The
Sister City Program
In early 1983, the Shawnee Chamber of commerce and the Shawnee
Historical Society sought the City's support of the Sister
City Program, which resulted in the Governing Body adopting
a resolution of support, Resolution No. 601, on March 28,
1983. At that time, 12 other cities in Kansas were participating
in the Sister City Program.
The Sister City program was created in an effort to increase
international understanding by encouraging relationships
between communities in different parts of the world. The
goal for the cities involved is to learn more about each
other and to develop lasting and meaningful relationships
through ongoing exchanges of people, ideas, and cultures.
Affiliations between cities in the United States and other
countries began shortly after 1945, but no real national
focus was realized until 1946 when President Dwight D. Eisenhower
initiated the People to People Program at the White House.
The City of Shawnee now has three sister cities:
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