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Since 1962, the Oakland-Fukuoka Sister City Association (OFSCA) has supported grassroots exchange and friendship initiatives between the people and governments of Oakland, California, USA and Fukuoka City, Fukuoka, Japan.
Oakland's Oldest Sister City Relationship, Since 1962
Oakland's Oldest Sister City Relationship, Since 1962
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Please join us for our Annual New Year’s dinner!
Members, Family and Guests are Welcome
Come meet our 2025 ambassadors to Japan
Sunday, February 23, 2025
Please RSVP and pay online by February 17th: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketingV2/2025-annual-new-years-dinner
THE FUNDRAISER FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL EXCHANGE PROGRAM TO FUKUOKA, JAPAN
Many Thanks Supporters!
Thank you for supporting the local Pizzeria Violetta and the Oakland Fukuoka Sister City High School Exchange Program fundraiser on December 3rd. This fundraising effort would not have been successful without the generosity of the Pizzeria Violetta owners, Jonathan & Sarah, and to you - our sister city supporters!
Funds raised through this fundraiser will go directly to the summer high school exchange program which prepares and sends up to six high school age ambassadors and two adult chaperones representing Oakland and the greater Bay Area. Your support on that day will help make the trip possible and accessible no matter the socioeconomic background or financial circumstances of participants and their families. With your help, students will have the opportunity to represent Oakland in an official sister city visit to Fukuoka City Hall, experience the culture and way of life with group activities, homestay, and travel in Fukuoka, Japan. There will be planned themed experiential activities focusing on science, culture, and art. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for most to participate directly in city-to-city relations, visit another country, possibly experience high school in Japan, learn about its people and way of life, make international family connections through homestay, and nurture youth interest in international relations and global citizenry.
Direct donations are also welcome via Zeffy at https://tinyurl.com/DonateHS2025
Thank you for your support.
THANK YOU TO OUR 2024 HOST FAMILIES !!
Thank you to our generous host families who had a great time with six high school students from Fukuoka, Japan during their Summer 2024 Youth Exchange visit in July 26, 2024-August 6, 2024! If you are interested in hosting in the future, please let us know! We will look forward to hosting again in 2026. Whether you have children of your own at home or enjoy hosting international visitors, we welcome your interest and applications! If you have questions regarding the host family experience, view our website or email us at ofsca1962@gmail.com with questions.
60th Anniversary Celebrations 2022-2023
60th Anniversary Celebrations 2022-2023
The sister city program between Fukuoka and Oakland began with President Dwight Eisenhower’s "people-to-people" program, which made the pairing of American communities with those abroad a national priority. Because of the many similarities between the two cities, the Oakland City Council adopted a resolution in 1962 making Fukuoka its official Sister City.
The Oakland Fukuoka Sister City Association helps to foster and promote cultural awareness, understanding, and friendship between the people and cities of Oakland and Fukuoka. We believe that this collaboration will strengthen us as individuals, strengthen our cities, our regional communities and our Sister City organization, which will ultimately enhance international understanding and harmony between cities and nations.
60th Anniversary Mosaic Mural Project at Lakeside Gardens
60th Anniversary Mosaic Mural Project at Lakeside Gardens
2022 marked the 60th anniversary of the Oakland Fukuoka Sister City Association (OFSCA). To commemorate the occasion the organization, OFSCA in collaboration with Fukuoka representatives, has successfully fundraised to create and install a public mosaic mural in Oakland's Lakeside Park with a message of Compassion, Peace, and Community.
The mural debuted in August 2022 with special guests, then-Mayor of Oakland Libby Schaaf and Mayor of Fukuoka Sōichirō Takashima (高島 宗一郎) and a delegation from Fukuoka's city government, as well as OFSCA members and Oakland community partners and friends of OFSCA.
Get Involved in OFSCA Activities
Contact us at ofsca1962@gmail.com with questions and our volunteers will get in touch with you!
Make a Donation to OFSCA via PayPal
Make a Donation to OFSCA via PayPal
Use the PayPal button to make a donation to OFSCA via PayPal. You can also send PayPal payments directly to ofsca1962@gmail.com if you have a PayPal account for membership, event orders, etc.
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