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Thursday, 11 February 2010 22:17

PLEASE WELCOME THE DELEGATION VISITING FROM SAN CRISTOBOL DE LAS CASAS!

On June 21 delegation members from our sister city, San Cristobol de las Casas, will arrive to explore Asheville, Westeren Carolina University, Mars Hill College, and be guests at a number of events.

Attending will be

Dely Paniagua, the Mayor's representative and Director of Recreation and Culture for the City of San Cristobal

Ines Paniagua Solis, sister Co-Chair for Asheville Committee in San Cristobal, and works with Grameen, Inc., for a Mayan Artisan Program

Dr. Andreas Fabregas Puig, Rector of Universidad Intercultural de Chiapas (UNICH)

Dr. Claudio Sartorello, Director of bi-lingual and Intercultural education at UNICH

Hiram Marina, Producer of the production Palenque Rojo (Mr. Marina will not arrive until Tuesday).

The group will tour Handmade in America, the Folk Art Center, Warren Wilson College, Curbie Recycling and Mountain BizWorks.

Wednesday and Thursday will be spent at Western Carolina University and it's Cherokee Language Program. This discussion will include performing arts and local artisan programs.

Friday the group will be at Mars Hill College to reconnect with long time supporters there.

The group will be introduced at City Council on Tuesday afternoon, June 22nd by Sarah Delcourt, Chair of the San Cristobol Committee.

The group will be hosted at a reception at the home of Carroll and Gwen Hughes Tuesday evening, and be guests at a pot luck dinner at Mr. George Stewart's home on Friday evening.

The group will depart Asheville on Saturday, June 26.

DELEGATION VISIT FROM OSOGBO, NIGERIA

A HUGE SUCCESS!!

The delegates visiting from Osogbo, Nigeria, had an extradordinary visit to Asheville! They were impressed with our Public Works Department, Curbie, MAHEC, Mission Hospital, and, of course, the hospitality of our members!

For fun they attended several receptions as well as the Drum Circle downtown on their Friday evening event.

See the Osogbo page for details.

Greetings Members and Friends of Asheville Sister Cities, Inc. We are delighted to welcome a six member delegation from our sister city of Osogbo, Nigeria! The delegates arrived in Asheville after 1 a.m. Tuesday, after a very long trip from Nigeria. Nevertheless, they were in high spirits and ready to proceed with their visit-after a short nap! On their first day in Asheville, the group toured our Public Works facilities, Curbside Management, MSD facility, met with City Council, and were guests for dinner at the Ritz with the Asheville Black Businessmen's Alliance.

Today, Wednesday, May 5, the group will breakfast with the Rotary Club of North Asheville, tour the Buncombe County Health Department, Mission Hospital, the WNC Aids Alliance, and will be honored at a dinner at the YMI Cultural Center.

For further information regarding the delegation's itinerary, please click on "Events" in the left column. A note: everyone is invited to Pisgah View Ranch at 5 p.m., Saturday, May 8th. There will be a $15 pp charge for dinner at the door.

Asheville and Sister Cities International

Thursday, 28 January 2010 23:38

The Sister Cities' programs center around promoting world peace.

With the friends we have interconnected with throughout the world—the arms we have around each other's shoulders will hopefully make our "world community" stronger.

The Asheville Sister City Program

Organized in 1988, Asheville Sister Cities Incorporated (ASCI) is an independent 501(c)3, that is people oriented community organization affiliated with the city of Asheville and Sister Cities International.

In conjunction with local governments, it serves to promote international awareness and maintain good relations with the sister cities linked to Asheville.

The Asheville Sister Cities program is open to all individuals and organizations in the Asheville community.

Membership in the Sister Cities program promises to be a rewarding and fun experience! Join us for international film festivals, food tasting from around the world, travel opportunities, and a chance to promote peace through global friendship with our partner sister cities.

We offer many unique and interesting opportunities:
* Cultural Exchanges
* Joint Business Ventures
* Student Exchanges
* Professional Training
* Volunteer Opportunities

Please invite your friends and family to join us in celebrating Asheville Sister Cities and it's accomplishments. Stop by the ASCI offices at 33 Page Avenue for more information!

Sister Cities International

Sister Cities International is a nonprofit citizen diplomacy network that creates and strengthens partnerships between U.S. and international communities. We strive to build global cooperation at the municipal level, promote cultural understanding and stimulate economic development.

Sister Cities International is a leader for local community development and volunteer action. We motivate and empower private citizens, municipal officials and business leaders to conduct long-term sister city programs. We believe that sister city programs involve two-way communication and should mutually benefit partnering communities.

Our goals are to:

Develop municipal partnerships between U.S. cities, counties, and states and similar jurisdictions in other nations.
Provide opportunities for city officials and citizens to experience and explore other cultures through long-term community partnerships.
Create an atmosphere in which economic and community development can be implemented and strengthened.
Stimulate environments through which communities will creatively learn, work, and solve problems together through reciprocal cultural, educational, municipal, business, professional and technical exchanges and projects.
Collaborate with organizations in the United States and other countries which share similar goals.

Sister Cities International (SCI) was created in 1956 by the Eisenhower administration to improve global understanding and cooperation. Since that time, more than 1200 communities in the United States have been linked with more than 2,100 partners in 117 countries and involving hundreds of thousands of volunteers. It is one of the largest volunteer organizations in the world, growing out of the recognition that we all are members of a single global community. It is a unique non-profit organization, nationwide/worldwide in scope, involving governments, businesses, cultural and educational sectors and private volunteers.