Northern California Chapter of Sister Cities International

Friendship Celebration – Where Sushi Meets Borshch
2024-04-20 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Enmanji Buddhist Temple, 1200 Gravenstein Hwy S, Sebastopol, 95472, United States
Please join us at our Sebastopol Word Friend Friendship Celebration – Where Sushi Meets Borshch!
This is our annual tradition where friends and supporters gather and celebrate our community, our sister cities and their cultures, and our work for world peace.
Enjoy the harmony of sushi and borsch from Japan and Ukraine, where Sebastopol has our two sister cities: Takeo and Chyhyryn. Food service from 3 p.m. with program starting at 3:30 p.m. featuring cultural entertainment by Sonoma County Taiko’s drumming and Eleanor and Angeline Bezhenar AKA “The Bezhenar Sisters “, local singers of Ukrainian songs.
Pre-registration is suggested. Ticket donation amounts are $25 for adults and $15 for children and seniors.
For more information about the Friendship Celebration and Sebastopol World Friends, visit www.sebastopolwf.org or contact info@sebastopolwf.org.

2024 2nd Quarter NorCal Chapter Board meeting
2024-04-20 12:00 - 14:00 | Sonoma County Japanese American Citizens League Office, 515 Petaluma Ave., Sebastopol, CA, 95472, United States

Concord Ambassadors General Meeting
2024-04-18 18:30 - 19:30, 2024-03-21 18:30 - 19:30, 2024-02-15 18:30 - 19:30, 2024-01-18 18:30 - 19:30 | Concord City Hall – Garden Conference Room, 1950 Parkside Drive, Concord, CA, 94519, United States

Oakland-Fukuoka Sister City Association general meeting
2024-04-16 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-03-19 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-02-20 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-01-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Zoom
General meetings are typically held on the third Tuesday of the month. All are welcome to attend!
To receive the Zoom meeting link, email ofsca1962@gmail.com.
This is an open meeting using the free Zoom video/audio meeting platform. No subscription is required, and Zoom is free to download for your desktop or mobile device, can be used with your device’s built-in microphone/camera, or can be joined via telephone call (audio only).

Sonoma Sister Cities Association Board of Directors Monthly Meeting
2024-04-15 18:00 - 19:30, 2024-03-18 18:00 - 19:30, 2024-02-19 18:00 - 19:30, 2024-01-15 18:00 - 19:30 | TBA

Sonoma-Kaniv Committee Meeting
2024-04-10 18:00 - 19:45, 2024-03-13 18:00 - 19:45, 2024-02-14 18:00 - 19:45 | Sonoma Library Meeting Room, 755 West Napa, Sonoma, CA, 95476, United States

Annual Tea Gathering
2024-04-07 14:00 - 16:00 | JFK Library – Joseph Room, 505 Santa Clara St., Vallejo, 94590, United States
The Vallejo Sister City Association and the Vallejo Sister City Commission invites you to join us for a traditional Japanese event in celebration of our 56th year relationship with sister city, Akashi, Japan.
Our mission is to promote peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation – one individual, one community at a time.

Stockton Sister Cities Association Board Meeting
2024-04-04 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-03-07 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-02-01 12:00 - 13:00 | Valley Brew, 157 W Adams St., Stockton, CA, 95204, United States
First Thursday of the Month

Sonoma-Penglai Committee Meeting
2024-04-01 11:00 - 12:30, 2024-03-04 11:00 - 12:30, 2024-02-05 11:00 - 12:30 | Virtual

Morgan Hill Sister Cities meeting
2024-03-28 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-01-25 19:00 - 20:00 | Centennial Recreation Center – Senior Center, 171 W Edmundson Avenue, Morgan Hill, CA, 95037, United States
Join us anytime! Meetings always welcome the general public.
Sister Cities is an all-volunteer, membership organization formed in 2002.
We currently host relationships with six international cities in Italy, Turkey, Mexico, Japan and Ireland.

Community Presentation by Open World Delegation from Ukraine
2024-02-02 19:00 - 21:00 | The Sebastopol Grange, 6000 Sebastopol Avenue, Sebastopol, CA, 95472, United States
Please join us and meet the delegation of six professionals from Ukraine, visiting Sebastopol through the Open World Program.
Open World is a congressionally sponsored program that brings professionals from post-Soviet and developing countries to the U.S. to experience open government and study a variety of topics pertinent to their countries. Since 2008, Sebastopol World Friends has hosted seven Open World delegations from Ukraine.
This group will stay in Sebastopol for two weeks focusing on the topic “Developing Child and Family Counseling Networks.” One of the highlights of their stay is the community presentation, which will showcase their professional experience in Ukraine and their initial impression of their stay in Sebastopol and the U.S.
Don’t miss this unique opportunity! It is open to the public and admission is free. Light refreshments will be served.

Over $60,000 in support has been generously provided by the Sebastopol community thus far to our sister city.
This fall, we aim to help purchase solid fuel heaters for a large dormitory building to house families displaced by the war in Chyhyryn. The total needed for this purchase is over $13,000. Already, Sebastopol Rotary and Rotary members have generously donated over $7,000 to make this project happen. We are reaching out to our community to help fund the remainder.
Please consider a donation to the Stand With Ukraine Fund at Sebastopol World Friends to make this purchase happen before winter really starts.

Tet - Celebrate the Lunar New Year
2024-01-25 17:30 - 20:30 | Le Colonial Restaurant, 20 Cosmo Place, San Francisco, CA, 94109, United States
CHUC MUNG NAM MOI!
TET will begin on the eve of January 24 and we will celebrate it on Thursday, the 25th!
Join members of the Committee, friends, and neighbors, and learn more about the traditions of TET and what it means to the Vietnamese community. Enjoy your favorite libation and food at the Le Colonial Restaurant and meet and greet new and old friends who share your interest in all things Vietnamese.
Early arrivals will get a traditional gift
Business Card Drawing
No Host Bar and Dinner Available
RSVP: sfhcmcscc@aol.com or 415-240-1551

Lodi Sister City Committee meeting
2024-01-22 18:00 - 19:00 | Lodi Japanese Community Hall, 210 E Elm St., Lodi, CA, 95240, United States

2024 1st Quarter NorCal Chapter Board meeting
2024-01-20 10:00 - 11:30 | Orinda Community Center, 28 Orinda Way, Orinda, 94563, United States
