EVENTS
- JSCA HAPPY HOUR – All JSCA members and their guests
are invited to come out for a fun Happy Hour on
Thursday, March 22 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at
Espeto's Brazilian Steakhouse in Avondale (4000 Saint
Johns Ave #40; Jacksonville, FL), hosted by the
Curitiba (Brazil) Committee. Cash bar and lots of fun!
If you stay for dinner, cost is $29/person and menu is
pre-fixed. To learn more about Espeto's, visit
www.espetosteakhouse.com
- SCI 2012 Annual Conference in Jacksonville, Florida – JSCA's parent organization, Sister Cities International, will hold its annual conference from July 11-12, 2012 at the Hyatt Riverfront in downtown Jacksonville. More than 500 Sister City members from chapters around the world will participate in meetings, excursions, receptions and networking. To learn more, visit http://www.sister-cities.org.
EVENTS ARCHIVE
January 2012
Several dozen JSCA members and their guests
celebrated the Murmansk Committee's annual "Return of
the Sun" event on January 28 to welcome the
sun returning to Russia after a long winter.
November 2011
More than 50 people attended JSCA's annual membership meeting on November 6 in the Haskell Company building. Representatives from each City Committee presented information about recent and upcoming programs.
October 2011
Curitiba (Brazil) Vice President Alan Vinson joined Florida Governor Rick Scott and Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown on an Enterprise Florida "Team Florida" Business Expo & Trade Mission to Brazil. Alan and Mayor Brown visited Curitiba and its mayor's office as part of the economic development mission.
October 2011
Jacksonville City Council President Stephen Joost joined JSCA President Robert Peek and Changwon City Vice President Shung Kim for a trip to South Korea in October. The delegation met with new Changwon City Mayor Wan Su Park and several Changwon City council members; visited several businesses and a local university; and reaffirmed Jacksonville's commitment to this twinned relationship.
September 2011
The JSCA China Committee, Asia Society of UNF and Duval County Public Schools (DCPS) Department of World Languages presented the Chinese Celebration of Language and Culture at the Haskell Building. More than 140 DCPS students studying Chinese, along with their parents, attended, as did many University of North Florida professors. The evening included Powerpoint presentations about China, a gourmet dinner, a Kung Fu demonstration, and performances by a violinist and Chinese dancers.
September 2011
Doing Business with Puerto Rico - The JSCA San Juan Committee 
held a Doing Business with Puerto Rico seminar at the UNF University Center on September 29. More than 125 people attended to hear Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown and speakers from Puerto Rico and local economic development offices speak about opportunities between the two twinned cities.
POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS
- Fernando Aguiar, Director Economic Development; City of San Juan (PR) >>
- Alexis J. Rivera, Esq., Deputy Director, Puerto Rico Trade Company, Puerto Rico Department of Economic Development & Commerce >>
- Edgardo Bigas Valladares, Executive Vice President, Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce, San Juan (PR) >>
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July 2011
JSCA 2011 Inaugural World Cup Soccer Tournament - The 2011 JSCA World Cup will be
held on the last two weekends of July, 2011. It is the inaugural soccer tournament
presented by Jacksonville Sister Cities Association (JSCA) in coordination with the
men's Beaches Adult Soccer League. This is an exciting, family friendly soccer
tournament between local teams, with each team representing one of Jacksonville's
eight Sister Cities. To learn more or to register to play, click here.
May 19, 2011
JSCA's President and San Juan Committee Vice President are guests on JetBlue's inaugural flight from Jacksonville to San Juan, celebrating the beginning of nonstop air service between the two cities, the first direct flights between Jacksonville and one of our Sister Cities.
April 7, 2011
More than 40 people turn out for JSCA's first Happy Hour at the Speckled Hen Tavern on Jacksonville's Southside.
April 2011
The Nantes Committee welcomes Mariette Cassourret and 10 students from the Talensac Science Academy in Nantes, France for a student exchange.
March 2011
A three person delegation from Nelson Mandela Bay visits Jacksonville.
November 2010
A four person JSCA delegation visits Nelson Mandela Bay, touring poverty stricken areas and donating toys to a daycare centre in a peri-urban area.
October 2010
Six members of the First Tango Ballet of Bahia Blanca, accompanied by a bandonionist, perform for a week throughout Jacksonville.
October 22, 2010
More than 100 people attend the Nantes Committee's Soirée Artistique et Musicale 22 at the Haskell Building in Jacksonville.
October 6, 2010
JSCA celebrates the 1-year anniversary of Jacksonville's twinning with San Juan, Puerto Rico.
September 11, 2010
Nearly 300 Jacksonville area residents attend JSCA's annual "Peace Concert" at the St. Johns Cathedral in downtown Jacksonville.
September 2010
More than 150 people attend the Nelson Mandela Bay Committee's multi-day celebration in Jacksonville of 10th anniversary of the cities' twinning in 2000.
August 2010
Six Chinese students from Yingkou and their Vice Headmaster visit Jacksonville for a student exchange
June 2010
Fourteen Fletcher Senior High students plus two chaperones spend 18 days in Bahia Blanca, Argentina, as part of a student exchange.
April 2010
City of Nantes sends 10 people, including Vice Mayor of Tourism Rachel Bocher, to Jacksonville to celebrate the 10th anniversary twinning of our two cities.
April 23, 2010
Bahia Blanca Mayor Cristian Breitenstein visits Jacksonville
April 17, 2010
Delegation of seven officials from Ningbo visits Jacksonville
April 9, 2010
JSCA selected by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to administer poverty alleviation grant in Nelson Mandela Bay
February 12 -14, 2010
JSCA celebrates 25th Anniversary of twinning with Nantes
February 10, 2010
Soweto Gospel Choir from South Africa performs in Jacksonville
January 24, 2010
JSCA Murmansk Committee holds "Return of the Sun" celebration
October 2, 2009
Jacksonville twins with San Juan, Puerto Rico: Jacksonville's eighth Sister City.
April 3, 2009
Jacksonville twins with Curitiba (Brazil): Jacksonville's seventh Sister City.
