Press Releases

Past Press Releases

• Denver awarded Sister Cities International’s Sino-African Initiative Grant

  10/19/2012

• Urbana awarded Sister Cities International’s Sino-African Initiative Grant

  10/19/2012

• Asheville/Raleigh awarded Sister Cities International’s Sino-African Initiative Grant

  10/19/2012

• Sister Cities International and the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries sign MoU

  09/13/2012

• Rodger Randle presented with Sister Cities International's Ruth Hashimoto Award

  07/27/2012

• Governor Terry Branstad given Sister Cities International's Michael A. Guido Distinguished Leadership Award

  07/27/2012

• President and CEO writes on citizen diplomacy: Diplomatic Courier Magazine July/August 2012

  07/25/2012

• Sister Cities International welcomes new Chairman, Board of Directors members

  07/19/2012

• Pat Fallin approved as California (Southern) State Coordinator

  07/18/2012

• Noah Miles approved as Wyoming State Coordinator

  07/18/2012

• 2012 Young Artists and Authors Showcase winners announced

  07/02/2012

• Sister Cities International launches new brand

  05/17/2012

• Kathleen Borland wins Volunteer of the Year Award

  05/01/2012

• Denver Sister Cities International, Inc. wins the Innovation: Youth & Education Award (population greater than 500,000)

  05/01/2012

• Greater Fort Lauderdale wins the Innovation: Youth & Education Award (population of 100,001 to 500,000)

  05/01/2012

• Palm Desert Sister Cities Foundation wins the Innovation: Youth & Education Award (population less than 100,000)

  05/01/2012

• Long Beach — Manta Sister Cities wins the Innovation: Sustainable Development Award (population greater than 500,001)

  05/01/2012

• Houston-Karachi Sister City Association wins the Innovation: Humanitarian Assistance Award (population greater than 500,001)

  05/01/2012

• Minneapolis-Eldoret Sister City Program wins the Innovation: Humanitarian Assistance Award (population of 100,001 to 500,000)

  05/01/2012

• City of San Antonio wins the Innovation: Arts & Culture Award (population greater than 500,001)

  05/01/2012

• Tacoma Sister Cities Council wins the Innovation: Arts & Culture Award (population of 100,001 to 500,000)

  05/01/2012

• Brighton Sister Cities wins the Innovation: Arts & Culture Award (population less than 100,000)

  05/01/2012

• Duluth Sister Cities International wins the Innovation: Energy Award (population less than 100,000)

  05/01/2012

• Fort Worth Sister Cities International wins the Best Overall Program Award (population greater than 500,001)

  05/01/2012

• Birmingham Sister Cities Commission wins the Best Overall Program Award (population of 100,001 to 300,000)

  05/01/2012

• Corvallis-Uzhhorod Sister Cities Association wins the Best Overall Program Award (population of 50,001 to 100,000)

  05/01/2012

• Hot Springs Sister City Program wins the Best Overall Program Award (population of 25,001 to 50,000)

  05/01/2012

• Fountain Hills Sister Cities Corporation wins the Best Overall Program Award (population less than 25,000)

  05/01/2012

• Tacoma-Pierce County Sister Cities Council receives funding to send four-member delegation to Kitakyushu, Japan

  04/04/2012

• Sister Cities Association of Springfield receives funding to send four-member delegation to Ashikaga, Japan

  04/04/2012

• Rice Lake International Friendship Association receives funding to send four-member delegation to Miharu, Japan

  04/04/2012

• Maryland-Kanagawa Sister State Committee receives funding to send four-member delegation to Kanagawa, Japan

  04/04/2012

• Lakeland Sister Cities International, Inc. receives funding to send four-member delegation to Imabari Japan

  04/04/2012

• Hot Springs Sister City Program receives funding to send four-member delegation to Hanamaki, Japan

  04/04/2012

• Fort Worth Sister Cities International receives funding to send four-member delegation to Nagaoka, Japan

  04/04/2012

• Georgiana McLeod appointed as the first ever Honorary State Coordinator

  03/22/2012

• Thelma Press approved as Sister Cities International Global Envoy

  03/22/2012

• Sister Cities International hosts “Leveraging Sister City Relationships as a Driver of Economic Development.”

  03/20/2012

• Barbara Sanchez approved as Washington State Coordinator

  03/20/2012

• Mae Ferguson approved as Texas State Coordinator

  03/20/2012

• David C. Van Pelt approved as North Carolina State Coordinator

  03/20/2012

• Evelyn Langston Terhune approved as Arkansas State Coordinator

  03/20/2012

• Robert A. Greninger approved as Arizona State Coordinator

  03/20/2012