We Invite You to Become a Member Today
Benefits of Membership
By joining you will receive:
- Invitations to Chapter events, including receptions for visiting Chinese delegations, seminars, cultural and artistic events. Past events have included:
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- Annual Chinese New Year’s Banquet celebrating the Year of the Dragon
- China Talk Series on timely China-related topics
- Presentation by Changsha Master Sculptor Lei Yixin on his masterpiece, Stone of Hope Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial (Washington, D.C.),
- Harbin delegation dinner in conjunction with Minneapolis Sister City Day celebrating our 20th year of sister-city relationship with Harbin
- Terra Cotta Warriors Scholars Banquet for the opening of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts Terra Cotta Warriors exhibit to recognize 30th anniversary of sister relationship with Shaanxi
- Unit 731 Harbin’s “Death Factory” Forum presentation by Harbin Academy of Social Sciences
- Invitations to events co-sponsored with other Minnesota China or Chinese-American organizations
- Participation in Dragon Boat races with “Team Friendship”
- Monthly Board Meetings and Committee participation are open to all members
- Publications: “US-CHINA REVIEW“ a quarterly publication from USCPFA National
- Opportunities to attend annual seminars and conferences, including the biennial USCPFA Washington Seminar on US-China Relations and the biennial USCPFA National Convention
- Opportunities to travel to China on specially-designed USCPFA tours
- Priceless opportunities to work on people-to-people diplomacy projects, including the sister-city and sister-state committees
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Glynis Hinschberger, Membership Committee Chair
Volunteer Opportunities
We have many interesting ways that you can get involved:
Minnesota – Shaanxi Sister State Committee
Minneapolis – Harbin Sister City Committee
St Paul – Changsha Sister City Committee
Program (Events & Delegation Hosting) Committee
Website adn Facebook Page support
We do want to hear from you.
You can reach us through the internet (email or link from website) or U.S. Postal Service mail. We check these contact points regularly.
You are invited to attend our monthly Board of Directors’ meetings that take place at rotating locations (members’ homes, restaurants, meeting rooms) generally on the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 pm. Please contact us for exact date and location.
Email: uscpfa_mn@hotmail.com
US Postal Address: USCPFA-MN, P.O. Box 19464, Minneapolis, MN 55419
Minnesota China Friendship Garden Society Email: mn.china.garden@comcast.net
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USCPFA-MN is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and membership is tax-deductible