PALESTINIAN ARAB CIVIC INSTITUTION · HAIFA · SINCE 1987
The Social Development Committee - Haifa builds the conditions, tools, and platforms through which the Arab community of Haifa organizes itself, sets its own priorities, and shapes the institutions that govern daily life.
Since 1987: nearly four decades as a central address for Arab residents in Haifa.
Non-partisan, registered, and independently audited every year.
The Arab Civic Council in Haifa held its founding assembly in July 2026: around 40 residents took part, and many more asked to join but couldn't attend.
We document, follow up, and make our work legible.
On 1 July 2026, residents from across Arab Haifa's fields and generations met to begin building a permanent civic structure — one designed to carry community priorities through to their end, rather than to state them once. The Council is the backbone of SDC's Strategic Plan 2026-2029.
Read the updateThe spine of the model: a community-rooted body that turns residents' priorities into coordinated civic action and municipal influence.
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Explore the modelYoung people as civic actors in the present, and evidence-based education priorities turned into advocacy.
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