Charlottesville Sister Cities Commission
AGENDA
Meeting March 16, 2021
www.charlottesville.gov/zoom


I. Approve Meeting Minutes (February 16, 2021)

II. Updates: New CSCC Members as of Monday, March 15th (appointed by City Council).

III. Virginia Festival of the Book: let’s discuss opportunities for cross-promotion since we are a sponsor this
year.

IV. Sister Cities International Youth Artist and Authors Showcase 2021 - information from Elizabeth about a
CSCC proposal.

V. The Festival of Cultures is doing a virtual celebration this year in May. We are a sponsor of this event, what
kind of outreach could we do?
   a. For example, Sin Barreras is joining us as a partner and offering a link to a video on Hispanic Heritage
        in Charlottesville, and JMRL is hosting a Bollywood fitness class.

VI. Update on Funding: Our request for $15,000 was not included in budget talks. It was listed as an “unfunded
departmental request”. The original letter was written to our Acting City Manager before. Plan to submit a
request to our new City Manager (?)
    a. Council has also scheduled a public budget forum for March 17 beginning at 6:00 p.m.

VII. Student Exchanges. There is a possibility for some student exchanges in the 2021-2022 academic year. Is
this something we would like to share with the Cville community?


Upcoming Meetings:

Tuesday, April 20 at 4:30 pm

Tuesday, May 18 at 4:30 pm




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 March 12, 2020.