The next regional meeting of Sister Cities International Southern California Chapter will be held by Zoom on Saturday, April 9th, 2022 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. Sister City best practices will be discussed. Representatives from Sister City organizations throughout Southern California are welcome to attend. To RSVP, e-mail admin@socalsistercities.org

A change to the By-Laws has been proposed regarding the number of terms a board member of Sister Cities International Southern California Chapter. Board Members are asked to review the change and vote upon this during an upcoming Board Meeting. Click here to review the current clause and proposed change.

On June 16, 2022 Sister Cities International Southern California Chapter, Huntington Park Sister Cities-IFTA, the Volunteer Fire Department, and San Julian, Jalisco made a partial delivery of requested equipment, that was stored in a San Julian Warehouse to the municipalities of San Francisco del Rincon in the State of Guanajuato and San Diego de Alejandria […]

The California Youth Leadership Summit will be held on Saturday, November 5, 2022. The California Youth Leadership Summit is an online event led by youth and young professionals for youth and young professionals. Online panelists will include youth (high school students) and young professionals (college students) participating from the State of California, as well as college students from countries where California’s […]

The Officers of Sister Cities International Southern California Chapter were elected at the May 21st, 2022 annual board meeting, held online. Anthony Al-Jamie, Jeff Jarow, Charles Riggs and David Bracey were re-elected to their respective positions of President, Vice-President, Treasurer and Secretary. Anthony Al-Jamie President – SOCAL Sister Cities Board of Directors Los Angeles Sister […]

The California Youth Leadership Summit will be streamed with Japanese subtitles on Friday, November 20th, 2021 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm California time. This California statewide summit is led by youth for youth focusing on issues that high school and college students are concerned with under the theme of Peace, Kindness and Cooperation. Panel session topics include world […]

The 3rd International Symposium for the Sister Cities International Southern California Chapter International Firefighters Training Association (IFTA) was held from June 11-13, 2021 in Comala, Mexico. You can help support this program that helps saves lives through our GoFundMe page.

Noozhawk.com featured an article on an in-person BBQ fund raising gathering of Santa Barbara-Puerto Vallarta Sister City Members after 15 months of pandemic isolation. This was to replenish funds utilized to continue helping the Needy and continue the support of a variety of Puerto Vallata projects during Pandemic Click here to read the article.

The Officers of Sister Cities International Southern California Chapter and new Board Members were elected at the May 15th, 2021 annual board meeting, held online. Anthony Al-Jamie, Jeff Jarow, Charles Riggs and David Bracey were re-elected to their respective positions of President, Vice-President, Treasurer and Secretary and Dr. Michael McQuary was elected as a member […]

The new California Youth Leadership Summit event website has been launched at www.californiasummit.org At the new website: attendees can register at no charge potential panelists can apply sponsors can support the event The California Youth Leadership Summit, which will be held on May 14, 2021 from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm PST, is an online event […]