What Organizing Resources and Toolkits Does the BDS Movement Website Offer?

The BDS Movement website (bdsmovement.net) publishes organizing resources for civil society groups, unions, and individual supporters who want to take strategic action rather than only read news. The most concrete examples visible on the site are campaign toolkits and policy briefs: the "No Room for Genocide: Organizing Toolkit" and a policy brief on state duties regarding immigration and visa waiver policies. These sit alongside Action Alerts, news updates, and statements that tell you what is happening and what action is being called for.

What kinds of resources are on the site

The site organizes its output into several recurring categories. Based on the homepage listings, these include:

• Action Alerts – time-bound calls to act, often tied to a specific date or target.
• Global campaigns – longer-running campaigns such as "No Room for Genocide" and "Stop FANUC."
• Statements – including BNC Statements and PACBI Statements, plus union solidarity statements.
• Briefings / Policy Briefs – documents aimed at influencing governments and institutions.
• Resources – the section that gathers organizing and campaign material.
• News – updates on developments the movement is responding to.

For an organizer, the practical distinction is between what is happening (news, statements) and what you can do about it (Action Alerts, toolkits, briefings).

The organizing toolkit

The clearest example of a hands-on resource is the "No Room for Genocide: Organizing Toolkit." According to the site, the campaign was launched in July and calls on global civil society to pressure governments to amend immigration and visa policies to align with international legal standards and obligations.

A toolkit of this kind is what you would use if you are:

• Part of a civil society organization planning a campaign around the demand.
• A union or community group wanting ready-made framing and calls to action.
• An individual supporter looking for structured ways to participate beyond signing a petition.

The toolkit is tied to a specific demand (immigration and visa policy change), so it is most useful to groups whose work touches government policy, migration, or legislative advocacy.

Policy briefs for government-facing work

The site also publishes policy briefs, such as "State Duties regarding Immigration and Visa Waiver policies." The excerpt describes the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) as the largest coalition of Palestinian civil society and the leadership of the global BDS movement, and states that it calls on partners and supporters to pressure their governments to amend immigration and visa policies to align with international legal standards.

This type of document is aimed at people who need a legal-and-policy framing rather than a protest framing — for example, NGOs preparing submissions, or advocates briefing policymakers. It gives you the movement's stated rationale and the specific policy ask, which you can then adapt to your national context.

Campaign-specific action resources

Beyond the toolkit and briefings, the site pairs each campaign with dated action calls. Examples from the homepage include:

Each of these tells you the target, the timeframe, and the framing, which is what you need to decide whether your group can plug in.

How to use these resources

1. Start with the campaign that matches your capacity. A single Day of Action suits a group that can mobilize once; a multi-week window suits a group that can sustain activity.
2. Read the toolkit or briefing before acting. The toolkit gives you the campaign's demand and framing; the policy brief gives you the government-facing argument.
3. Check the date and target. Action Alerts are time-bound, so confirm the current window before planning around it.
4. Adapt, don't copy blindly. The policy asks are addressed to governments generally; you will need to map them onto your own country's immigration and visa rules.

Common sticking points

• Resources are campaign-specific, not generic. There is no single universal "how to run a BDS campaign" manual visible here — material is attached to particular campaigns and demands.
• Dates move. The listings show specific windows (for example, 28 September – 4 October, or 20–29 November). Always verify against the live site before committing your group.
• Policy briefs assume a government-facing audience. If your group works at community level, the toolkit and Action Alerts will usually be more directly usable than the briefings.

If your goal is to organize rather than just follow the news, the sequence is: pick a campaign, read its toolkit or briefing, confirm the current action window, and adapt the demand to your local context.