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President Dwight D. Eisenhower began the Sister
City concept in 1956 as a people-to-people common sense approach
to world peace. Through communications with citizens of their sister
cities in other countries, participants discover each others' similarities
and differences. The chance of maintaining world peace comes through
awareness and understanding created through involvement of people
of goodwill in both countries.
The Sister City Association of Huntington
Beach has been operating since 1977 and is provided services in
kind by the City of Huntington Beach. Members serve on a volunteer
basis. We provide cultural, information and youth exchange programs
with our Sister Cities, Anjo, Japan and Waitakere, New Zealand.
The Association provides planned continuous contact between citizens
on a variety of levels. "Citizen diplomacy" motivates friendship
and respect for diversity.
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