🍉 Start Your Own Watermelon Club
Bring Palestine solidarity organizing to your campus. Build community, take action, create change.
Why Start a Watermelon Club?
Build a community of students who care. Take meaningful action together. Create lasting change at your institution. Connect with a growing movement across Canada.
Getting Started
Want to start a club? Three steps: Find 3-5 interested students (you don’t need a crowd), Know Your Rights (essential before organizing), Pick 1-2 Weekly Actions (start small). Key principle: start small, build sustainably, center Palestinian voices.
Already have a group? Level up: Weekly Actions (sustainable activities), Role Templates (structure your team), Strategic Campaigns (long-term change).
Complete Guides
Weekly Actions - Sustainable activities to build power: Tabling (visibility & recruitment), Vigils (solidarity events), Film Screenings (education + recruitment), Social Media (digital organizing). 15-20 minutes to read.
Creative Activism 🎨 - Make organizing fun! Zines, stickers, posters, aesthetic letters, crafting parties, guerrilla art. Turn activism into art, art into action. 20-25 minutes to read.
Role Templates - 5 essential coordinator roles: Communications (social media, press), Outreach (coalitions, recruitment), Research (investigations, fact-checking), Events (planning, logistics), Finance (budget, fundraising). 20-25 minutes to read.
Strategic Campaigns - Long-term organizing for structural change: Divestment (4-phase process, 1-3 years), Speakers (bringing Palestinian voices to campus), Media (challenging bias, shifting narratives). 25-30 minutes to read.
Your Watermelon Club Journey
Just you? (1-2 hours/week): Launch a social media account, table weekly with watermelon imagery to find others, form your first Watermelon Club meeting.
Small Club (5-10 people): Register as official student club (use “Watermelon Club”!), assign roles, pick 2 weekly actions, plan one event per month.
Established Club (10+ people): Fill all coordinator roles, maintain consistent weekly actions, launch strategic campaigns (divestment, speakers), help others start Watermelon Clubs at nearby schools.
Stay Safe
Before you start: Know your rights, Secure your organizing, Prevent burnout.
While organizing: Document everything, have legal observer at actions, support each other, celebrate wins.
Watermelon Clubs & Partner Organizations
Watermelon Clubs: Calgary—Watermelon Club (the original! Instagram coming soon). Your campus? Be the first to start one!
Partner with existing groups: Coalition of Canadian Palestinian Organizations, SPHR chapters across Canada, local Justice for Palestine groups.
Check your campus: Student union club listings, search “[Your University] Palestine”, or start the first Watermelon Club!
External Toolkits
Don’t reinvent the wheel: Palestine Portal: Guides & Toolkits, Protect Palestine: Campus Organizers, Palestine Legal: Student Organizing, CJPME (Canadian resources).
Need Help Starting Your Club?
Email mail@berryhouse.ca, Website Berry House, Instagram coming soon.
We can help with: starting your Watermelon Club, registering as official student org, strategy and action planning, connecting with other Watermelon Clubs, branding and social media tips.
Related: Weekly Actions →, Role Templates →, Strategic Campaigns →, Support & Safety →, Take Action →, Education →.
Every major movement started with students organizing on campuses. Start your Watermelon Club today.
From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free. 🇵🇸