Volunteer

Most of the work of the Congress is done by volunteers, and you do not need to be Palestinian to do it. Palestinian Canadians and non-Palestinian Canadians are both welcome. Allies who support Palestinian rights bring skills, networks and reach that strengthen our advocacy — in research and writing, law and policy, media and design, events, translation, fundraising and community organizing. What we ask is that you work within our Founding Principles and hold to our Operational Values, which bind everyone who acts for the Congress.

Volunteering and registering as an elector are different things, and they are not alternatives — any Palestinian Canadian aged 16 or over can do both. Electorship is a status: it carries the right to elect the councillors who set our political direction, to take part in policy conventions, and to bring policy motions forward. Volunteers who are not electors do the work but do not hold those rights. They do not vote in Council elections or at policy conventions, and they do not stand for councillor. That line exists for one reason: the political direction of a Palestinian organization is set by Palestinians. Everything else, we build together.

Join our team!