About B-CS Sister Cities
History
Sister Cities Int'l was created at President Dwight D. Eisenhower's 1956 White House conference on citizen diplomacy, where he 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 relationships, he reasoned that people of different cultures could celebrate and appreciate their differences and build partnerships that would lessen the chances of new conflicts.
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B-CS Sisters Cities was established then, in 1989 to promote cultural understanding, fellowship, and communications between our cities and our first sister city, Kazan, Russia. However, Kazan has been moved to an Emeritus Status, as well as our second Sister City (ZuaZua, Mexico). We have 3 sister cities at present. They are: Bastogne-Belgium; Greifswald-Germany and Salamanca-Mexico.
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The B-CS Sister Cities Association is affiliated with both the Texas Sister Cities Association and the International Sister Cities Association.
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Recognizing our role in the global community, the purpose of the B-CS Sister Cities Association is to facilitate mutual cultural understanding, education, relationships and technical and economic development exchange.
Sister Cities International promotes peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation—one individual, one community at a time.
Board Members
MARTIN ZIMMERMANN
PRESIDENT
APRIL CROW
VICE PRESIDENT
NANCY GRANOVSKY
TREASURER
DAVE RUESINK
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
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CHARLES MARTINEZ
BILL LARTIGUE
VERONICA MORGAN
JIM MAZURKIEWICZ
JAMIE BASSETT
JOHN NICHOLS
JANET FRYE
NANCY BERRY
JEFF MCMASTER
KARIN LOFTIN
LUIZA PACHECO
Join B-CS Sister Cities Board Member
If you are interested in joining B-CS Sister Cities Board, please fill out the following form, and contact us (bcssistercities@gmail.com and/or druesink@gmail.com).
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Board Meetings are held on 2nd Monday monthly at 5:30 PM.
