Sister Cities of Durham, North Carolina

Linking Durham to Cities in China, Costa Rica, England, Greece, Japan, Mexico, Romania, Russia, Tanzania

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    Annual Festival of Nations Celebrating Durham's Diverse Internaional Communities.  See below for details about this October event which featured 18 international groups with 41 vendors and booths.

    We invite you to support these programs linking Durham to the world with numerous Exchanges with a "tax deductible" donation.  
    Details below.


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    Sister City Celaya, Mexico presents information about Celaya at our Festival of Nations in October.
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    International Food Vendors at our Annual Festival of Nations.
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    Signing our Sister Cities agreement with Sibiu, Romania.
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    We invite you to join Sister Cities of Durham.
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Our Annual Fund Drive,  Nov. - Dec.
Your tax-deductible donation helps support: -- Numerous Exchange visits,
-- Hosting international visitors to Durham.
Our Exchange programs are in the areas of Education, the Arts, Business, Medicine, Local Government, Environment.

We invite you to make a Donation:
1)  Use the PayPal Button above.
2)  Or Mail a check to:
Sister Cities of Durham
P.O. Box 767;  Durham, NC 27702 


Thank you for your support of 

Sister Cities of Durham

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What Do We Do?


Pictured: Our Festival of Nations on Oct. 12


We celebrated Durham's diversity - 18 nations represented:

-- Argentina, China, Costa Rica, England, Greece,
East Africa Countries, Guatemala, India, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, Romania, Russia, Tanzania, and Scandinavian countries:

 Total of 41 vendors and booths:
 ---12 International Booths
 ---Food Tent -- 9 countries
 ---11 Performers:  Musicians;  Dancers --Tango, Dragon Dancers, Scandinomium;  Choirs; Karate; Drummers
---Vendors selling clothing, jewelry, crafts, etc.


  • A Festival to introduce you to Durham's diverse global culture and the many international groups in Durham.
                      Save the date for 2020  -- Oct. 11

 

                 What Do We Do?


           Library Presentations:
3:00, Sun., Nov. 24, Southwest Regional
        Topic:   "Our 30th Anniversary"
   This program will feature table displays of our Sister Cities and information about how Sister Cities has been a major part of Durham since 1989, by linking Durham to our Sister Cities around the world.  


  Expand Durham's Network of International Cities:
 In 2019, we added these New Sister Cities:
-- Tilaran, Costa Rica
-- Celaya, Mexico
-- Sibiu, Romania
  Pictured above:  Durham Mayor Steve Schewel with Sibiu Mayor Fedor, as they signed our latest Sister Cities partnership on September 16.
     They join our Sister Cities Family:
Arusha, Celaya, Durham-UK, Kavala, Kostroma, Toyama and Zhuzhou, and our Friendship Cities, Kunshan and Xianning in China.


High School Exchange Visits 
Exchanges in 2018 and 2019, with 
Durham, England and Kostroma, Russia.  












Durham students welcome students from England and Kostroma at RDU airport.

                      MEMBERSHIP

We invite you to join us in Sister Cities of Durham to promote a greater understanding of Durham's international connections.

Annual Membership Dues:

-- Family Membership          $35

-- Individual Membership     $20

-- Student Membership        $10

Also Life Time Membership    $300

  

Payment can be made on our PayPal button,

or Mail checks to:

  Sister Cities of Durham

  PO Box 767;  Durham, NC 27702


Thanks for supporting Sister Cities of Durham


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