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Kanika Jones On Chattanooga’s Newest Sister City In Ghana

WUTC | By Ray Bassett

Published May 28, 2024 at 12:47 PM EDT

Chattanooga’s newest Sister City is Accra, Ghana - its first on the continent of Africa.

The Sister Cities program fosters commercial and cultural ties between communities around the world.

Kanika Jones saw the opportunity for a Sister City relationship between Chattanooga and Accra, in West Africa - and her first steps helped facilitate what is now official.

She is also the lead artist and creative director of The Urban Echo Project, now hosting a Youth Poetry Workshop at the downtown Chattanooga Public Library - with sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 4 PM through June 7th.

Kanika Jones with Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly and a group welcoming the Sister City relationship with Accra, Ghana.