On June 28, Loyola University, representatives from six Sister State Committees, and the Office of the Secretary of State met to exchange information on ways to advance international initiatives for both Loyola University and the Maryland Sister States. Among many speakers, Rev. Brian F. Linnane, S.J, President of Loyola University Maryland, spoke of potential opportunities […]

Saturday, April 8, 2017 Cultural Art Center, Montgomery College 7995 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910 The Maryland – Cross River Sister State Committee is proud to support this upcoming cultural program. The event will feature a dramatization of the Efik Traditional Wedding, and cultural dances presented by the local Cross River State Organization (Nka […]

Monday, March 27, 2017 Members of the Maryland – Negev, Israel Sister State Committee helped organize an advance screening of “The Zookeeper’s Wife” at the Arclight Cinema in Bethesda for a packed house of 142 guests. A special thanks to Bonnie Glick, Committee Chair, for her support and Debbie Shemony, Education Subcommittee Chair, for arranging […]

February 1, 2017 – 5:30p.m.-7:30p.m. Miller Senate Office Building – Presidential Wing, West 11 Bladen Street Annapolis, MD 21401 Light refreshments and international appetizers will be served. Maryland has 19 partnerships in 17 countries: Anhui Province, China Leningrad Oblast, Russia Kocaeli, Turkey Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan State of Jalisco, Mexico County Cork, Ireland Nord-Pas de Calais, […]