A goodwill mission to Morocco this week will extend a hand in friendship from U.S. citizens to the people of Morocco. Sister Cities International is sending a "Partnership & Peace Tour" to Morocco for a historic ten-day mission to build sister city ties.
The delegation's forty-two members will be led by Mary Jean Eisenhower, granddaughter of President Dwight Eisenhower and CEO of People-to-People International, and Sherman Banks, President of the Sister Cities International Board of Directors. Both People-to-People-International and Sister Cities International trace their origins to a White House Summit on Citizen Diplomacy convened by President Eisenhower in 1956.
The delegation will visit Rabat, Fez, Marrakech and Casablanca. They will hold meetings with several key officials seeking to set up new sister city ties and strengthen existing linkages. More than 150 wheelchairs purchased with donations from throughout the United States, will be distributed to needy residents during the trip. As part of the 50th Anniversary of the citizen diplomacy movement in 2006, the delegation will hold a conference in Casablanca with 150 attendees titled, "Reaching Out to Your Global Neighbors Through Citizen Diplomacy: Promoting Islamic - U.S. Relationships."
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