World Peace, One Friend at a Time
Our Mission
Sebastopol World Friends is a City of Sebastopol commissioned non-profit service group which is totally volunteer driven. Our mission is to link Sebastopol with its sister cities through a variety of educational and cultural programs and to coordinate exchanges which will promote lasting friendships.
Sebastopol World Friends offers a changing array of programs connected to our two sister cities Takeo, Japan (formerly Yamauchi), and Chyhyryn, Ukraine. We also engage with our community through a variety of events and cultural activities, and offer opportunities to host visitors and travel to our sister cities. We are a member of Sister Cities International.
Our Motto is: World Peace, One Friend at a Time.
News & Updates
Uchen Family Arrives from Ukraine
Sebastopol World Friends’ guiding principle is “World Peace, One Friend at a Time”. This is a story of that principle at work in real life. Sebastopol World Friends board member, Valeria Churma, and her husband Jeff have just recently welcomed a Ukrainian family into...
Our Friends in Chyhyryn and Cherkasy – Safe but Still Impacted
Patty Levenberg and Val Churma from Sebastopol at the opening of Dnipro River port facility near Chyhyryn in 2011We have had some news from our friends in Chyhyryn and the nearby Cherkasy (Santa Rosa’s Sister City).From Chyhyryn (visited Sebastopol in 2014): Thank...
How to Donate – Stand with Ukraine
There are many worthy organizations that you can find online doing good work in Ukraine. SWF will continue to update this page with information as we learn it. Listed below are the organizations which currently seem to be positioned to receive U.S. donations and get...
Special Movie Screening in Support of Ukraine
Please join Sebastopol World Friends and Sonoma Sister Cities Association for a special movie screening of Everything is Illuminated, based on Johnathan Safran Foer's novel, about a young man's journey in searching his family's past in Ukraine. A humorous yet...
Stand by Ukraine Donations
Sebastopol World Friends would like to express our sincere gratitude to the outpouring of support from the community since the beginning of the crisis in Ukraine. From inquiries about how to help to simple expressions of sympathy and compassion, all of them have meant...
SWF’s Response to Crisis in Ukraine
Sebastopol World Friends has spent over $800 printing flags and banner to show our support for Ukraine these are displayed by our sister city signs on the east, west, and south entrances to the City. In addition, we have distributed over 100 paper flags to businesses...
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Sebastopol World Friends is a proud member of Sister Cities International
