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 […]

As President and Secretary of Sister Cities International Southern California Chapter,  Gil Garcia and Marti Correa de Garcia made a presentation on the how the Sister Cites International (SCI) network of over 2,000 sister city relationships in more then 146 countries throughout the world work on the vision and mission of world peace through people-to-people citizen […]

Global becomes Local! The Santa Clarita Sister Cities and Santa Clarita Valley International program presents Journey Through Latin America II A brilliant multicultural explosion of folk and popular music styles including Tango, Cumbia, and Samba! You don’t want to miss this unique concert that celebrates music, culture, dance, and stories of several Latin American countries, […]

The 2015 U.S.-China Sister Cities Conference will connect business leaders, government officials, and citizen diplomats from the U.S. and China in Chicago, October 22-23. The Conference will celebrate the 30th Anniversaries of Chicago’s sister cities Shanghai and Shenyang and will provide best practices and networking opportunities for the continued success and growth of U.S.-China sister […]

SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER ANNUAL BOARD/REGIONAL MEETING 2015/2016 August 15, 2015 AMN HEALTH CARE, SAN DIEGO, CA   Gil Garcia, President of Sister Cities International Southern California Chapter called the Regional Meeting to order at 8:45 AM. Don Giaquinto, Director of Protocol for Mayor Kevin Faulconer of San Diego welcomed the SoCal Sister […]

Anaheim welcomed students from Anaheim’s Sister City, Mito, Japan July 24 – August 2, 2015. Students had the opportunity to visit Disneyland, see a Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim baseball game, meet Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait and visit Anaheim City Hall, tour a fire station, enjoy a beach party at Huntington Beach, see the circus at […]

Click on the image below for a presentation on San Diego’s experience with the Open World Leadership Program and opportunities for sister city relationships.

On August 16th, 2015 members of the Los Angeles Nagoya Sister City Affiliation (LANSCA) welcomed the Deputy Mayor of Nagoya Tamiya Masamichi and members of the International Relations Division of the City of Nagoya’s Office of the Mayor. The representatives of Nagoya had taken part in the 2015 Nissei Week parade in Los Angeles and members […]