About Us
About
Us
PAC is a non-profit
grass-roots organization, founded in 1995, it has 21 chapters in various US
cities.
PAC was established to assist the community in coordinating and organizing its political, educational, cultural and social affairs.
PAC adheres to the principles that the Palestinian people constitute an indivisible National Unit and that Palestine is its national homeland.
PAC affirms its support of the Palestinian people's struggle to realize its national rights in accordance with the United Nations Charter and Resolutions.
PAC upholds democracy and the basic fundamental human and national rights of all people and affirms its opposition to racism and discrimination in all of its manifestations.
About
the Palestinian American Congress
The Palestinian
American Congress adheres to the principles that the Palestinian People Constitute
an indivisible National unit, that Palestine, an integral part of the Arab Nation,
is its national home land. The Palestinian American Congress affirms its support
of the Palestinian people's struggle to realize its national rights including
its right of return to its national homeland, to national self-determination,
and to its national independence and sovereignty with Jerusalem as its Capital
in Palestine in accordance with the United Nations Charter and Resolutions.
The Palestinian American Community upholds democracy and the basic fundamental
human and national rights of all people and affirms its opposition to dictatorship,
racism and discrimination in all of its manifestations.
In furtherance of these principles, the Palestinian American Community hereby
creates the Palestinian American Congress, a non-for- profit organization, in
order to assist the community in coordinating and organizing its political,
educational, cultural, financial and social affairs in particular and to support
the Palestinian people in general.
What is the Palestinian American Congress?
The main mission of the Palestinian American Congress (PAC) is to speak on behalf of all the Palestinians in the United States, and to become the embodiment of their national rights and cultural heritage.
Our
Mission
The Palestinian American Congress was established to respond
to the needs of the Palestinian American Community; to defend its rights and
speak on its behalf in the political, cultural, educational and economic arenas.
The Congress is a democratic institution that will pursue the following objectives:
- Be the principal voice of the Palestinian Community.
- Support the community and protect its civil and political rights and preserve its culture.
- Support the Palestinian people's just rights and recognize their right to self determination and the establishment of an independent Palestinian State with Jerusalem as its capital.
- Help organize Palestinian American professional, educational and intellectual association to protect our rights and develop our potential.
- Activate participation in the American political system.
- Strengthen relations with other Arab communities and all other organizations in which we share common interests.
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