Fort Worth Sister Cities is a non-profit organization under contract with the City of Fort Worth to operate the Sister Cities program. It is a membership organization supported by membership dues, private donations, grants, special events and by the City of Fort Worth's hotel occupancy taxes. Board of Directors In 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower proposed the people-to-people concept. President Eisenhower thought that relationships fostered in this program would lessen the possibility of future world conflicts. This concept grew and eventually led to the creation of Sister Cities International (SCI). SCI is a nonprofit citizen diplomacy network creating and strengthening partnerships between U.S. and international communities in an effort to increase global cooperation at the municipal level, to promote cultural understanding and to stimulate economic development.       For more...

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