US-Cuba Sister Cities Association
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The US-CUBA Sister Cities Association has been created out of the efforts of citizens nationwide to form sister city partnerships with their counterparts in Cuba. It aims to build on their successes while limiting the frustrations related to re-establishing constructive relations between our peoples, nations and governments.

USCSCA believes the people of Cuba are part of our shared world and should not be isolated or exempted from the global community or refused the mutual benefits of sister city programs on the basis of political considerations or agendas.

At a meeting in New York City in September of 1998, while sharing our stories of the benefits and astounding successes of our sister city projects, participants noted the desire of many other cities to enter into equally beneficial mutual exchanges by developing official people-to-people community linkages. After trading our common experiences of the incredible warmth, welcome and cooperation of the Cuban people; we decided to pool our joint experience and expertise to help others wishing to create sister city projects.

Recognizing another consequence of the lack of normal relations is that the Cuban people are unable to approach US cities with whom they might like to develop partnerships, a mechanism needed to be created that allows reciprocal exchanges. We envision this network as a means to establish principles and standards on which to build mutually beneficial and reciprocal relationships.

The “US-CUBA Sister Cities Association,” agrees to create a nationwide organization inviting people interested in learning more about sister cities and those already engaged in the work to join together to create a broad, new network between the people of Cuba and the people of the United States.

~ Mission Statement ~

To foster sister city relationships and understanding through mutually beneficial exchanges between individuals, community groups, organizations, and institutions in the United States with counterparts in Cuba.

~ Goals ~

* To develop community partnerships between US cities, counties, and states with similar jurisdictions in Cuba.

* To create opportunities for city officials and citizens to experience and explore another culture through long-term community partnerships.

* To stimulate environments through which communities will creatively learn, work and solve problems together through reciprocal cultural, educational, municipal, business, professional, and technological exchanges and projects.

* To create an atmosphere in which mutual community and eventual economic development can be enabled and strengthened.

* To collaborate with organizations and individuals in the US & Cuba that share similar goals and objectives.

~ Activities ~

1) Help cities identify and choose an appropriate partner city in Cuba.

2) Create a nationwide register of sister cities in formation to eliminate duplications.

3) Put developing projects in touch with the appropriate Cuban counterparts and help them follow appropriate channels of communication.

4) Offer a national advisory network of people to interface offering peer support on all societal levels in developing projects.

5) Share local government resolutions and other forms of public recognition.

6) Help projects gain official recognition within their city.

7) Help with the logistics of delegations and trips to Cuba and coordinate tours of Cubans coming here to the US, especially, but not limited to educational & cultural groups.

8) Share strategies on public relations and media coverage.

9) Publish a nationwide newsletter reporting on our growth and activities.

10) Develop a national website with links to all other member sister cities projects.


US-CUBA Sister Cities Association

~ Member Services ~

* USCSCA will strive to ensure that each project undertaken by its membership will reflect the diversity of its local network. It will promote the broadest diversity of ethnic and racial minorities, people who are physically/mental disabled, women, youth, and also reflecting diverse socio-economic status in all activities.

* USCSCA with the cooperation of Cuban counterparts, will:

* help a city register and select an appropriate partner city in Cuba.

* help coordinate linkages on all levels within the US and Cuba.

* share advice, experience and expertise from established sister city projects and emerging member projects.

* Help a project through the steps required to sign an official sister city agreement.

* USCSCA will provide information on resources, consultant and current affairs among other information.

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