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2011

• Sister Cities International Receives Grant to Support Sino-Africa-U.S. Urban Poverty Initiative


• Mary D. Kane Joins Sister Cities International as President and CEO

• Pan-Pacific Conference Media Advisory
  
• Riverside: Assessing Cities’ ‘Sisters’
  The Press-Enterprise
  
• Cincinnati-Ukraine Program Wins Award for 2011 Youth Leadership Award
  
• Citizen Diplomacy Leaders Address Global Issues, Promote City Partnerships at Global Sister Cities and Twinning Summit
  
• Global Sister Cities Summit Concludes with Signing of MoU
  Daily News Egypt
  
• Experts Promote Twinning, Partnership Building in Africa
  Daily News Egypt
  
• First Global Sister Cities and Twinning Summit Kicks off in Cairo
  Daily News Egypt

• The Second World Cities Scientific Development Forum and the First Mayor’s Summit on Disaster Risk Reduction Held in Chengdu, China
  The Sacramento Bee

• Read a letter to Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg from Mayor Brad Cole, SCI Board of Directors Chairman in response to the recent tragedy

• U.S. Department of State Remarks on Importance of Sister City Model
  
• Sister Cities International Launches Youth Ambassador’s Program: North America
  
• Sister Cities International 2011 Young Artists and Authors Showcase Winners and Finalists
  
• Afghanistan: Time to Build
  The Huffington Post

• Chairman Brad Cole Presented Positive Peace Award to ESPN
  ESPN
  
• WCDA President Delivers Speech at Third Session of Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction and World Reconstruction Conference
  
• The Second WCSDF: Focusing on Development and Cooperation Among Cities
  
• ESPN's "Jimmy V Week for Cancer Research" Wins 2010 NGO Positive Peace Award
  
• Citizen Diplomacy: Opportunities for Expanding and Strengthening the U.S.–Iraq Partnership
  

• Sister Cities International Receives Grant Award for U.S. - Japan Sister City Partnerships
  
• Executive Vice President and Interim CEO Jim Doumas Testified on Capitol Hill on FY 2012 Educational and Cultural Affairs Budget. View the written testimony here.
  
• CLAIR Chairperson Yoko Kimura Responds to SCI Board Chairman with Gratitude
• Read letters from Mayor Brad Cole, SCI Board of Directors Chairman, to the Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR) and the Japan Foundation in response to the tragic earthquake and tsunami

• Executive Vice President Speaks on Humanitarian Response in Japan
  
• Sister Cities International Responds with Humanitarian Assistance to Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami Survivors
  
• Sister Cities International Announces Election of Board of Directors and New Officers
  
• Sister Cities International Board Member Speaks to NPR
  
• Help From the U.S. for Afflicted Sister Cities in Japan
  The New York Times
• Sister Cities International Announces 2011 Annual Award Winners
  
• Sister Cities International 55th Annual Conference in Arlington, Virginia, March 3-5, 2011
  
• Sister Cities International Presents William West of Owensboro, Kentucky with the Volunteer of the Year Award
  
• Sister Cities International Presented IBM with the 2011 Corporate Global Responsibility Award
  

• Sister Cities International Presents Mayor Richard M. Daley with the 2011 Michael A. Guido Award
  

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