Fort Worth Sister Cities

Holiday Traditions Around the World
2020-12-13 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom
Join us to hear from the youth board as they share holiday traditions from our sister cities and around the world! Friends from Toluca and Eswatini will also be present to share their holiday cultures and traditions. They will also share special holiday recipes from Mexico and Italy, so join us to hear from them about how they are made. If you want to challenge yourself and attempt the recipes ahead of time, here are the recipes for Italian Christmas cookies and tamales. Make them before the meeting and tell us about how yours turned out!

Register online.

The Return of the Dragon
2020-12-08 14:00 - 15:00 | Zoom
CHINA’S CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES POST-COVID

In partnership with

Join us to hear Dr. Carrie Liu Currier, Associate Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department at Texas Christian University, speak from an expert’s perspective on politics in China.

Dr. Currier teaches courses in Asian politics, comparative politics, feminist international relations theory, international relations, and global political economy. Her research has generally focused on: 1) economic reform in China, to understand how developing countries are adapting to the demands of globalization, 2) China’s Foreign Policy with the Middle East, examining both arms transfers and the pursuit of energy, 3) China’s energy policy and pursuit of resources, 4) China’s one child policy and its social implications, and 5) the politics of entrepreneurship in Taiwan and China.

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Cultural Competency Training Workshop
2020-11-17 14:00 - 15:00 | Zoom
IT’S NOT ALL ABOUT YOU: Cultural Competency Here and Abroad

You will learn about:

Other cultures, how they communicate, and how they operate
The difference between protocol and diplomacy
Improving and expanding international business relations
Persevering in difficult situations
Getting the most value out of your travels
Creating a welcoming experience for people of other cultures
Becoming more culturally competent and appreciative of other cultures

Want to attend? Cultural competency training is free to those who belong to the Members Circle of Giving. Not yet a member? Join today! Eligible members, please RSVP here. Non-members can register at the link below.

Register online.

Reggio Emilia 35th Anniversary Celebration
2020-10-29 18:00 - 22:00 | Coyote Drive-In, 223 NE 4th St., Fort Worth, TX, 76164, United States
To commemorate the 35th anniversary of the original signing of sister city agreements between Reggio Emilia, Italy and Fort Worth, Texas, USA on Oct. 29, 1985, join us at the Coyote Drive-In for a special viewing of the Italian Job (2003). Before the movie starts, hear from Mayor Betsy Price and Mayor Luca Vecchi as they salute this exciting milestone.

Gates open at 6 p.m. and the show starts at 7:30 p.m. It is recommended to arrive at least 60 minutes early to avoid lines, get a good spot, relax with some food and a drink before the shows, and watch the sunset.

And, in celebration of our 35th anniversary with Reggio Emilia, the 35th car to arrive and check in will receive a special gift all the way from Italy!

The Evolution of Language
2020-10-25 13:00 - 14:00 | Zoom
Join the youth group Fort Worth Youth International and students from our sister cities for a fascinating discussion about the evolution of language and meanings of slang and informal phrases. Language is such a crucial part of culture, and Fort Worth Youth International wants to learn more about cultures all over the world. Students from our Sister Cities will join us to discuss the idioms that are unique to their cultures and share a few specific examples of cultural sayings.

Register online.

2020-21 Youth events calendar.

Hidden Gems: Fort Worth & Budapest
2020-10-19 - 2020-10-23
In honor of Republic Day in Hungary on Oct. 23, we are inviting you all to participate in a fascinating and eye-opening social media challenge. Starting Oct. 19, the Budapest Committee will start sharing their favorite hidden gems about Fort Worth and Budapest on Facebook and Instagram.

We want you to post your favorite image of something off the beaten path in your city, e.g. an architectural gem or sculpture not normally seen by tourists or even generally known to residents. So, think unusual, interesting places and people in your city that not everyone may have heard of, but has a special meaning to you.

People from Fort Worth are encouraged to share their favorite photos from Fort Worth, and our Budapest friends are encouraged to share photos from Budapest. However, if you have visited either city and have interesting photos from there, please share, and share your story.

To participate make sure you:

Use the hashtag #hiddengems
Make your post public so we can share it
Tag @fortworthsistercities
Nominate three friends to do the same

Join the Budapest Facebook group.

The Amazing Art and Culture of Eswatini
2020-10-13 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
We are so excited to invite you to join us for a lovely virtual afternoon of culture from our African sister city of Mbabane, Eswatini. Our friend and artist Honest Mhlanga will be joining us and will share his art and talk about his recent projects. Our students and some alumni from Mbabane (known as the Spearheaders) will also be attending and will share their culture with us.

We are meeting at lunch time, so try one of these recipes and join us:
Slaai (avocado salad)
Sidvudvu (pumpkin porridge)

Register online.

