ABOUT SISTER CITIES
President Dwight D. Eisenhower created the U.S. Sister Cities program in 1956 to build global cooperation, promote cultural understanding, and stimulate economic development among cities throughout the world. The City of Los Angeles Sister City program was founded three years later in 1959 with partnerships in Nagoya, Japan and Eilat, Israel. Today, Sister Cities of Los Angeles Inc. promotes international relations, trade, cultural exchange, and peaceful relationships with 25 sister cities and three friendship cities on six continents.
Through a variety of programs, Sister Cities of Los Angeles, Inc. creates opportunities for the officials and citizens of the 25 cities to explore each city’s culture and economy and effect real change at municipal, educational, business, professional, and technical levels. Building "People To People" Relationships is the foundation of every Sister Cities of Los Angeles program.
You can find us at http://sistercitiesofla.com/
WHY CROWDFUNDING?
We are committed to effect real international change through both dialogue and concrete support. Starting with this campaign of general support, we are launching a series of IndieGoGo crowdfunding campaigns to allow the citizens of LA to address the humanitarian needs in our sister cities across the globe through direct action.
Please join us in supporting the work of the Sister Cities of Los Angeles. Your general support contributions will go towards directly helping the many programs that involve residents of the City of Angels and our friends in Athens, Auckland, Beirut, Berlin, Bordeaux, Busan, Eilat, Giza, Guangzhou, Ischia, Jakarta , Kaunas, Lusaka, Makati, Mexico City, Mumbai, Nagoya, St. Petersburg, Salvador, San Salvador, Split, Taipei, Tehran, Vancouver, Yerevan, Manchester, London and Lodz.
Your contribution is tax deductible and you will receive a receipt with our heartfelt thanks.
GENERAL SUPPORT CAMPAIGN
We are launching these crowdfunding campaigns with this campaign of general support. Become a Friend of Sister Cities, and gain the opportunity to engage with the organization, to plan our next decade of work, to sew ideas and to help us act on them.