Santa Clarita Sister Cities International. The presentation was on “Living Waters for the World”, an organization that trains interested people in USA […]

On Saturday, January 30th, the Southern and Northern Chapters of Sister Cities International held its first joint meeting in 20 years. For the first time in 20 years, the Southern and Northern Chapters of Sister Cities International held a joint meeting on Saturday, January 30th, 2016 at the historic Mission San Miguel in San Miguel, […]

All Ireland – US Sister Cities Mayor’s Summit 21-24 April, 2016 The theme of the conference is Independence & Interdependence with a focus on celebrating the historical ties between Irish and USA civic society, business, cultural and education institutions.

The Dingle – Santa Barbara Sister Cities Board invite you to a welcoming Party for the Dingle Delegation who will be in town for the Santa Barbara Film Festival Venue: La Arcada Bistro 1112 State Street Date: Tuesday February 2nd 2016 6:00 pm Please RSVP to triniquinn@yahoo.com as soon as possible.

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. […]