President Eisenhower founded the Sister Cities movement in 1956 to encourage communities in the US and around the world to affiliate with one another in order to help build peace between nations on a people-to-people level. Sister Cities International promotes peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation between individual citizens and communities. The city of Tulsa has eight sister cities that it has established affiliations with since 1980 in countries including Mexico, Taiwan, China, Israel, Japan, Russia, Germany, and France.

1. “ If only people will get together, then so eventually will nations.” -President Dwight D. Eisenhower Founder of the Sister Cities movement in 1956 when he encouraged delegates, “to help build the road to an enduring peace” and appointed a Civic Committee to set up town affiliations linking U.S. communities with counterparts around the globe, better known as Sister Cities International .

2. Promotes peace through mutual respect , understanding, & cooperation – one individual, one community at a time. Sister Cities International

3. Tulsa’s 8 Sister Cities

4. San Luis Potosi Mexico Sister City Since 1980

9. Kaohsiung Taiwan Sister City Since 1980

14. Beihai China Sister City Since 1987

19. Tiberias Israel Sister City Since 1989

24. Utsunomiya Japan Sister City Since 1992

29. Zelenograd Russia Sister City Since 1992

34. Celle Germany Sister City Since 2000

39. Amiens France Sister City Since 2005