Palestine Solidarity Campaign

SURJ Bay Area’s solidarity with Palestine was solidified by our 2022 Justice for Palestine Solidarity Statement which outlined why we, as an anti-racist organization, support the continued struggle of the Palestinian people. In Fall 2024, after a year-long strategic planning process and in response to the Israeli government’s genocidal war on Gaza, members voted to form the Palestine Solidarity Campaign as one of two primary campaigns that would be the focus of chapter work.

As U.S.-based movements, we play an essential role in fighting alongside Palestinians for their dignity and freedom. SURJ Bay Area works to support Palestinians’ continued struggle for land, life, and liberation, with a particular focus on bringing more white people into the movement.

What We Do

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Education Through In-Person and Virtual Events

We educate our communities on what is at stake in the struggle for Palestinian liberation: how we got here and where we must go to insure that the Palestinian people attain their full human rights. For example, we take our message to local farmers’ markets where we engage with our neighbors and offer immediate actions they can take to support this struggle.

Photograph of a smiling white person wearing a watermelon hat and sunglasses sitting behind a table covered in printed materials with visible text of “Apartheid-Free Community - We’ve joined the movement to oppose apartheid”. Some of the materials are sticker sized, and some are larger with images of poppies on them.

Apartheid-Free Communities Campaign

We encourage nonprofits, unions, businesses, faith communities, and other organizations to take the Pledge to become an Apartheid-Free Community, committing to resist racism and apartheid and withdrawing all support to Israel. If you’re with an organization and want to learn more, please fill out this form.

A photograph of a dozen or so people, many of them wearing bike helmets, posing for the camera in front of a commercial building entrance, with a handful of bikes in the frame. One of the bikes has a pannier bag with a slice of watermelon on it. In the background, over the doors to the building, is a poster with the words “Ride for Palestine” visible.

Fundraising to Support Aid and Solidarity Efforts

We raise money to support our partner, AROC, as well as other groups that we collaborate with. For example, a SURJ Bay Area team takes part in MECA’s annual “Ride for Palestine” to raise funds to deliver food, water, medicines, and other necessities to people in Gaza. Join our team and ride with us! You can donate to the 2025 Ride for Palestine on SURJ Bay Area’s fundraising page.

Photograph of two white people wearing N95 masks standing over streetcar tracks and holding a large banner between them that reads “Stop the Genocide in Gaza” “SURJ Bay Area Showing Up for Racial Justice”. In the background are other people, other signs, and a Palestinian flag.

Protests in the Streets, Email and Phone Campaigns

We join our partners in the streets as well as in email and phone campaigns to pressure lawmakers and corporations to stop their support for Israeli apartheid. We also show up for those under attack, like pro-Palestine students and tech workers resisting their companies’ programs that support Israeli genocide.

SURJ Bay Area’s primary partner in this work is the Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC), which organizes for racial and economic justice and the dignity and liberation of Arab and Muslim communities under attack in Palestine and across the entire South West Asia and North African region, as well as here in the U.S.

Other groups we collaborate with include:

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