our commitment to freedom, justice, and equality for the Palestinian people, and All people;
WE AFFIRM
all forms of racism, bigotry, discrimination, and oppression; and
WE OPPOSE
WE DECLARE
ourselves an Apartheid-free community and to that end,
to join others in working to build a safe Western Massachusetts Community, and to end all support to Israel’s apartheid regime, settler colonialism, and military occupation.
WE PLEDGE
This pledge is based on the language of the North American Apartheid-Free Community coalition which we are an extension of. This coalition is convened by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and has a leadership team comprised of leaders from various affinity groups.
Take the Apartheid-Free Community Pledge and
join the Apartheid-Free Western MA Community!
Palestinians are calling on the global community to join their struggle for liberation. In response, the Apartheid-Free Communities coalition calls on states, cities, businesses, universities, unions, faith communities, and other organizations to become Apartheid-Free. Apartheid-Free Western MA is heeding the call by engaging individuals in our communities to stand in solidarity against all forms of oppression and discrimination.
Individuals signing this pledge join the Apartheid-Free Western Massachusetts Community, but are not public facing and their names will not be listed publicly.
Organizations, Businesses, Faith Communities, and other groups signing this pledge are public facing, and are also signing the global Apartheid-Free Pledge (https://apartheid-free.org/pledge/) and there by agree to have the organization's information shared with the larger Apartheid-Free network, and to be added to the Apartheid-Free website and community map ( https://apartheid-free.org/)