Get Involved Now
Do you enjoy...
• Meeting new people?
• Exploring new cultures?
• Sharing Sedona’s beauty with international visitors?
• Connecting local organizations around shared values?
• Creating lasting global friendships and making a difference?
Then you belong with us.
The Sedona Sister Cities Association is growing—and the world is coming to Sedona! We’re proud to have officially established our first Sister City relationship with Canmore, Alberta, Canada, and recently signed a Friendship Agreement with Jasło, Poland. Both communities share our deep love of nature, the arts, sustainability, and strong community values.
Now is the perfect time to get involved. Whether you’re interested in hospitality, planning cultural events, youth exchanges, translation, travel coordination, or simply making meaningful international friendships—there’s a place for you.
Join Us
Become a Sister City Diplomat by becoming a member of SSCA. We especially welcome those with ties to Canmore/Banff or Poland, but everyone with a heart for connection and cultural exchange is encouraged to participate.
Let’s build bridges—from Sedona to the world.
Our Vision
Promoting Peace Through People
Connecting Globally,
Thriving Locally
Our Mission
To promote cultural exchange and education in the greater Sedona region, thereby enriching the lives of residents and visitors.
Sedona Sister Cities Association therefore plans to:
- Develop municipal partnerships between Sedona and similar jurisdictions in other nation.
- Create opportunities for the citizens of sister cities to experience and explore other cultures through long term community partnerships.
- Stimulate environments through which U.S. and foreign communities can creatively learn, work and solve problems together.
- Cause the people of the City of Sedona, and the people of similar cities of international nations to acquire a better consciousness of each other, to understand one another as individuals, as members of their community, as citizens of their countries and as part of the family of nations.
- Foster a continuing relationship of mutual concern between the people of the City of Sedona and the people of its sister cities in other nations.
Our Purpose: The Sister City Initiative Has Three Main Goals
CULTURAL EXCHANGE
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITES
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Polish Folk Ensemble, LaJKonik from Tucson, AZ.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITES
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
International Brunch: Celebration & Cultural Exchange at Mary Fisher Theatre.
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITES
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITES
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITES
Image: West Sedona School and Canmore kids from Alberta, Canada, meet through a lesson exchange via smart TVs.