Rivers as bridges: General information: [email protected]Xiaodong Kuang: President [email protected]Terry Shelton: Communications [email protected]Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Jeff Smoller: [email protected]Rivers as Bridges The Yangtze and Mississippi Rivers as a Framework Developing Mutually Beneficial Relationships People-to-People Creates Shared Ownership all information found at riversasbridges.org Two cultures, one connection 以河为媒
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Rivers as Bridges supports peace and collaboration between China and the United States by celebrating culture, conversation, and commerce in sustainable river systems and communities.
About RAB Two Rivers
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RAB is a non-profit organization that works to
bring together Chinese students and American
students to learn and grow in one another’s culture.
It began through Hanning Bi, from Suzhou, China,
and Maria Ontiveros from Davenport, Iowa who
both attended University of Wisconsin. They grew
in friendship and both felt the need to protect
resources, while strengthening the bond between
their two cultures. Together, they helped found
Rivers as Bridges, a sister-river collaboration to
create a “bridge” between their two countries,
focused on the lives and people along the great
Mississippi and Yangtze rivers.
The two helped bring together 30 students from
both countries for a pilot program based on
innovative people-to-people projects that
emphasized mutual respect and cooperation, while
learning about natural resources and their role in