by their side
Preventing relationship violence and building healthier relationships within Indo-Caribbean communities across Peel Region.
Our Pillars
Awareness
Recognizing and understanding violence, including non-explicit forms of harm.
Research
Providing access to resources and contributing to evidence that changes the story on gender-based violence while using community voices to advocate for systemic changes.
Prevention
creating programs grounded in community voices to build healthy, respectful connections and prevent cycles of harm.
What We Do
Programs
- Co-designed. Youth shape their learning, every step of the way.
- No lectures — just conversation.
- Arts-based learning. Drawing, writing, theatre, and storytelling support self-expression.
- Community-rooted knowledge. Everyone is an expert.
- Invitational participation. Youth can step in and out of activities as needed.
Community Circles
Each month, by their side hosts community circles for Indo-Caribbean and South Asian identifying young people, ages 19–25, across the gender spectrum. These circles are a casual, grounded space to talk about our culture, our relationships, and the ways violence shows up in our lives.
Circles are not workshops or lectures. We sit together, share stories if we want to, listen to each other, and make room for both difficulty and joy. It’s a non-judgmental, brave space where you don’t have to have the “right” words to belong.
