17 Hameshoreret Rachel St.
Jerusalem
Israel
- Democracy and community development
Sikkuy (a “chance” or “opportunity” in Hebrew) is a non-partisan NGO in Israel that develops and implements projects to advance equality between Arab and Jewish citizens of Israel in government budgets, resource allocation, hiring policy, land usage, access to government services, etc.
Founded in 1991 as a shared Jewish-Arab advocacy organization, Sikkuy’s actions are motivated by the right of every citizen to influence government decisions and policies and dedicated to advancing civil society in Israel through the values of:
• EQUALITY - Advancing complete equality between Arab and Jewish citizens.
• SHARED CITIZENSHIP - Promoting the core value of shared citizenship as the basis for equality.
Sikkuy is jointly governed by Arab and Jewish co-chairs, managed by Arab and Jewish co-executive directors and staffed by Arabs and Jews. Sikkuy’s programs are active on three levels to mobilize a positive transformation of the relations between the state and the Palestinian Arab minority in Israel.
Seat At the Table - identifying the barriers to equal resource allocation from the government to Arab citizens and making and implementing policy recommendations to advance equality.
Equality Zones - advancing cooperation between Jewish and Arab municipalities in areas like economic development and shared industrial zones, tourism, environment etc.
Equality Index - An annual report monitoring the socio-economic gaps between Jewish and Arab citizens in Israel.
Share Public Space (SPS)- increasing the Arab citizen's presence, their culture, language, narrative etc., in the shared public space.
We have skills and knowledge in many fields (including fundraising) that we are happy to share. We also would like to meet new potential partners for projects.
Our membership lapsed without our knowing it. We feel this kind of networking in Israel and abroad is very useful to the organization.