Council for International Visitors Formerly the Tucson Council for International Visitors
The Historic Y
300 East University Boulevard, Suite 140 (main Historical Y entrance: 738 N. 5th Ave)
Tucson, Arizona 85705
Tel: 520-777-9208
email: sazciv@sazciv.org
We've changed our name, not our mission.
Creating New Friends Worldwide
"One Handshake at a Time"
We
have recently changed our name from the Tucson Council for
International Visitors to the Southern Arizona Council for International
Visitors [SAZCIV] to better reflect our mission. The SAZCIV is a nonprofit group that designs and implements professional programs and provides cultural activities and home supper hospitality opportunities for foreign leaders, specialists, and international scholars.
Citizen Diplomacy is the idea that the individual citizen has the right — even the responsibility — to help shape U.S. foreign relations "one handshake at a time."By opening our homes, offices, and schools to foreign leaders participating in the U.S. Department of State's International Visitor Program and other exchanges, SAZCIV member citizen diplomats foster international understanding and cooperation, constructive economic connections, and peaceful interaction.
To contact us, please visit our Contact Us and leave a comment.
FAST FACT
Tucson is the oldest continuously
inhabited settlement in the United
States--Native peoples farmed the
area 3,000 years ago
Tucson Highlights
Welcome to Arizona's 2nd Largest City
Tucson (TOO-sahn) is a growing metropolis of 885,000 that keeps getting better and better. The city's geography is a postcard image of cactus forests, rolling hills, and craggy mountains. National and State Parks and Forests ring the city
Tucson lies in the borderland, a region that blends the cultures of the United States and Mexico, and has a long history of settlement by ancient Native American peoples, Spanish explorers, and Anglo frontiersmen.
The weather is mild nearly all the time, just right for all kinds of fun outdoor activities.
From Old Pueblo to Southwestern Metropolis
Tucson was formally founded in 1775, about the time the nation's forefathers were signing the Declaration of Independence. Locally, the city is still called the Old Pueblo for the adobe fortress or "presidio" that marked its early borders.
Over the past three centuries, Tucson has grown from Native American farming community, to Spanish outpost, to dusty frontier town, to bustling, territorial days' railroad hub, to the mature Southwestern metropolis it is today.
Tucson enjoys more sunshine than any other city in the United States, about 350 days each year. The days, with very few exceptions are warm and sunny. The mild temperatures during spring, fall, and winter are legendary. Temperatures rise in the summer, but low humidity helps even the warmest days feel comfortable. Tucson's surprisingly lush environment is replenished by two rainy seasons.