About Us
There is a movement in the United States. It began in 1956 with President Dwight D. Eisenhower. He envisioned that U.S. cities could create formal partnerships with foreign cities to build relationships. Municipality to municipality, cities could exchange information and ideas in order to build friendships and understand cultural differences.
This idea sparked the beginning of Sister Cities International and a huge step to world peace. Today, more than 600 U.S. cities have relationships in 120 countries, some 2,300 municipal partnerships. Each year, thousands of citizen-diplomats, young and old, represent the United States around the world, promoting democracy and understanding.
For the past 25 years, the Fort Worth Sister Cities organization has been in the forefront of Sister Cities’ leadership, recognized nationally and internationally for its far-reaching, innovative model programs. Its continuously expanding international network now includes seven sister cities:
Reggio Emilia, Italy
Trier, Germany
Nagaoka, Japan
Bandung, Indonesia
Budapest, Hungary
Toluca, Mexico
Mbabane, Swaziland
Fort Worth Sister Cities’ youth programs, including the award-winning International Leadership Academy, are the best in the United States. Sister Cities has established true partnerships with the Fort Worth school district, Texas Christian University, the Black Ecumenical Leaders Alliance, the Fort Worth Convention and Visitors Bureau, and others to offer valuable international experiences to the young people of Fort Worth, all with some financial assistance available. Fort Worth’s program is one that Sister Cities International is proud of. And it's one that Fort Worth is proud of.
We take the U.S. abroad, and we bring the world back home. We train tomorrow's leaders to better serve their city and their world. And we need your help. The world is ready. The time is now
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