Bandung-Fort Worth Summit
2020-09-29 20:30 - 21:30
We are delighted to announce a planned connection between the Fort Worth and Bandung Sister Cities supporters. We have contacted Bandung officials to discuss COVID-19 status and recovery, education challenges at all levels, plans for student programs, and future visit ideas. Join us for a fun and informative evening with our friends from Indonesia.

Register online.

Sister Cities International Annual Conference
2020-07-08 - 2020-07-09
This year, Sister Cities International is tackling the virtual world by introducing their very first online conference. As more sister cities programs explore new ways of connecting with their international partners, they thought it would appropriate that this year’s conference theme be “Reimagining Citizen Diplomacy: New Connections in a Virtual World”. They are also excited to report that there will be no cost to participate in this year’s event. We hope you will join us at the 2020 Annual Conference!

Register for the conference

35 Things in 35 Days
2020-05-23 - 2020-06-26
This year marks the 35th anniversary of the establishment of Fort Worth Sister Cities International. To celebrate our sister cities and everything international, join us every day live at noon starting May 23. Like us on Facebook to follow along as we share educational, informative and entertaining content leading up to our official anniversary on June 26.
A special thank you to our amazing volunteers and international friends for gathering material to share as we celebrate our 35 years of service to Fort Worth!

See the videos on Facebook

Check out the content calendar

Board of Directors Meeting
2020-05-13 12:00 - 13:00 | City Club, 301 Commerce Street, Fort Worth, TX, 76102, United States
The Fort Worth Sister Cities Board of Directors will meet at the City Club in the President’s Room.

Lunch will be provided for $25.

Purchase lunch.

Executive Committee meeting
2020-04-15 14:30 - 15:30 | City Club, 301 Commerce Street, Fort Worth, TX, 76102, United States
The Executive Committee of Fort Worth Sister Cities will meet virtually.

Italy informational meeting - CANCELED
2020-03-24 17:00 - 18:30 | Classic Wine Storage, 2915 Riverglen Dr., Fort Worth, TX, 76109, United States
Learn about our journey to the “Bel Paese,” beautiful country, and how you can explore the pockets of Italy that make the country a classic. We will provide you an update on travel plans and itinerary, hear your suggestions, answer questions and continue planning. Please RSVP to Mae at mae@fwsistercities.org.

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Youth Community Service Project
2020-03-07 13:00 - 18:00 | OD Wyatt High School, 2400 E Seminary Dr, Fort Worth, TX, 76119, United States
Join Fort Worth Youth International for a special community service project on March 7. Students will be cleaning up the Seminary area, which is also home to many of our community’s refugees. Bring your friends and help us in making their neighborhood cleaner. Registration required at the link below.

Register online

A World of Art: Connecting Fort Worth and Guiyang
2020-03-06
Fort Worth is excited to partner with our sister city of Guiyang, China for a student art contest to promote global awareness between the two cities. Artists will submit an original painting about what being from the Fort Worth community means to them. The selected paintings will be given as a gift to Guiyang in the spirit of friendship and cultural understanding.
Eligibility

Must be original work
Water color, oils, pastels, pen & ink, charcoal, or mixed media is acceptable
Nothing digitally produced and no photography
No larger than 16in x 16in
Artist must be high school student in Fort Worth

Submissions due March 6.

Download the application

Tricolore Youth Sports Games informational meeting
2020-03-01 13:30 - 15:00 | UNT Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX, 76107, United States
Fort Worth youth athletes from a variety of sports have an opportunity of a lifetime to join Team U.S.A. and travel to Reggio Emilia, Italy for the seventh edition of the Tricolore Youth Sports Games. Fort Worth is the only city invited to represent the U.S.A. and will join 3,000 athletes from 20 other countries for this unique experience.

Sister Cities selects coaches from schools and sports teams who are responsible for the selection of athletes for teams based on their sport’s requirements and Sister Cities’ guidelines. Selected athletes and coaches are required to attend team and cultural orientations and cover all expenses pertaining to their participation.

If you are interested in becoming a coach, a youth athlete on a team or just want more information about how to get involved, join us at this informational meeting and bring your friends.

Mardi Gras Celebration
2020-02-25 18:00 - 20:00 | Home of Brent Hyder, 4900 Bryce, Fort Worth, TX, 76107, United States
Enjoy the fun of Mardi Gras in the French tradition! As a party goer you will get to:

Sample French cuisine and wine
Play petanque, a lawn game popular in Provence
Experience live French music
Join in the costume contest
Learn how to speak French

EVENT IS SOLD OUT

Mexico State Representatives visit Fort Worth
2020-02-23 - 2020-02-26
Six delegates from Toluca are visiting Fort Worth Feb. 23-26. They are planning to attend the Mexico-US Sister Cities Mayors Summit in El Paso later in the week, but first they are coming to Fort Worth. The delegation is interested in learning more about how our community manages the challenges of domestic violence. If you would like to be involved in planning their stay, please email beth@fwsistercities.org.

