The overarching Apartheid-Free Communities network formed in 2022, following the emerging consensus among the international human rights community that Israel’s treatment of the Palestinian people amounts to the Crime of Apartheid. The urges communities to take a renewed public pledge against all forms of racism, bigotry, and oppression - including against racist discrimination, Islamophobia, Antisemitism, and xenophobia in our own communities. Originally created by faith groups in North America, the network currently includes congregations, faith communities, solidarity organizations, non-profits, campus groups, businesses, and more. This coalition is convened by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC).
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Apartheid-Free Western Massachusetts is joining this network and are expanding the pledge in Western Massachusetts to call for our community members to uphold specific boycott/divestment targets as part of signing on as Apartheid-Free.