Empowering Somali Women for a Brighter Future.
Find your voice, build your skills, and change the narrative.
Raise Your Voice, Change Your Future.
Step into a community that empowers you to express your identity, overcome barriers, and become the change-maker you aspire to be.
Find your voice in a supportive community.
Empower yourself through workshops and mentorship.
Gain essential skills for education and career growth.
Connect with a community that truly understands you.
We Celebrate Our Wins. Together.
Retooling Black Anxiety Research Project
Gashanti is an implementing partner in Retooling Black Anxiety, a research project led by York University's Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research. Gashanti and the Ghana Union of Canada.
Our Voices, Our Stories: Combatting Anti-Black Islamophobia
We are honoured to serve as a lead community advisory collaborator for this project, supporting the consultative process and reviewing toolkit materials to ensure they reflect the lived experiences and insights of Black Muslim women.
Black Youth Civic Participation and Identity Project
As a community partner, Gashanti helped connect the research project with the lived experiences of Somali, Black, Muslim, and racialized young women.
What if you had the support needed to thrive?
Somali women and girls face intersecting issues. We can take on these issues together, finding support and strength in community.
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Your Potential Deserves Recognition.
Celebrate your story with us.
This was an important space for Somali mothers because the information was explained in our language and with an understanding of our culture. It helped close the knowledge gap between parents and young people and gave us better ways to talk about mental health across generations. We are often focused on caring for our families, so it was also meaningful to be reminded that our own well-being matters and that taking care of ourselves is part of caring for our families.”
— Somali elder and caregiver, Somali Mothers and Caregivers
Connected program:
Midaynta Intergenerational and Culturally Specific Wellness Workshops
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The conversation about anxiety and mental health felt relaxed and non-judgmental. It did not make us feel like something was wrong with us or that we were being lectured. Having approachable facilitators who looked like us and understood some of our experiences made it easier to participate, ask questions, and speak honestly about stress, anxiety, and the pressures young Black men face.”
— Youth participant, Retooling Black Anxiety
Read more about the connected project:
Retooling Black Anxiety Research Project
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I had participated in a few Gashanti projects before, but being invited to attend the OVOS project launch as a recent high school graduate felt special. It was an honour to witness a community space bringing Black Muslim women together and to learn about the Digital Sisterhood, The Village Auntie, and the work being created through the project. I saw familiar faces, met many new people, and felt welcomed into a wider community. As I prepare to start university, the experience left me feeling connected, inspired, and excited about the spaces young women like me can help build."
— Recent youth participant, OVOS Project Launch
Read more about the connected project:
Our Voices Our Stories Project Launch
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Your voice matters; let’s amplify it.
