Participate in our workshops aimed at empowering community engagement and access to vital resources. 

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Acts of Lateral Kindness

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WOKE: We organize knowledge empowerment

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Knowledge is provided through a critical race and trauma informed approach inclusive of equity based culturally relevant practices to support community members in accessing resources. Serves families, and Muslim persons who experience inequitable social conditions and seek to improve their lives through solution focused approaches to problem solving. Empowering joy by reducing stress and conflict in the home by supporting health, well-being and social inclusion.

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Specific areas of responsiveness and workshops:

• Self-care and support services for Muslims who are newcomers to support early life integration and social inclusion

• Facilitating access to community spaces and joy

• Improving workplace conditions to promote rest, leisure and relaxation and reducing time poverty 

  • Reducing the impact of patronization in the workforce and workplace policies to make workplaces more family friendly and women centric to improve employment outcomes for racialized persons 

  • Promoting equitable labour division at work to reduce burnout and improve presenteeism for racialized women 

  • Providing time off to promote joyful quality time with family​​

  • Advocacy for safer workplace practices that support employee well-being 

• Reproductive health and rights

• Strength based approaches

• Racialized/Muslim women's health issues

• Triple shifts of domestic labour, at work, at home, and the chronic stress of survival cleaning that impacts well-being. 

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Appreciating Muslim individual's labour and contributions. Reducing erasure, adversity and promoting positive community interactions. Addressing social determinants of health and well-being and supporting family unity, harmony and cohesion. ​

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All services are confidential. 

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Culturally responsive and relevant to the best of abilities.