Justice 2025 Toronto Youth Action Fund Black Change Justice Project Findings Funded Amount: $100.00000 / Projects / Youth Action Fund / Change Justice Project Findings This proposal is intended to build on the Change Justice project and the key emerging themes from the qualitative research into the lived experiences of Somali women and youth in the Canadian Justice System. Police raids, absence of legal resources and trauma as a result of experiencing racial profiling, anti-Black racism and Islamophobia have been the merging evidence-based themes out of the research, and Positive Change will directly address them through empowering legal education to bridge some of the key emerging concerns expressed by research participants. The project aims to address police raids and police relationship with the Somali community, offer legal education sessions with BLAC and the Muslim Legal Clinic, provide train-the-trainer mentorship program pairing youth with legal mentors who have navigated the justice system, and work with other Somali cultural groups to enhance trust and engagement.