SCI's 60th Anniversary Auction

Support Sister Cities International and 60 years of promoting peace through people by participating in our online auction. Auction items will be displayed at the closing dinner of the 60th Annual Conference, The Lou Wozar Diplomatic Awards Dinner on Saturday, July 16 from 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM at The Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C. Help us raise our auction fundraising goal of $26,000!

Founded by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956, Sister Cities International is a nonpartisan 501(c)(3) nonprofit which serves as the national membership organization for individual sister cities, counties, and states across the U.S. This network unites tens of thousands of citizen diplomats and volunteers in 570 member communities with over 2,300 partnerships in 150 countries on six continents and serves as a hub for institutional knowledge and best practices in citizen diplomacy.

Since its inception, Sister Cities International has played a key role in renewing and strengthening important global relationships. President Eisenhower envisioned an organization that could be a champion for peace and prosperity by fostering bonds between people from different communities around the world. By forming these relationships, President Eisenhower reasoned that people of different cultures could celebrate and appreciate their differences and build relationships that would lessen the chance of new conflicts.

Sister Cities International strives to strengthen the sister cities network through strategic institutional partnerships, grants, programs, and support for its members. Sister Cities International motivates and empowers private citizens, municipal officials, and business leaders to conduct long-term, mutually beneficial sister city, county, or state relationships.