Stockton Sister Cities Association
What is a Sister City Relationship
Sister Cities International Founder, President Dwight D. Eisenhower Sister Cities International was created at President Eisenhower’s 1956 White House conference on citizen diplomacy. Eisenhower envisioned an organization that could be the hub of peace and prosperity by creating bonds between people from different cities around the world. By forming these relationships, President Eisenhower reasoned that people of different cultures could celebrate and appreciate their differences and build partnerships that would lessen the chance of new conflicts. ( From Sister Cities International : www.sister-cities.org )
Sister Cities International is a nonprofit citizen diplomacy network creating and strengthening partnerships between U.S. and international communities in an effort to increase global cooperation at the municipal level, to promote cultural understanding and to stimulate economic development. Sister Cities International leads the movement for local community development and volunteer action by motivating and empowering private citizens, municipal officials and business leaders to conduct long-term programs of mutual benefit.
Stockton's Sister Cities
Stockton currently has seven Sister Cities
The Stockton Sister Cities Association is one of the oldest Sister City Associations in the United States, having been inaugurated in 1959, less than 3 years after the White House Conference. We now have established relationships with seven Sister Cities.
Shizuoka-Shimizu, Japan
adopted March 9, 1959
Iloilo City, Philippines
adopted August 2, 1965
Empalme, Mexico
adopted September 4, 1973
Foshan, China
adopted April 11, 1988
Parma, Italy
adopted January 13, 1998
Battambang, Cambodia
adopted October 19, 2004
Asaba, Nigeria
adopted June 6, 2006