Students Bring Gift From Sister City

Youth Return From Trip To Japan

Due to recent political turmoil and terror attacks across the globe, Duluth city leaders say it’s an especially important to time to have a strong relationship with  sister cities.

This summer 12 students from Duluth traveled to Ohara Isumi-City as part of Duluth’s sister city’s student exchange program.

Program leaders say that experience is vital to our world’s future success.

“We are going to have to work together, the best thing to do is start with the children get them to know each other’s culture and get them to know people in another city or country,” said chaperon Margarethe Ferguson. “That’s how they develop into an international mind.”

As part of that exchange the students brought Duluth’s mayor a gift from the mayor in Japan, a mat imprinted with the city’s mascot.