P.O. Box 578
Kfar Vradim 25147
Israel
- Democracy and community development
- Human rights
- Youth and education
Shutafut-Sharakah was established with the vision of transforming the Israeli reality through the building of mutual respect between Israel’s Arab and Jewish political leaders, opinion influencers and communities by leveraging the forum’s members experiences and expertise and to strengthen and expand civil society organisations partnerships and cooperations to promote a shared society and combat racist and discriminative policies and acts that target Israel’s Arab citizens. Shutafut-Sharakah’s member organizations are all central players in the advancement of Jewish-Arab equality and the promotion of a shared society in Israel. Each organization approaches this goal from its own unique perspective and the resulting cooperation between the organizations allows for an optimization of human and financial resources in a holistic approach which provides an environment in which organisations can work together to advance issues of common interest and to maximize the impact of their activities. Shutafut-Sharakah mission priorities are the pursuit of equality, cooperation and an uncompromising commitment to democratic values in Israel, including the promotion of a shared society and the fight against racism and discrimination.
The Forums’ activities include: 1) Strengthening cooperations between civil society organisations – Advancing a shared society based on equality and democratic freedoms for Israel’s Arab and Jewish citizens and communities by implementing activities the strengthening of civil society cooperations and partnerships. Activities include regular ‘exchange of information and ideas’ meetings of forum members; media campaigns; conferences; outreach to other civil society organisations to join the Shutafut-Sharakah forum and/or to be part of planning and cooperations related to specific activities and optimization of human and financial resources to meet common goals of promoting a shared society and combating racism and discrimination that targets Israel’s Arab citizens. 2) Kifaya – Interactive website where Arab and Jewish citizens report acts of racism and discrimination ‘online and in real time’; reported acts are channeled by the websites administrator to the relevant forum member (or other relevant civil society organisation, government body) for the relevant response. 3) Conference Watch – Enhancing a shared space for Israel’s Arab and Jewish academics and professionals by increasing their visibility and representation at conferences and public events (a catalyzator for this initiative is the lack of Arab speakers in the majority of conferences and events held across the country). 4) Equal Access to Public Services – Increasing the use of Arabic in addition to Hebrew in public areas, in 2015 we will continue our activities through a campaign targeting the Israeli Railways. 5) Advancing Arabs through the media – enhancing the image of Arab citizens as an intrinsic and equal part of Israel society amongst Israel’s Jewish majority through the monitoring, recording and analyzing (Media Watch) of existing multi media and proactive media campaigns on selected thematic themes.
We are a forum of 10 organisations cooperating to build a shared society in Israel based on democratic values and equality - we are interested in expanding our cooperations, sharing our experiences, tools, expertise and including other organisations in our activties
To increase our visibility, learn from others, share our tools and to build cooperations and partnerships that promote a shared society and combat racism and discrimination between the Arabs and Jews