Sister Cities of Nashville

Sister Cities of Nashville Wins Two Top Awards

We're thrilled to report that Sister Cities of Nashville has won two awards in Sister Cities International's 2019 Annual Awards competition, open to 500+ member cities. We won the Innovation Award for Arts & Culture (for population over 100,000) for our "Nashville in Belfast" festival and our nominee for the Youth Leadership Award -- Olivia Connor -- also won. The awards were presented at the Sister Cities International Annual Conference in Houston, Texas in July.

Upcoming Trip Opportunities for Sister Cities' Citizen Diplomats:

Edmonton, Canada - August 1 - 6, 2019 - Edmonton's Heritage Festival is named by UNESCO as the world's largest cultural festival. Sister Cities/Nashville to have a booth at festival featuring cuisine and culture of the South.

Caen, France - September 5 - 8, 2019 - Annual legal delegation exchange to Caen (other professions welcome to join).

Magdeburg and Berlin, Germany - November 2 - 10,2019 - Travel to Berlin and our sister city Magdeburg, formerly in the GDR, over the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Berlin will host a huge festival that will turn the city into an open-air exhibit. Magdeburg will celebrate the day its citizens regained their freedom. Join us for this historic occasion.

For trip information, contact director@scnashville.org.

Upcoming Summer Events:

Sister Cities Party Bus for InterNASHional Food Crawl - Saturday, August 31 from noon to 4 p.m. As a member benefit, Sister Cities has its own bus and curated food tour for this benefit hosted by the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition. Discounted bus tickets here.

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