Dear Friends, In early June 2015, I had the privilege of leading a pilgrimage to Palestine-Israel for 19 members of our First Presbyterian Church of Boulder. The focus of our trip was not only to see the “ancient stones” of the historic sites, but to have fellowship with what the
Read more →As published in the Daily Camera 3/3/16 Stephanie Martz is president of Boulder-Dushanbe Sister Cities. I am writing in response to the article “Boulder again considering 8th sister city” (Daily Camera, Feb. 25), reporting on the application to the Boulder City Council to extend sister city designation to Nablus in
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Sister cities benefit our young people by encouraging global thinking. I know from experience…The experience deepened my passion for languages, inspired me to study abroad in college, and taught me to see myself as a global citizen. Jamie Laurie of the Flobots sends a letter of support for the Boulder-Nablus
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“The people [of Nablus] are unbelievably warm, welcoming, and ordinary, and that having a sister city affiliation with Boulder would be an extremely positive thing here.” Hello to the members of the Boulder City Council! My name is Heather and I am a student at CU Boulder studying International Affairs
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“Nablus is home to thousands of refugees from around Israel and Palestine and is home to Muslims, Jews, Christians, and Samaritans. They have a long history of inter-cultural communication that is imbedded in the culture. This acceptance of different backgrounds I think mirrors Boulder’s dedication to acceptance of different backgrounds
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“I can think of no better way to foster a more peaceful world than creating opportunities for people to meet each other, work together and interact on a human level.” ~ Dr. William Ury, Boulderite and co-author of Getting to Yes. Dear Mayor Jones and Boulder City Council Members,
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We’re thrilled to receive the support of the well known humanitarian, activist, prolific writer, and professor, Noam Chomsky. “I urge the Boulder City Council to support the measure. Such a proposal is not ‘anti-Semitic’ as some opponents of the measure have claimed, nor is it even ‘anti-Israel’. To the contrary, it
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