Past US Cuba Sister Cities Association Events

	US-Cuba Sister Cities Association
[home] [what's new] [sister index] [events] [search] [e-newsletter] [USCSCA newsbits] [Cuba News]

Past USCSCA and other Events

2/02	US-CUBA Sister Cities Association Announces: "Building Bilateral Dialogue - A Continuing Conversation" conference in Cuba, 2/02
11/00	Eighth Meeting of Cooperation and Solidarity of Cities and Towns with the City of Havana 11 to 19 November '00, Havana, Cuba
11/00	International World Solidarity Conference - Havana, November 10-13, '00
8/00	Washington, DC - La Habana sister city meeting on August 5th in DC
6/00	USCSCA National Meeting in Madison, WI, 6/9 - 6/11/00
5/00	Cuban American Alliance Education Fund meeting, Summit 2000, Tampa FL, May 26-27, 2000 USCSCA Havana Meeting, 5/19 - 5/28 Early 2000 Events (more on the 5/00 and 6/00 meetings)
10/99	First National USCSCA Conference in Mobile, AL 1999
3/99	Framer's Meeting: founding conference in Pittsburgh, 1999
9/98	Nine Cities meet in NY to prepare Framer's Conference 1998

September '98 US-Cuba Sister Cities Meeting

From: LisaCubaSi@aol.com
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 19:43:25 EDT
Subject: US-Cuba Sister Cities Association

Last week nine US cities were represented at a meeting in New York, all of which were in the process of forming "Sister City" relationships with cities in Cuba.

As was well documented at that meeting, the lack of normal diplomatic relations with Cuba, makes creating "Sister City" projects with Cuban counterparts a very exciting but challenging task for all parties involved. Since "Sister Cities International" does not yet recognize projects with Cuba, it was decided to create an organization to share our experiences and help facilitate the special needs of those forming such relationships.

Lisa Valanti of the Pittsburgh-Matanzas Sister City project was elected acting President of this new joint venture, and Richard Gonzalas from the Madison- Camaguey Sister City project, acting Vice-president. "US-Cuba Sister Cities Association" is its proposed name.

It was also determined to convene a meeting at the end of January in Washington DC where anyone interested in beginning such a project with their city, or anyone already engaged in the process, could attend and we could "network" as well as become a network, nationally, with our mission to assist all cities in achieving solid Sister City relationships.

A meeting date will be announced shortly. In the meantime, interested parties may contact LisaCubaSi@aol.com for basic information on how to choose a city, forming a committee, getting support from city officials, etc.

Sisterhood is a powerful thing!
Sincerely,
Lisa Valanti

[home] [what's new] [sister index] [events] [search] [e-newsletter] [USCSCA newsbits] [Cuba News]