The Fort Worth community is invited to participate in a conversation on the current world refugee crisis on April 28 from at 5:30 to 7:00 pm at the Tarrant County College Trinity River Campus, Room Action A 4202. The event is free and open to the public but reservations are required at beth@fwsistercities.org.
The event will include an analysis of the refugee crisis by Dr. Monochehr Dorraj, Professor of Political Science at TCU. A panel discussion will follow on how refugees are affecting our sister cities of Budapest, Hungary; Reggio Emilia, Italy; and Trier, Germany.
The evening will also include an overview of the current situation in Fort Worth. This information will be presented by the directors from Refugee Services of Texas speaking about how refugees are being resettled in Fort Worth.
Our keynote speaker, Manochehr Dorraj, received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Dorraj is a frequent commentator on global affairs in general and Middle East politics in particular. He has granted numerous interviews to international, national, and local media.
For more information and to make your reservation, please contact Beth Weibel at beth@fwsistercities.org.
2016-04-07 08:57
Sister Cities to Hold Conversation on Refugee Crisis
Fort Worth, Texas – Refugee resettlement in Fort Worth to be discussed
The Fort Worth community is invited to participate in a conversation on the current world refugee crisis on April 28 from at 5:30 to 7:00 pm at the Tarrant County College Trinity River Campus, Room Action A 4202. The event is free and open to the public but reservations are required at beth@fwsistercities.org.
The event will include an analysis of the refugee crisis by Dr. Monochehr Dorraj, Professor of Political Science at TCU. A panel discussion will follow on how refugees are affecting our sister cities of Budapest, Hungary; Reggio Emilia, Italy; and Trier, Germany.
The evening will also include an overview of the current situation in Fort Worth. This information will be presented by the directors from Refugee Services of Texas speaking about how refugees are being resettled in Fort Worth.
Our keynote speaker, Manochehr Dorraj, received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Dorraj is a frequent commentator on global affairs in general and Middle East politics in particular. He has granted numerous interviews to international, national, and local media.
For more information and to make your reservation, please contact Beth Weibel at beth@fwsistercities.org.
Later this month, thirty-two students and ten leaders are visiting four of Fort Worth’s eight sister cities including Trier, Germany; Budapest, Hungary; Reggio Emilia, Italy; and Toluca, Mexico.
Toluca, Mexico: Nathan Henderson, Stripling Middle School and Stephanie Atkinson, University of Texas at Arlington.
Twenty-six Fort Worth Sister Cities International delegates will depart Friday on an eight day educational mission to Cuba to learn more about the country and to promote Fort Worth. The delegation will consist of representatives from the business, education, arts and tourism sectors.
Special meetings are set with the U.S. Embassy staff in Havana to discuss the current political climate of the country. While in Havana the delegation will also meet with Professor Carlos Alzugaray Treto on U.S./Cuba Relations. Professor Alzugaray is the Former Cuban Ambassador to the European Union and former Director of the Institute of Foreign Relations in Havana.
Sister Cities is working with Cuba Cultural Travel, an operator under a “People to People” license required by the U.S. Dept. of Treasury who sets regulations for any American citizen wishing to travel to Cuba.
Nearly 100 Fort Worth students recently completed a vigorous selection process and have been selected to represent the City of Fort Worth as Ambassadors to Fort Worth’s international partners.
Ms. Forrest is a teacher at Fort Worth Country Day and has been involved with Sister Cities for many years. She has led the Jr. International Leadership Academy for the past ten years and hosted students from Nagaoka, Japan. She also served as the delegation leader to Japan for the prestigious Harashin scholars program in 2015.
Ms. Oliynyk has served in several leadership positions on the youth board and traveled to several sister cities including Guiyang, China and Bandung, Indonesia. She was also chosen as the recipient of the Sister Cities International Youth Volunteer of the Year award which was presented in Minneapolis, MN at the national conference in July 2015.
Three prestigious youth scholarships were also presented including:
Henry Chao and Zoe Nichols-Payne were recognized as this year’s Rotary International Scholars. These two ninth grade students will develop and organize a service project to be conducted at a school in Guiyang, China in June 2016.
The Women’s Policy Forum of Tarrant County in partnership with Fort Worth Sister Cities International are sending a delegation of top women in leadership for an impactful visit to Fort Worth’s sister city of Toluca, Mexico October 28-November 1.
The delegation consists of: Patricia Alridge, John Peter Smith Hospital; Patricia Cheong, United Way of Tarrant County; Margaret DeMoss, retired public health professional; Judith Harman, community volunteer; Hilde Horchler, community volunteer; Julie Johncox Siglinger, JP Solutions; Cynthia Johnson, Courage and Renewal North Texas; Cathy Kyle, community volunteer; Elizabeth Lawrence, Museum of the Americas; Tracy Marshall, Fort Worth ISD; Chelsea Marshall, World Affairs Council of DFW; Danielle McCown, Fort Worth Sister Cities International; MaryAnn Means Dufrene, Susan G. Komen of Greater Fort Worth; Cynthia Miller, Fort Worth Chamber; Deborah Peoples, community volunteer; Ann Rice, community volunteer; Ronda Stucker, community volunteer.
Toluca, Mexico is Fort Worth’s closest Sister City. Signed in 1998, this partnership has resulted in many programs such as: middle, high, and university school partnerships; municipal and economic forums, as well as trade missions; monarch butterfly tourism; culture, language, and mentoring programs; university interns; and police training programs.
