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2025 Year in Review: Baltimore Sister Cities

Annual Report & Plan

Baltimore Sister Cities Annual Accomplishments Report for 2025 (PDF, 4.3mb)

Baltimore Sister Cities Annual Plan for 2026 (PDF, 1.8mb)

Walking tour of historic Koreatown landmarks in Baltimore, organized by Baltimore-Changwon Sister City Committee during the 2025 Asia North festival.
Walking tour of historic Koreatown landmarks in Baltimore, organized by Baltimore-Changwon Sister City Committee during the 2025 Asia North festival.
5 musicians from Baltimore Symphony Orchestra on stage in Xiamen on October 28, 2025, performing a concert in honor of the 40th anniversary of Baltimore and Xiamen's sister city relationship. Photo by Xiamen FAO.
Musicians from Baltimore Symphony Orchestra on stage in Xiamen in October 2025. Photo by Xiamen FAO.
Enoch Pratt Free Library leadership visited 3 of Baltimore's sister city countries in 2025 (Egypt, China, and Japan). In this photo they are at the Jimei Branch of the Xiamen Library, behind a welcome sign, with staff from Xiamen Library. Photo by Xiamen FAO.
Enoch Pratt Free Library leadership visited Baltimore’s sister cities in Egypt, China, and Japan
Sia Kamara Barbara (Baltimore-Gbarnga Sister City Committee) at WE-CARE site in Liberia in 2025
Sia Kamara Barbara (Baltimore-Gbarnga Sister City Committee) at WE-CARE site in Liberia in 2025
Baltimore Scouts in Kawasaki for the 40th edition of the two-way scout exchange.
Baltimore Scouts in Kawasaki for the 40th edition of the two-way scout exchange in 2025.
Baltimore Youth Ambassadors and Xiamen students walking together in the city of Xiamen in July 2026. Photo by Xiamen FAO.
Baltimore Youth Ambassadors and Xiamen students walking together in the city of Xiamen in July 2026. Photo by Xiamen FAO.
Close up of pottery - photo from the Miller Branch (Howard County Public Library)'s webpage about their 2025 Ukrainian Pottery Exhibition
Ukrainian pottery exhibition at Howard County Public Library
Morgan State University School of Architecture + Planning students went on an architecture and urban design study trip to Rotterdam in March 20-25. Community Planners from the Baltimore Department of Planning joined the trip. In this photo, they are getting a bike tour of Rotterdam from Rotterdam city planners. Photo: Cristina Murphy.
Annual Morgan State University architecture & urban design trip to Rotterdam
Xiamen Vice Mayoral delegation at Baltimore City Hall, April 8, 2025. Photo by Xiamen FAO.
Xiamen Vice Mayoral delegation at Baltimore City Hall, April 8, 2025. Photo by Xiamen FAO.
Baltimore ultramarathon swimmer Katie Pumphrey speaking at the Swimmable Cities Summit in Rotterdam 2025. Photo via Katie Pumphrey.
Baltimore ultramarathon swimmer Katie Pumphrey featured at Swimmable Cities Summit in Rotterdam 2025.
A table with Egyptian treats at Enoch Pratt Library September 13, 2025, prepared by chef Aida Mady for a special event with a presentation from the Cohen Collection at the Johns Hopkins Archeological Museum
A table with Egyptian treats at Enoch Pratt Free Libraryprepared by chef Aida Mady for a special event related to Egyptian archeology
Our Neighbor Miss Yae is a classic Japanese film, part of the BKSCC Japan Film Program 2025. Photo of the main characters.
‘Our Neighbor Miss Yae’ is a classic Japanese film, part of 2025 Japan Film Program in Baltimore

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