{"id":2,"date":"2013-12-24T19:37:21","date_gmt":"2013-12-24T19:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bakersfieldsistercity.org\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-02-22T19:22:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T03:22:49","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bakersfieldsistercity.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2132\" src=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldsistercity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-07-124136.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"622\" height=\"802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldsistercity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-07-124136.png 622w, https:\/\/bakersfieldsistercity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-07-124136-233x300.png 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\r\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldsistercity.org\/?attachment_id=673\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-673\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"62\" class=\"wp-image-673\" src=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldsistercity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sister-City-logo-2-full-color-300x62.jpg\" alt=\"A blue and white logo with the words socal chapter in front of an image of california.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldsistercity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sister-City-logo-2-full-color-300x62.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bakersfieldsistercity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sister-City-logo-2-full-color-768x158.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bakersfieldsistercity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sister-City-logo-2-full-color-1024x211.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bakersfieldsistercity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sister-City-logo-2-full-color.jpg 1987w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\r\n<p><strong>Bakersfield Sister City is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization that serves as Bakersfield&#8217;s link to the international community and especially to the governments and citizens of Bakersfield&#8217;s six Sister Cities:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a title=\"Wakayama, Japan\" href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldsistercity.org\/?page_id=10\">Wakayama, Japan (1961)<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a title=\"Minsk, Belarus\" href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldsistercity.org\/?page_id=12\">Partisan District of Minsk, Belarus (1995)<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a title=\"Cixi, China\" href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldsistercity.org\/?page_id=14\">Cixi, China (1996)<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a title=\"Santiago de Quer\u00c3\u00a9taro, Mexico\" href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldsistercity.org\/?page_id=16\">Santiago de Quer\u00c3\u00a9taro, Mexico (2005)<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a title=\"Bucheon, Republic of Korea\" href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldsistercity.org\/?page_id=18\"><span class=\"text_exposed_show\"> Bucheon, Republic of Korea (2006)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a title=\"Amritsar, India\" href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldsistercity.org\/?page_id=20\"><span class=\"text_exposed_show\"> Amritsar, India (2011)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>The Sister City program provides the opportunity both for cultural, educational, municipal, business, professional and technical exchanges between different cities and for local community development and volunteer action by motivating and empowering private citizens, municipal officials and business leaders to conduct long-term programs of mutual benefit.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">____________________________________________________________<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><span class=\"s1\">Donations made to Bakersfield<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Sister City\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: revert;\">are tax-deductible.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: revert;\">Checks made payable to:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\r\n<div>\r\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span class=\"s1\">Bakersfield<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Sister City Project Corporation<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: revert;\">Office of the Mayor<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: revert;\">1600 Truxtun Avenue\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: revert;\">Bakersfield, CA 93301<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div>\r\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\">or\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>To Join Us &#8211; Print and Mail Membership Form\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldsistercity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/bscpc-membership-form-1.pdf\" 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