Jul
07
Sister Cities International is excited to announce our 2021 Virtual Annual Conference! This year’s theme is “Building Stronger Ties for an Interconnected World” and will take place on Thursday, July 15th and Friday, July 16th. Stay updated for more information on speakers and featured events. Go to Sister Cities International...
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May
17
Aspen Sister Cities members dedicated a plaque in Sister Cities Plaza on Thursday to Don Sheeley, who served as president of the organization from 1998 until his death in 2017. His wife, Jill Sheeley, is the current president of the group that maintains relationships with seven sister cities on four continents....
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May
17
Sister Cities International (SCI) is pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for the 2021 Youth Leadership Summit (YLS). The Youth Leadership Summit is designed to engage future leaders and expose them to important global challenges. Through the Summit, SCI empowers young people to think globally, spurring a new...
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Feb
14
For decades, Sister Cities International has leveraged the power that art has to transform societies and transcend cultural boundaries through the Young Artists and Authors Showcase, or YAAS. The Showcase has given youth worldwide the opportunity to express their vision for a more unified, peaceful world through original art and...
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Feb
07
Read "The Aspen Times" article
Feb
05
Sister Cities International was founded by Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956 at the White House Conference on Citizen Diplomacy. Since then, we have been honored to have every U.S. president serve as the organization’s Honorary Chairman, including Presidents Trump, Obama, Bush, Clinton and now President-elect Biden. Read more and...
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Dec
04
In spite of a pandemic, the objective for the Aspen-Bariloche Virtual Exchange was to find a way in which the students from Aspen, as well as those from Bariloche could still come together during these unprecedented times and have a cultural experience that they had longed for. “Many students responded to the virtual...
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Dec
03
My name is Robert Christensen and I am a practicing dentist in Aspen, Colorado. I have been lucky to be able to participte in the Aspen-Bariloche Sister Cities medical exchange since 2007. It has been a very gratifying exchange of knowledge, techniques, and professional respect with my dental colleagues in...
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Oct
28
Since Aspen is emerging from its summer/fall seasons and Bariloche is entering its spring/summer seasons we were able to share some of our collective experiences regarding the tourist economy during times of Covid with city and tourism officials of our two cities. Present in this virtual meeting were Sarah Reynolds and...
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