Our "Peace Grove of Trees" at Durham Central Park is a partnership between Sister Cities of Durham and Durham Central Park, with support from the City.
Nine Overcup Oak trees are planted to represent our nine Sister Cities. (Pictured at left.) They are hardy trees and provide good shade.
Because of the difficulty of the native trees of some of our Sister Cities to survive in the Durham area, we used the same tree for all of our Sister Cities.
In order to recognize the trees that are representative of our Sister Cities, we have a display sign that pictures the trees that represent each city. See the information below.
Annual Sister Cities/Mayor’s Awards for “Promoting International Understanding”
This is a partnership between Sister Cities and the Office of the Mayor of Durham. The purpose is to recognize both individuals and organizations (non-profits and businesses) in the Durham community who have made significant contributions in helping Durham citizens expand their understanding and awareness of Durham’s international connections. An occasional award is presented to an international guest who has made similar contributions.
2014 Recipients: Kathie Davidson, Riverside High
School; Bill Ingram,
Durham Tech Community College; Latino
Community Credit Union;
Sister
Communities of San Ramon, Nicaragua; Susan
Urakami, Toyama, Japan; Shuangyan
Duan, Zhuzhou, China
2015 Recipients: Star Sampson, Holt Elementary
Language Academy; Tatiana
Podvetelnikova, Kostroma, Russia; Durham
Children’s Choir
Rotary
Clubs of Durham (Durham, North, Southwest, Sunrise), and the Rotary Club of Durham,
England
2016 Recipients: Lenora Helm Hammonds, North
Carolina Central University; Wendell
Tabb, Hillside High School; Durham
Bulls Baseball Club
2017 Recipients: Mayor Bill Bell (Mayor 2001 - 2017); American Dance Festival
2018 Recipients: Dionne Jimenez Githens Middle School; Aaron Greenwald, Exec Director, Duke Performances; Bouncing Bulldogs Youth Group
2019 Recipients: Past Mayors, 1985 – 2011, Honorary Chairs of SCD and instrumental in the growth of Sister Cities of Durham
Wib
Gulley, 1985-89
Chester
Jenkins, 1989-91, deceased;
Harry
Rodenhizer, Jr. 1991-93, deceased;
Sylvia
Kerckhoff, 1993-97;
Nick
Tennyson, 1997-2001
Cane
Creek Cloggers
2020 Recipient: Heidi White, Director International Student Services, DTCC
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Sister Cities of Durham Dorothy Borden Annual Volunteer Award
This
award is named for Dorothy Borden, the Founding President of Sister Cities of
Durham, to recognize members for long term service to SCD.
2012 Mavis Mayer
2013 Anne Berkley, Dottie Osborn
2014 Richard Hill, Scott Hill
2015 Julia Williams-Davis, Ann Evangelisto
2016 Chris Boyer, Boyd Strain
2017 Gwenn Bookman, Dick White
2018 Margaret Harrison, Margaret Neely
2019 Jim Force, Tony Ntiregewala
2020 Nancy Proia, Linda Horstman