A list of upcoming events organized or supported by Baltimore Sister Cities and our sister city committees (Changwon, South Korea; Gbarnga, Liberia; Kawasaki, Japan; Luxor & Alexandria, Egypt; Piraeus, Greece; Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Xiamen, China) and our affiliates. Events include:
Census: Outreach to Baltimore’s immigrant communities
MIMA (Baltimore Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs) has released a website for Census 2020, with information available in multiple languages.
The site contains Census outreach materials in multiple languages as well as opportunities to get involved. You can help promote the census in your community by requesting MIMA to share Census info at an upcoming event or let MIMA know if you are interested in volunteering as a Census Ambassador to help Baltimore’s immigrant communities fill out the census.
MIMA is looking to our community partners (YOU!) to help ensure that every Baltimore resident is counted this spring.
Spring 2020
Baltimore Sister Cities food drive for Maryland Food Bank
Baltimore Sister Cities is proud to partner with the Maryland Food Bank to host a Virtual Food Drive this spring to support our hungry neighbors. Every dollar you give will provide not only the gift of food, but the gift of hope for food-insecure children and families during this difficult and uncertain time. Visit mdfoodbank.fenly.org/drive/baltimoresistercities-fooddrive to make a donation to our food drive today!
More information about our drive
May 2020
Asia North 2020 Exhibition
Twenty-five Asian and Asian American artists from the Baltimore-Washington, DC region express, illustrate, and address the fusion of cultures, drawing from traditional art forms, memories of homeland, and more.
This exhibition is part of Asia North–a celebration of art, culture, and the Asian heritage of Greater Baltimore, especially the Korean history of the Charles North community (a.k.a. Station North). Asia North was inaugurated in 2019 and is co-presented by AA&CC, Central Baltimore Partnership, Charm City Night Market, and multiple community partners.
- About Asia North
- Exhibition entry page
- Online introduction to Baltimore’s first Koreatown and the Korean community in Greater Baltimore
Supporting & Developing Business in the DC Metro Region during COVID-19
The COVID-19 crisis has disrupted normal operations in large segments of the global economy, including here in the mid-Atlantic region. This webinar will offer perspectives from public and private sector actors on how international businesses can continue to pursue opportunities in the DC / Maryland / Virginia area and receive the support they need in these times of adjustment. This webinar is of particular interest to Dutch companies who are doing business, or intend to do business, in this region of the USA.
Speakers: Joe Greco, Vice President of Containers at Ports America; Martin de Groot, Managing Partner at NL to US; Andrew Kreinik, Regional Manager for Europe, Australia, and New Zealand at the Maryland Department of Commerce’s Office of International Trade and Investment; Jerome Larosch, Deputy Head of the Economic Department at the Netherlands Embassy in Washington, D.C.; and Stan Veuger, Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.
This webinar was held on May 13; recording is available here: youtu.be/HYthvwqc4zs
More info: nl-dc-covidwebinar.eventbrite.com
Organized by the Baltimore-Rotterdam Sister City Committee (BRSCC), the Washington, DC Chapter of the Netherland-America Foundation (NAF), and the Netherlands America Chamber of Commerce Washington Metro (NACCWM).
Saturday, May 30, 2020
[Postponed] Baltimore’s annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM) Celebration
Out of an abundance of caution, this event is postponed until May 2021. And a smaller-scale version of this event might be held in November 2020 (stay tuned for more details).
Location: Enoch Pratt Central Library, 400 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
Baltimore’s Asian sister city committees (Xiamen, China; Kawasaki, Japan; and Changwon, South Korea) hosts an annual event to celebrate Asian-American and Pacific Islander (APA) cultures and the contributions of APAs to Baltimore. Enjoy Asian food, cultural performances, book talks, a keynote roundtable discussion, and much more.
Organized by Baltimore-Xiamen (BXSCC), Baltimore-Kawasaki (BKSCC), and Baltimore-Changwon (BCSCC) Sister City Committees.
July 8-10, 2020
Sister Cities International (SCI) Annual Conference and Meeting
Location: Virtual video conference
Details to come.
September 2020
Xiamen China International Fair for Investment & Trade (CIFIT)
Details to come.
Promoted by Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City Committee (BXSCC).
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
WTCI’s 2020 Maryland International Business Leadership Awards
World Trade Center Institute (WTCI) hosts this annual event with Maryland Governor Hogan and 70+ presidents and CEOs to honor 2020′s award winners that have guided their companies and the state of Maryland to new global heights.
More info: Event page
October 2020
23rd annual meeting of the International Friends of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (IFBA)
Members of Baltimore-Luxor-Alexandria Sister City Committee plan to attend this meeting in Alexandria, Egypt.
Supported by Baltimore-Luxor-Alexandria Sister City Committee (BLASCC).
Annual Baltimore Japan Arts Festival
Festival will be sometime in October. Date to be announced later. Stay tuned for more information!
Organized by Baltimore-Kawasaki Sister City Committee in conjunction with other partners.
Seagull Mamma — A Performance Piece about Trash and Recycling
Rotterdam-based, American-born theatre artist and educator Kathie diStefano visits Baltimore each semester. Her next trip is in fall 2020.
Ms. Kathie is part of the artist roster at Young Audiences Arts for Learning, Maryland and she performs “Seagull Mamma” at several schools in our region each semester. Public schools can sign up on the Young Audiences website to schedule the “Seagull Mamma” performance for this spring or in the future, for kids in kindergarten through grade 2. Young Audiences can provide subsidies to public schools to significantly reduce the cost of the performance by up to 80%; schools can inquire with Young Audiences for details.
This interactive show takes young audience members on a journey through the eyes of a seagull mamma who mistakes trash for fish while hunting for food for her young. The term ‘plastic soup’ is introduced; lakes, rivers, and seas that have so much plastic trash that no fish can live there.
Supported by Baltimore-Rotterdam Sister City Committee (BRSCC).
October 7-12, 2020
Baltimore Black International Film Festival
The annual Baltimore International Black Film Festival (BIBFF) provides a venue for independent films for, by and about African Americans, the African Diaspora, and members of the SGL-LGBT community locally, nationally and globally.
Baltimore Sister Cities encourages filmmakers from its sister cities to submit their films to the festival organizers for consideration to include in this festival.
More info: Call for submissions | About the festival
Saturday, October 24, 2020
Enoch Pratt Free Library’s Imagination Celebration
This event was originally scheduled for March 28 but will likely be rescheduled to October 24.
Location: Enoch Pratt Central Library, 400 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
Admission: Free
Pratt Library hosts Imagination Celebration (formerly known as the Fairy Tale festival. This signature event celebrates creativity and honors diverse voices and experiences within children’s literature and our communities.
Baltimore Sister Cities will have a table at this event with fun activities for kids from some of the countries around the world where we have sister cities.
Supported by Baltimore-Changwon Sister City Committee (BCSCC), Baltimore-Rotterdam Sister City Committee (BRSCC), and Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City Committee (BXSCC).
Note: due to the evolving worldwide COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, we advise you to check each event’s page or event organizers for the latest updates about the event, before you go to attend an event.
