How we stay independent

Dear friend,

We could chase bigger money from large institutions. We choose not to.

Good Shepherd Collective has made a strategic decision to build our funding base on individual subscribers rather than institutional grants or major donors. This isn't because we couldn't find them — it's because we've seen what happens when organizations become dependent on funders whose interests might diverge from the mission.

One uncomfortable news cycle, one board member with political connections, one foundation reassessing its "risk profile” and suddenly, years of work become leverage that someone else holds over you and your organization’s ability to continue.

The Good Shepherd Collective is building the infrastructure to exist outside that system, based on a commitment to our own principles.

We publish analysis and documentation from Palestine, where our team has grown up, lived, worked, and has family and friends. We maintain datasets on military operations, settler violence, healthcare attacks, and economic conditions that require consistent, unflinching attention. We translate sources and report information that mainstream outlets overlook or actively avoid and discuss the topics that really matter, such as anti-colonial organizing and modalities of anti-zionism.

This work is only as free as its funding source.

One way to support this work is by subscribing to our Substack for a few dollars a month. When you subscribe to The Call, you join a network of individual supporters who collectively make our independence possible. No single subscription funds more than a tiny fraction of our work — which means no single subscriber can threaten it. We answer to the movement, not to any individual's preferences or politics.

This is what genuine grassroots organizing is. Not just Palestinian voices, but Palestinian-controlled infrastructure. Not just good intentions, but structural independence.

A paid subscription costs a few dollars a month. Multiplied across our growing subscriber base, it becomes the foundation for media that can't be bought, pressured, or quietly discontinued.

Join us at thecall.ps and become part of the community that keeps this work possible.

Thank you for your support.

In solidarity from Palestine,
Lara Kilani

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