SOS began with students refusing to let Syria disappear from public conversation. That same conviction now drives something larger: a generation building the relationships, skills, and community power to shape the future.
We remain rooted in student organizing. Conferences, training, partnerships, and professional pathways strengthen our organizers; they are infrastructure for the movement, not the movement’s identity.
Zana Alattar founds Save Our Syrian Freedom at ASU. The initiative raises awareness of the Syrian Revolution, promotes philanthropy, supports humanitarian aid, and connects student activists nationally.
After a student fundraising trip to the Turkey–Syria border, Students for Syrian Relief is founded to connect students with relief projects, awareness work, and fundraising opportunities. Yale organizers, including Sarah Yazji, led relief and fundraising.
The two efforts grow into Students Organize For Syria: a unified, national student network. Chapters run campaigns such as Books Not Bombs, Syria Solidarity Week, and Advocacy in D.C.
See past campaigns ↗Students, activists, artists, and organizations gather around the theme “Preparing the next generation to stand up for Syria.”
Explore the conferences ↗The network meets again and asks, “Where do we go from here?”
SOS speaks on the record: a Remembrance Day reflection marking nine years since the first protests in Daraa, followed by statements on Idlib, the BLM protests, the earthquake, and solidarity with Gaza.
Read the statements ↗Students Organize for Syria’s ultimate goal is to effectively mobilize for Syria from within the diaspora. We are committed to sustaining a strong, united student network that honors the Syrian revolution, champions advocacy, and empowers a new generation to take part in rebuilding and shaping Syria’s future.
Young people own the agenda, organize the work, and speak for themselves.
We center informed Syrian voices without reducing Syria to crisis alone.
Lasting change is built through chapters, relationships, and collective action.
We develop the people and partnerships that sustain organizing over time.
Founded Save Our Syrian Freedom at Arizona State University in 2012 and used that experience as a foundation for the national SOS network.
A Syrian American advocate whose work included youth mentorship, asylum representation, and legal scholarship.
An organizer committed to freedom, justice, and human rights who served Syrian community and advocacy organizations.
A Syrian American student organizer whose education and human-rights work shaped her activism during the Arab Spring.
A Syrian American political and human-rights activist with experience across grassroots and civil-society organizations.
A Yale organizer who helped lead relief and fundraising efforts and traveled to Syria’s northern border and Za’atari Refugee Camp.
These biographies honor the organizers who helped build the early SOS network.
Organize where you are. Bring your voice, your campus, and your community into what comes next.
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