Bakersfield Sister City Project Corporation

Join us for our next SCI Global Conversation, The Sister Cities Effect: Bringing Communities Together! We have a variety of citizen diplomats and city officials, as well as our very own Mayor Ron Nirenberg as speakers! See our website to register and find more information!

Matthew Steven's shared this story about Wakayama from the BBC. When you go to their page, you will find two more articles about Wakayama listed along the right side. Enjoy!

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We are excited to announce the dedication of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial, honoring the 34th President of the United States and Founder of SCI! There are s...everal public online events you can attend - check them out here! https://eisenhowermemorial.gov/ Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission See more

Watch the Kern County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s 9th annual celebration of EL GRITO DE DOLORES and the 210th year of Mexican Independence Day, TUESDAY, SEPT...EMBER 15 on TELEMUNDO at 6:00-7:00 PM. Enjoy these preview photos of the beautiful evening of culture, entertainment, and history. Honored to present a proclamation to Consul Adriana Gonzalez Carrillo, Mexican Consulate. Congratulations to the scholarship awardees. Many thanks to President/CEO Jay Tamsi and the Hispanic Chamber team. See more

In case you missed the SCI Virtual Conference (July 8-9, 2020), here is a link to the agenda and presenters and performers that appeared. https://sistercities.org//2020-annual-conference-and-meet/

In 1986, John Denver composed and sang this song "Sister Cities: We Are One", in honor of Sister Cities International volunteer Ruth Hashimoto. Here is his performance of that song, with a photo montage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfsAKaW2dqo SCI played it each day of this years Sister Cities International Virtual Conference.

Today's session of the SCI Virtual Conference, concluded with "From the Sun to the Moon", performance art by Kevork Mourad, an Armenian artist, accompanied by music by Emmanuel Hovhannisyan. Here is a link to that performance on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/410025400

One of the highlights of the Sister Cities International virtual conference today was this video of Dionne Warwick singing "What the World Needs Now." She also personally introduced the video from what appeared to be her own kitchen. I hope you enjoy this powerful message. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5Chxe89O6c

The Berkeley-Sakai Association invites you to join them for a virtual film screening fundraiser next week, featuring the film THE HARIMAYA BRIDGE. Watch the fil...m anytime Thursday, July 9th through Sunday, July 12th, 2020. Q&A with the film's director/writer and producer will be Sunday, July 12th, 7:00 pm PST (click link below for full details). THE HARIMAYA BRIDGE tells the story of an American man who must visit rural Japan after the death of his son, to claim some important family items. Upon his arrival, this father discovers some of the secrets his son left behind and begins to see the world differently. This film is very timely, as it also highlights African American and Japanese characters overcoming prejudice. https://www.caljapansistercities.org//the-harimaya-bridge-

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News from Cixi, China. Next year we will celebrate the 25th Anniversary of our affiliation. John Hefner shared this message that he received from our friend "Edgar".

Bakersfield Sister City is Committed to the Cause of Peace, Respect, & Mutual Respect within Our Community & with Our Sister Cities

An important message from Sister Cities International about recent events.