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About SPHR
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 SPHR is a non-profit, student-based organization that advocates on a strong social justice platform to uphold the rights of the Palestinian people in the face of human rights violations and all forms of racism, discrimination, misinformation and misrepresentation.
Through awareness raising, advocacy work, non-violent direct actions, solidarity building, and the promotion of Palestinian identity, culture and history, SPHR works to support and protect Palestinian human rights both locally and internationally.
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 Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) was established in 1999 as a result of a merger between two student organizations based at Concordia and McGill University; the Concordia Centre for Palestinian Human Rights (CCPHR) and the McGill Palestinian Solidarity Committee (PSC). It was after a three month long discussion that the two boards decided to merge and to consolidate their resources to the furthering of the Palestinian struggle for human rights. Having noticed a certain vacuum in the Canadian solidarity movement, the members wanted to create a unique and independent organization which would be able to promote the Palestinian struggle in all of its aspects. Their logic was that they wanted to create an organization which would have enough credibility to be able to appeal to the general public without compromising basic human right principles and facts surrounding the Palestinian plight.
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 In order to represent and symbolize SPHR's mission and objectives, the organizers were looking to come up with a concept for a logo which could easily be associated with the Palestinian struggle both by the Palestinian community itself and the general public.
Amongst the suggestions for logo ideas, a few stood out and provoked an important series of debates; Handala (a cartoon figure created by Najil Ali to symbolize the Palestinian bitterness towards the Occupation), an olive tree and a Palestinian flag. There were arguments presented for and against all options. |
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 SPHR needs your support to maintain and expand its important work. All financial support will be channeled into improving our activities and expanding our outreach. For more information please see about SPHR and its mission, you can view list of our latest activities as well.
Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) found at http://www.sphr.org , is a non-profit, student association based in Montréal with the aim of educating the public about the human rights status of the Palestinian people.
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 How to Open an SPHR Branch in Three Easy Steps?
01- Visit your student union and find out what are the requirements to start a club. Usually they ask you to have a number of students 10 to 25 who signed on saying they want to start the club.
02- Formulating a constitutions for the club: each union has required by-laws you need to have, like an anti discrimination clause and election and impeachment procedures. ask the union for a sample constitution they usually have one. |
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