How to Get Involved
For Professionals Who Want to Act – Safely and Effectively
You care about Palestinian human rights. You see the injustice. But you’re uncertain how to act within your professional context without jeopardising your career or relationships.
You’re not alone – and you’re exactly who we’re designed for.
Bystanders No More helps professionals like you move from concern to effective action through:
- Evidence-based briefings you can share in institutional settings
- Safe communication frameworks that reduce professional risk
- Connection to others in your sector facing the same dilemmas
We focus on the “movable middle” – people who care but need practical, credible pathways to act within their professional constraints.
Why Our Approach Works
Traditional advocacy often alienates the very professionals whose influence could matter most. We take a different approach:
We lead with evidence, not emotion. Our briefings are built for institutional audiences – trustees, compliance officers, policy advisers, educators – who need factual analysis they can defend professionally.
We understand professional risk. Many of our volunteers navigate similar constraints. We help you contribute in ways that align with your situation.
We create usable tools, not just campaigns. Our work helps professionals in investment, education, healthcare, legal, and tech sectors understand the implications of international law rulings (ICC, ICJ) and humanitarian evidence for their own practice.
Who Uses Our Work
Our impact comes through the professionals we support:
- Institutional investors & pension fund trustees use our briefings to understand legal and financial risks in Israeli portfolios following ICC/ICJ rulings
- Educators use our frameworks to discuss Palestine within institutional settings
- Policy professionals draw on our research for evidence-based recommendations
- Healthcare and legal professionals apply our materials when navigating sector-specific ethical questions
By volunteering with BNM, you help create the tools that enable these professionals to act.
Current Volunteer Needs
Urgent Volunteer Roles:
1. Executive Director / Co-Executive Directors (Remote)
Bystanders No More (BNM) is testing a simple question:
Can professional and institutional power be mobilised for Palestinian rights at scale, with credibility, discipline, and real consequences?
We have evidence our approach works at the individual level. The next six months will determine whether it can scale or whether the model needs fundamental redesign.
We are seeking an Executive Director or Co Executive Directors to lead that decision.
This is a volunteer or pro bono position.
2. Interim Board Members Needed – Help Build Governance
Bystanders No More (BNM) is at a pivotal transition. We have demonstrated that systematic, evidence-based engagement with professionals can convert passive Palestine allies into first-time actors. We are now recruiting an Executive Director or Co-Executive Directors to lead our 2026 strategy.
To support this transition, we are forming a small Interim Board with formal governance responsibility during this period.
Ongoing Volunteers Required
We need professionals who can commit meaningful time to help us scale our impact. Here’s what we’re building on a continual basis:
Strategic Lead – Investment Focus
Develop sector-specific briefings that help investment professionals understand fiduciary risks and legal exposure following ICC/ICJ rulings. Use your knowledge of institutional investor decision-making to make complex international law accessible and actionable.
Country/Regional Coordinators
Build networks of institutional allies who can use our evidence-based materials in their professional contexts. Identify key organisations, convene sector-specific discussions, and adapt our frameworks for local institutional landscapes.
Communication & Adult Education Professionals
Help us refine our 5-step engagement framework (Disarm → Connect → Clarify → Mobilise → Sustain) and develop materials that reach hesitant professionals effectively. Your expertise in reaching “movable middle” audiences is critical.
Research Analysts
Synthesise developments in international law, humanitarian policy, investment regulation, and sector-specific dynamics into accessible briefings for professional audiences. Background in foreign policy, humanitarian affairs, or institutional analysis particularly valuable.
Media & Journalist Outreach
Use our evidence-based briefings to engage journalists and gain coverage for our Advisers and analysis. Help translate our institutional focus into compelling stories for professional and mainstream media.
Speakers & Educators
Lead briefings and discussions with professional groups (trustees, compliance officers, sector associations) using our evidence-based approach. Comfortable presenting to sceptical or risk-averse institutional audiences.
Tech & Systems Support
Help us maintain ethical, secure tools and reduce dependence on Big Tech platforms. Support volunteers operating under professional constraints with appropriate digital security.
Admin & Coordination Support
Keep our distributed team connected – communications, scheduling, tracking actions, and maintaining institutional memory as we scale.
Don’t see your sector or skill set? Roles evolve based on who comes forward. If you work in healthcare, legal, education, or other professional sectors and want to help build sector-specific strategies, we want to hear from you.
How We Protect Volunteers
We understand many professionals face real risks. Here’s how we create safe pathways to contribute:
Secure communications. We help volunteers assess their personal risk profile and use encrypted channels.
Anonymous contributions welcome. No requirement to “come out.” Many volunteers contribute behind the scenes without using their name or affiliation publicly. You choose your comfort level – from fully public advocacy to completely backstage support. You can develop briefings, coordinate networks, or support research without ever being publicly associated with BNM.
Sector-specific guidance. We help you navigate the particular constraints of your professional context.
Time & Capacity – What Actually Works
We work best with realistic, sustainable commitments rather than sporadic bursts.
For most volunteer roles, we’ve found that 3-5 hours per week over several months allows volunteers to:
- Learn how we work and contribute meaningfully
- Build continuity within teams
- Develop real expertise in your area
We understand availability fluctuates – illness, travel, and life happen. What matters most is predictable availability so we can plan work together effectively.
If you have exceptional expertise or networks but limited time, we can explore lighter-touch arrangements – but these tend to work only for very specific contributions (e.g., reviewing a briefing, making strategic introductions, one-off specialist advice).
If you’re unsure about committing 3-5 hours weekly, we encourage you to:
- Start with our mailing list to understand our work
- Attend a community call to see if it’s the right fit
- Consider whether now is the right time, or whether you might engage more fully later
We’d rather have your full attention for the time you can genuinely give than have you overcommit and burn out.
What We Value in Volunteers
Intellectual honesty. We build credibility through rigorous analysis, not advocacy rhetoric.
Respect for professional constraints. We understand why hesitant professionals hesitate.
Clear communication about capacity. Tell us what you can actually sustain, not what you wish you could do.
Willingness to learn. You don’t need to be an expert in Palestine/Israel – curiosity, care, and commitment to evidence-based work matter more.
Comfort with our approach. We’re not trying to mobilise existing activists. We’re trying to reach people who’ve been bystanders because traditional advocacy didn’t offer safe, credible pathways.
Ready to Get Involved?
The application takes 10-15 minutes. We ask about:
- Your professional background and sector
- What you’re hoping to contribute
- Your capacity and any constraints we should know about
- How you found us and what resonates about our approach
We review applications on a rolling basis and typically respond within 2 weeks.
Questions first? Email us at info@bystandersnomore.org