WELCOME TO BIRMINGHAM SISTER CITIES

Birmingham-Southern "Love Asia" club present donation of $2200.00 for Hitachi Relief.

Letter from Japan (click to read)

UAB Report: KC Pang, our MAN in China!

2011 BIRMINGHAM-KARAK, JORDAN-ROSH HA’AYIN ISRAEL

We have an active program and group of volunteers. We are always looking for people with an interest in working on our relationships. We serve the greater Birmingham Community.

The City of Birmingham began its Sister City Commission on April 23,1982, when we established a Sister City relationship with Hitachi, Japan. The program is affiliated with Sister Cities International. The commission has as its purpose and goal to cultivate economic,social and cultural cooperation between the people of Birmingham and the people of selected cities around the world. Sister Cities is a people-to-people exchange program designed to enrich the cultural, educational, social and economic life of communities around the world. .

Sister city, county and state affiliations between the United States and other nations began shortly after World War II and developed into a national initiative when President Dwight D. Eisenhower proposed the "People-to-People" program at a White House conference in 1956.