Planning meeting to welcome Serbians
2020-02-05 17:30 - 19:00 | Classic Wine Storage, 2915 Riverglen Dr., Fort Worth, TX, 76109, United States
Want to learn more about Serbia? Join Fort Worth Sister Cities International for a planning meeting about an upcoming inbound exchange with a delegation from this country. Fort Worth Sister Cities has partnered with the Open World Leadership Center and will accept a delegation of federal judges from Serbia June 13-20. The goal of the program is to improve case and trial management skills of criminal court trial judges and will expose them to best practices in high-volume American courts.

Please join us as we create this exciting global connection for Fort Worth and learn how you can get involved.

RSVP to danielle@fwsistercities.org by Feb. 3.

Learn more about the Open World Leadership Center>>

Planning meeting to welcome Georgians
2020-01-09 17:30 - 19:00 | Classic Wine Storage, 2915 Riverglen Dr., Fort Worth, TX, 76109, United States
Want to learn more about the Republic of Georgia? Join Fort Worth Sister Cities International for a planning meeting about an upcoming inbound exchange with a delegation from this country. Fort Worth Sister Cities has partnered with the Open World Leadership Center and will accept a delegation of city planners from Georgia April 3-11. The delegates are interested in learning methodologies and practices that determine the significance of important cultural legacies and the design of appropriate conservation and management measures.

Please join us as we create this exciting global connection for Fort Worth and learn how you can get involved.

RSVP to danielle@fwsistercities.org by Jan. 6.

Learn more about the Open World Leadership Center>>

Nîmes Committee meeting
2019-12-16 17:30 - 19:00 | The home of Rachel Malone, 4231 El Campo Av., Fort Worth, TX, 76107, United States
Join us to celebrate all things France this holiday season. We will be planning the Mardi Gras celebration scheduled for Feb. 25.

Bandung Committee meeting
2019-12-05 17:30 - 19:00 | Malai Kitchen, 5289 Monahans Ave., Fort Worth, TX, 76109, United States
Mark your calendars and plan to attend an important meeting of the Bandung Committee. We will be getting acquainted and reacquainted and making plans to engage our community with those in Bandung. We will also be talking about our upcoming trip to Indonesia in the spring of 2020. Food and drink are on your own. Please RSVP to beth@fwsistercities.org.

Guiyang Committee meeting
2019-12-03 17:30 - 19:00 | Cannon Chinese Kitchen, 304 West Cannon St., Fort Worth, TX, 76104, United States
Join us for a get acquainted dinner to talk about Fort Worth’s Chinese sister city, Guiyang. Whether you are familiar with the culture or not, or you just want to see what it’s all about, come for some great Chinese food and learn about this unique partnership. Food and drink are on your own. Please RSVP to beth@fwsistercities.org.

Extraordinary Italian Taste
2019-11-18 - 2019-11-19 | Tarrant Area Food Bank, 2600 Cullen St., Fort Worth, TX, 76107, United States
Brand ambassadors from Italy’s top culinary institutions will be visiting Fort Worth to showcase authentic Italian products, offering master classes and tastings for culinary professionals and food enthusiasts.
SCHEDULE
Nov. 18, Professional Master Class, 9 am-12 pm
Do you work in the culinary industry? Are you interested in learning more about what makes Italian products extraordinary? Come learn best practices for working with authentic Italian ingredients. Seating is limited.

Register for Professional Master Class.
Nov. 18, General Public Master Class, 1 pm-4 pm
Are you a food enthusiast? Do you love Italian food? Join us for a cooking class and tasting showcasing the top Italian products.

Register for General Public Master Class.
Nov. 19, Buyer Breakfast, 8 am-10 am
Do you help connect restaurants and chefs with the products they need? Come learn more about the distinctive characteristics of traditional Italian products and hear about unique opportunities to add to your product lines.

Register for Buyer Breakfast.
Nov. 19, Wine Tasting, 11pm-1pm
Are you involved in the selection of wines for a business, group, or company? Do you want to know more about Italian wines? Join us for a guided tasting geared for wine enthusiasts and professionals.

Register for Wine Tasting.
Nov. 19, Reggio Children Food Workshop, 4pm-6pm
Are you interested in early childhood education as it relates to nutrition? Learn about Reggio Children’s ‘Pause’ program which supports children’s research and promotes people to pause and appreciate not only the taste of food but where food comes from, how it brings us together, and can connects us across cultures.

Note: this workshop will take place at Locavore, 715 Hawthorne Ave.

Register for Reggio Children workshop.

