Austin Business Owners
What does it mean to be Apartheid-Free?
Being Apartheid-Free may look a little different for each business, but at a minimum we ask that you:
Pledge not to sell the products targeted by this boycott.
Pledge not to use boycott target products personally or at your business.
Publicly declare yourself Apartheid-Free. We will provide you with a sign for your space, a logo for your website or social media accounts, and will add you to our list of Apartheid-Free Zones. We ask that you agree to at least one of these.
You can decide how you want to participate beyond that, including:
Providing flyers for your customers that link to our educational materials
Hosting educational or social events related to the campaign at your business
Something we haven’t thought of yet—what does being apartheid-free mean to you? We want to hear it!
Sign the pledge below to join the campaign as an Apartheid-Free Business!
We, the local business owners of Austin, are opposed to the systems of apartheid, occupation, genocide, and ethnic cleansing that have oppressed the people of Palestine for the past 75 years. We recognize our power, leverage, and influence in shaping the culture of our city, and recognize the long history of successful, non-violent resistance to oppression through boycotts from South Africa to the United Farm Workers labor movement in the US.
By signing this pledge, we answer the call from civil society in occupied Palestine since 2005 to join the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. We refuse our complicity in Israeli apartheid by refusing to sell or use products that are targets of the BDS movement.