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Logo by Ray Pierotti Web Design by Mark D. Long and Charlotte W. Sprawls
2003-2004 Officers
Chairman Emeritus:
Dr. Ray Young
Development News articles, press releases, and other forms of publicity are generated by this subcommittee. Marketing, publicity, fundraising, corporate sponsorships, donations, sales and special events are also conducted. Our annual dinner at a local French restaurant is an example of fundraisers that are conducted.
Contact:
Mark Long
Hospitality
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Our Mission
To promote friendship and
build personal and business relationships between the citizens of
Toulouse, France and Atlanta. Our Story ATSCC operates under the umbrella of Sister Cities International. Atlanta began its official sister city relationship with Toulouse on December 17, 1974, when then Mayor Maynard Jackson signed a proclamation declaring Toulouse one of Atlanta's official sister cities. He had lived in Toulouse as a child, while his mother was pursuing her doctorate in French. He felt the two cities would make excellent sister city partners. And they have!
Toulouse Toulouse is the fourth most populous city in France, with a metropolitan area of about 750,000 diverse inhabitants. Over 400,000 live inside the city. Nicknamed la ville rose (the pink city), because of the predominant use of a rose-colored brick in its architecture, she is the capital of the Midi-Pyrenees, and the space and technology center of Europe. Aerospatiale employs 9,000 workers, and Alcatel, the world's largest builder of satellites, operates here. Toulouse is also home to Airbus Industrie, one of the world's two largest manufacturers of commercial airliners. The city is situated on the Garonne River, 450 miles south of Paris, and 90 miles north of the Franco-Spanish border and the Pyrenees.
Travel Travel to Toulouse is an annual event, with homestays and excursions to surrounding areas as highlights of the trips. Many exciting trips have taken place since the initial one in 1985. Why don't you plan to join us on a trip this year?
Adult Exchange
(Fall 2003)
For Comments on Travel to France
Fall 2002 Exchange
Summary and Pictures
(This program is for graduate students only.
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Membership ATSCC welcomes all! We encourage active participation by all members: attendance at meetings, participation in events, serving on a subcommittee, or even becoming an officer. A small membership fee of $25 is charged annually to cover mailings. To join, please print out the application page and send it along with your check to the address given. Our year runs April through March. And no--knowledge of the French language is not a requirement for membership!
Contact:
Charlotte Sprawls Phoenix Project On September 21, 2001, Toulouse suffered a great disaster. Thirty people were killed, and 2,500 more injured when a huge explosion ripped through a fertilizer plant. Several city blocks were leveled. Estimates of damage exceeded one billion dollars. Mr. John T. Lyons III felt that ATSCC needed to do something to show support and compassion for her sister city. The members of ATSCC agreed. Mr. Lyons became an ATSCC member and now heads this effort. It was then decided the city of Atlanta would present the city of Toulouse with a replica of a phoenix. This mythological bird symbolized Atlanta’s resurrection after she was burned to the ground during the U.S. Civil War. The proposed bronze statue will symbolize Toulouse's resilience, rise and recovery from her damage. To date about $11,700 has been raised toward the Phoenix project. Other money-raising events are on the schedule for 2003-04.
Contact: John Lyons, ibs@mindspring.com
Programs
The new 2003-04 year began
in April with a talk by the director of the Southern Center for
International Studies, Peter White, on "Our Relationship with the French
Now"--a timely subject in view of current events. Other planned
activities for the year are attendance at a Jazz Concert by Philippe
LeLeune, a pianist from Toulouse; a program on the history of Cartier;
participation in the Bastille Day Celebration sponsored by l'Alliance Française;
a program on
Santons by one of our members; and the annual Epiphany Celebration--Fète
des Rois. Make your plans to attend! See the
Calendar for
exact details for the year's activities.
Because Atlanta is known for her dogwoods and Toulouse's city flower is the violet, we have chosen to use these two flowers in our letterhead logo and on our nametags.
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