The American Palestinian Council (APC) is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit political organization dedicated to building power for Palestinian-Americans and their allies through education, advocacy, and action. We work to advance Palestinian rights, freedom, and self-determination by influencing public opinion and policy at local, state, and national levels.
Rooted in the values of solidarity, accountability, collective liberation, leadership, and integrity, APC centers Palestinian voices while fostering cultural understanding and organizing for justice. Our work is informed by international human rights frameworks and guided by the lived experiences of Palestinians—whether in Gaza, the West Bank, historic Palestine, or the diaspora.
We are a growing community of advocates, educators, organizers, and policy experts committed to ending U.S. complicity in Israel’s occupation and apartheid policies, and to creating space for a new generation of leadership grounded in principles of equity and dignity for all people.
Through civic engagement, legislative advocacy, cultural programming, grassroots mobilization, and strategic partnerships with local and national organizations, APC is shaping a powerful constituency recognized by policymakers across America. We strive for a future where the Palestinian people live in freedom, security, and peace—and where their contributions to American public life are acknowledged and respected.
Strategy and Objectives
- Advocate for the rights, freedom, and self-determination of the Palestinian people on both local and national platforms.
- Ensure legislators, agencies, and policy decision makers are better informed about Palestinian rights and the perspectives of the Palestinian-American community, including historical, cultural, and political aspects of the struggle.
- Facilitate engaging in productive public debate.
- Provide avenues for the advancement of the next generation.
- Promote greater mutual understanding between the peoples of Palestine and the United States.
- Conduct ongoing fundraising efforts, through all legal means, to enable effective engagement with policymakers at all levels of federal, state, and local governments and with the general public.
- Collaborate with organizers, activists, policymakers, movement leaders, media, and advocacy organizations to advance a rights-based, accountability- and justice-oriented framework from America to Palestine.
- Provide resources and strategic support to strengthen the U.S.-based Palestine solidarity movement.
