Statement of Purpose

Springfield Sister Cities Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping people of the City of Springfield and people of similar cities in foreign nations acquire a consciousness of each other and to understand one another as individuals, as members of their community, and as part of our global community.
We strive to:

• Encourage peace through understanding
• Welcome and embrace unity within diversity
• Facilitate cultural, economic, technological, and informational exchanges
• Transform distant locations into person to person relationships