Portland-Bologna Sister City Association

ABOUT PBSCAMission:Portland Bologna Sister City Association seeks to uncover, nurture and grow the myriad common interests between the citizens of Bologna, Italy and Portland, Oregon for the betterment of our two cities and the world.How We Fulfill Our Mission: As a small, independent non-profit organization PBSCA fulfills its mission through a variety of activities. We host our own large and small events throughout the year. Some of these events are social, some are educational and all involve the time-honored Italian tradition of eating, drinking and talking!We support other organizations and businesses in Portland, particularly in the Italian-American community by co-sponsoring their events, volunteering, attending and spreading the word with active social media.As a Portland Sister City we participate in related city events and official ceremonies. This includes hosting visiting delegations from Bologna and participation in annual Rose Festival events.Our largest program is our annual youth exchange in which we host small groups of 16-17-year-olds here in Portland or send to Bologna in alternating years. This program started in 2008 and was able to add scholarship assistance starting in 2015.PBSCA has benefitted from an ongoing relationship with Portland State University which houses our part-time Executive Director. PSU also has an official relationship with the University of Bologna and has collaborated with PBSCA on student exchanges, university programs and scholarships.Over the years PBSCA has carried out numerous special programs, events and exchanges to take advantage of visiting scholars, entrepreneurs and professionals in the arts, food and drink, medicine and other fields of interest shared by our two cities.

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