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 […]

NOTE: Please click here for the new event website for the California Youth Leadership Summit: www.californiasummit.org Panelist Application Click here to apply online Application Deadline: Panelist applications are closed. Peace, Kindness and Cooperation The California Youth Leadership Summit is hosted by the Sister Cities International Southern California Chapter. The California Youth Leadership Summit is being […]

NOTE: Please click here for the new event website for the California Youth Leadership Summit: www.californiasummit.org Volunteers are wanted for the Sister Cities International California Youth Leadership Summit that will be held online on Saturday, March 20, 2021. The California Youth Leadership Summit is hosted by the Sister Cities International Southern California Chapter and is […]

Numerous cities in Southern California with Japanese sister cities commemorated the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with citizen diplomats and city leaders taking part in bell ringings. These events took place on Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 4:15 pm PDT and on Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 7:02 pm PDT […]

The Sister Cities International Conference was held virtually in 2020 from July 8-9. The theme was “Reimagining Citizen Diplomacy: New Connections in a Virtual World”. There was no fee to attend. This year, SCI tackled the virtual world by introducing their very first Online Conference. Speakers/performers included:  Grammy Award-Winning Singer and former UN Global Ambassador Dionne […]

When:  September 9, 2020Time:   11:00 AM EDTWhat:   SCI Global ConversationTitle:    City Resiliency and Why it Matters: Global Impacts in a Local Context Please join us for our next SCI Global Conversation which will introduce and explain concepts related to resiliency and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as it relates to global cities. Sister Cities International is proud to work in collaboration […]

The annual election of the Officers of Sister Cities International Southern California Chapter was held during the Saturday, May 16th, 2020 annual board meeting. The meeting was held by Zoom with Board Members from throughout Southern California attending. The 2019-2020 slate of officers were re-elected for the 2020-2021 year, with Anthony Al-Jamie as President, Jeff […]