Celebrate Dia de los Muertos
2019-10-31 - 2019-11-04
TRIP IS CLOSED.
Travel with Fort Worth Sister Cities International and experience the traditional, modern and historical wonders of Mexico. This is a unique and exclusive trip where you will get to know Mexico as a local.

Travel as an ambassador of Fort Worth along with city leaders while fulfilling our goal to strengthen this relationship between the peoples of these two great cities. We’ll be greeted as guests when we arrive in Toluca, Fort Worth’s Sister City of 20+ years.

Check out the tentative itinerary

Trier Committee Meeting
2019-10-22 18:00 - 19:30 | Greenwood’s German Restaurant, 3522 Blue Bonnet Circle, Fort Worth, TX, 76109, United States
You are invited to join us for dinner so we can collectively honor our dear friend and Trier sister city relationship “mother,” Hilde Horchler. Hilde was recently honored by the city of Trier with the special citizen’s award. It was presented by Lord Mayor Leibe and given to her by the city of Trier. Please join us to celebrate our dear friend and to celebrate German culture.

Make sure to RSVP to beth@fwsistercities.org before Oct. 18 so we can plan accordingly for table size.

Official Signing in Nîmes, France
2019-09-25 - 2019-10-04
Fort Worth Sister Cities is heading to France to sign the reciprocal agreement solidifying the official partnership between Fort Worth and Nîmes. While there delegates will visit famous Roman sites such as the Pont du Gard aqueduct, the Nîmes Arena and the Maison Carrée (Square House). There are also planned side trips to Paris, Giverny, Normandy and Mont-Saint-Michel.

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Youth Leadership Summit
2019-07-17 - 2019-07-19 | Rice University
Every year, the Youth Leadership Summit is held in concurrence with the national Sister Cities International Annual Conference. This year’s summit and conference is being held in Houston, TX and we want a big representation from Fort Worth.
The Youth Leadership Summit engages students ages 14 – 18 through specialized simulations, site visits, speaker sessions, and peer interactions to empower them to think globally about critical issues.
By interacting with other peers from around the world, students at the summit become a new generation of volunteers who are instrumental in promoting peace, mutual respect, and understanding among communities locally and worldwide.
Contact beth@fwsistercities.org if you plan to represent Fort Worth Sister Cities International at the Youth Leadership Summit. Space is limited so register as soon as possible. Deadline to register is July 5.
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
2019-05-15 18:30 - 21:00 | TCU Sid Richardson Lecture Hall, 2955 South University Drive, Fort Worth, TX, 76109, United States
The Nîmes Committee and the TCU Office of International Services invite you to a free showing of William Dieterle’s 1939 film, The Hunchback of Notre Dame. See how 2019 Paris differs immensely from 1939 Paris and commemorate the historic monument 80 years after Dieterle’s iconic film shocked the world.

Parking is located on West Bowie across the street from the building in the open lot.

A very special thank you to John Singleton and the Kinomonda Global Cinema Project for organizing!
MORE ABOUT THE FILM
80 years after Dieterle’s iconic film, cell phones, televisions and digital media ignited in an incendiary silence as one of the world’s most famous structures smoldered, burned, collapsed and smoldered again. Parisians, tourists, art students and virtually everyone familiar with the iconographic church watched in sadness and awe as something seemingly impossible happened—a monument to human history was reduced to ashes. Like the ancient libraries of Alexandria, something immeasurable and unattainable again was lost.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame takes us backward in time, to a moment in history when not only the Pope but anything affiliated with the church was infallible. Victor Hugo’s story is amazing in his ability to write in such a way that a story relevant at the turn of the 19th century would also be relevant 100 years earlier, or unfortunately, 100 years later.

The new Notre Dame will undoubtedly be shiny and beautiful. May the stories of the new Notre Dame resonate with beauty and hope.

Exploratory Mission to Argentina & Uruguay
2019-05-03 - 2019-05-12
Join Fort Worth Sister Cities International as we explore South America!

First stops are Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina, and Montevideo, capital of Uruguay. Discover beaches, beef, gauchos, wine – and amazingly generous and hospitable people.

ITINERARY ACTIVITIES:

Eat at a famed “parilla,” a South American grill
Explore the colorful and vibrant Caminito street
Discover handmade artisan wares in the bustling San Telmo Market
Get lost in the Recoleta Cemetery and visit the tombs of its famous inhabitants
Explore the cobblestone town of Colonia del Sacramento, a UNESCO World Heritage site
Step back in time into Montevideo’s Old City filled with street musicians and vendors
Sip Uruguayan tannats and albariños on a wine tasting excursion
Learn about the way of the South American cowboy at the Gaucho Museum

$1,000 deposit due Jan. 18. All costs are approximate.

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See the tentative itinerary
