Building on the legacy and impact of previous student movements on occupied Turtle Island (so-called US and Canada), National Students for Justice in Palestine (National SJP) seeks to empower, unify, and support the Student Movement for Palestinian liberation. We promote an agenda grounded in freedom, solidarity, equality, safety, and historical justice, and we seek to elevate the student movement to a higher level of political engagement. We aim to develop a connected, disciplined movement equipped with the tools necessary to contribute to the fight for Palestinian liberation.

Nearly two decades after the formation of the first Students for Justice in Palestine, the movement for Palestine has taken colleges and universities across North America by storm. With over 350 Palestine solidarity organizations on campus across the continent, students have been leaders in uplifting demands for freedom, justice, and equality for the Palestinian people.

As momentum for Palestine solidarity builds, organizational cohesion and a shared political framework are vital to creating and sustaining the Palestine solidarity movement on campus. Combating the increasingly violent attempts to scare Palestine solidarity organizers into silence requires a robust and unified student movement that can build and leverage power in the face of repression and pushback. Our purpose is to develop and maintain this movement.

National Students for Justice in Palestine aims to craft an ideologically, politically, and organizationally unified Student Movement capable of advancing the struggle for Palestinian liberation at scale. To do this, we will:

1. Continually develop and uphold the shared principles and values of the SJP National Network.

2. Engage the National Network of SJP Chapters with political education, connecting theory and history to organizing practice.

3. Cultivate deep relationships with our allies and engage in joint struggle coalition building with national and international partners.

4. Coordinate joint campaigns and actions across our Network to address our movement's key issues and take tangible steps forward.

National Students for Justice in Palestine assists a vast and diverse network of students, and our core values unite us as we carry on the fight for Palestinian liberation. National SJP upholds fifteen Shared Principles and Values developed alongside local chapters and movement partners. We are continuously crafting a political framework that addresses collective liberation from Palestine to the Rio Grande.

We believe the struggle for a free Palestine is interconnected with the struggle for Black liberation, for gender-based and sexual freedom, and for a livable and sustainable planet. All pursuits for freedom, justice, and equality are materially intertwined and require us to struggle against state violence, colonialism, capitalism, and imperialism in all of their forms.