The Bakersfield Sister City Project Corporation is excited to announce that their sister city of Bucheon, South Korea has been designated as a UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Creative City for Literature. Bucheon is the first city in Asia to receive this designation. Bakersfield and Bucheon have been sister cities since 2006. […]

The next regional meeting of Sister Cities International Southern California Chapter will be held on March 3rd, 2018 in Culver City at the Veterans Memorial Museum (4117 Overland Ave, Culver City, CA 90230). Lunch is $15.)       Please RSVP by next Tues. Feb. 27, 2018 by e-mailing Pat Fallin at patfallin@msn.com and let Pat know if […]

Sister Cities International is thrilled to host the 2018 Annual Conference in Aurora, Colorado August 2-4, 2018 Hyatt Regency Aurora-Denver Conference Center 13200 East 14th Place Aurora, CO 80011 Concurrent with the conference, Sister Cities International will have the 2018 Youth Leadership Summit which engages the next generation of leaders and introduces them to the world […]

The Government of Japan has decided to confer The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays, to the co-founder of Sister Cities International Southern California Chapter, Thelma Press. She will receive the award at a ceremony to be held on January 31st, 2018 at 1:30 pm at the Japanese Friendship Garden in San […]

40th Anniversary of “Friendship Moon Bridge”: Mito, Japan & Anaheim Shores On November 9th, 2017, a ceremony was held to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the bridge that was built as a visible sign of the cities’ sister city relationship, which began in 1976. The Friendship Moon Bridge is a Japanese-style bridge built in 1977 on […]

On November 4th, a regional and quarterly meeting of Sister Cities International Southern California Chapter was hosted by the Palm Desert Sister City Foundation at the Palm Desert campus of California State University San Bernardino. Highlights of the event included: Coffee and pastries networking reception amidst displays of sister city organization Welcome by Palm Desert […]

Los Angeles Nagoya Sister City Affiliation (LANSCA) & The City of Nagoya On November 1st, 2017, the Los Angeles Nagoya Sister City Affiliation & the City of Nagoya hosted ” 2017 Explore Nagoya and Central Japan” at the residence of the Consul-General of Japan in Hancock Park, Los Angeles. The event began with a reception in […]

On October 25th, 2017, the Consul General of Japan in Los Angeles, Akira Chiba, hosted a special presentation entitled “Walk in U.S., Talk on Japan” and honored Japan-affiliated sister city relationships in Southern California at his official residence. The “Walk in U.S., Talk on Japan” program is taking place in various regions of the U.S., […]

The Pasadena Sister Cities Members hosted lunch for rock group Vordan Karmir from Vanadzor, Armenia. The group also performed at USC for Innovate Armenia on September 23, 2017. While in California, the four musicians performed at the world-famous Whisky a Go Go in Hollywood on October 14th 2017. Former SoCal Sister Cities Board Member Angie Gomez […]