SGIA: The Proactive Grassroots Approach on Campus - Get Involved, Be A Leader!

Students Supporting Israel leaders are involved on campus. This means that we believe in taking action and being proactive!

Our national movement understands that the fight against the delegitimization of Israel on college campuses is also happening in our student governments. Therefore, it is our responsibility to be involved with our student governments, to act within them, and not simply wait for an opportunity to respond to actions we do not agree with.  

From incoming freshmen, to heads of the student body, SSI’s goal is to influence students, who will go on to become the future democratic leaders in society, with a positive perspective on Israel. SSI believes educating student government representatives is vital in the promotion of pro-Israel activism on campus.

The influence of pro-Israel Student Government Alliance (SGA) leaders educated through SSI’s Student Government Israel Alliance Initiative, will ensure student government representatives remain allies of the pro-Israel community.  

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Thus far, Students Supporting Israel was able to successfully propose, lead and pass 19 resolutions in the student governments of:
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1. University of Minnesota, 2014 
2. University of Georgia, 2015
3. Indiana University, 2015 
4. Texas A&M, 2015
5. Capital University, 2016
6. Kent State University, 2017
7. Chapman University, 2017 
8. Ryerson University, Canada, 2017
9. Wake Forest University, 2018
10. Texas A&M, 2018
11. St. Thomas University, 2019
12. Arizona State University, 2020
13. Buenos Aires University, 2020
14. Foothill College, 2020
15. ​Pace University, 2020
16. City College of New York, 2020
17. ​St. Lawrence University, 2020
18. University of Manitoba, 2020
19. University of Georgia, 2021
20. University of California -Santa Barbara, 2021
    

​The resolutions passed variously called for the support of Israel through the investment in and increase of study abroad programs in Israel, promotion of Israel, countering the BDS movement, and calling for the adoption of the IHRA definition of Antisemitism.
 
In addition to the resolutions, other SSI efforts included three chapters at the University of Minnesota, San Diego State University and DePaul University, defeating anti Israel proposals in their student governments. On two other campuses, the University of Minnesota and Augsburg College, SSI members ran for the student body Presidency position, finishing second. Other SSI members from different chapters are holding various positions in student governments, such as student senators and at large representatives.