Timbah Bell, a former Aspen High School English teacher, heads to sister city of Shimukappu, Japan, to teach English. “Beauty Noted” is a new bimonthly column by Timbah, which will... read more →
Calling young artists, photographers, authors, poets and musicians! Sister Cities International Announces the 2022 YAAS theme "Generation Rescue: Sustainable Water for All". Submission deadline April 1, 2022. For more information... read more →
Congratulations to the students who worked the 2021 Ducky Derby and fundraised for the Aspen Sister Cities Middle School Student Exchange program! ... read more →
Sister Cities International is excited to announce our 2021 Virtual Annual Conference! This year’s theme is “Building Stronger Ties for an Interconnected World” and will take place on Thursday, July... read more →
Aspen Sister Cities members dedicated a plaque in Sister Cities Plaza on Thursday to Don Sheeley, who served as president of the organization from 1998 until his death in 2017. His... read more →
Sister Cities International (SCI) is pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for the 2021 Youth Leadership Summit (YLS). The Youth Leadership Summit is designed to engage future leaders... read more →
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Sister Cities International was founded by Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956 at the White House Conference on Citizen Diplomacy. Since then, we have been honored to have every U.S.... read more →
"Reimagining Citizen Diplomacy: New Connections in a Virtual World" This July 8-9 Sister Cities International is offering an online conference. There will be no cost to participate. To register and... read more →
A unique program that Aspen and Shimukappu have shared since March of 1991, is an English Teacher position. An individual from the Aspen area lives and teaches English in Shimukappu for approximately two... read more →