MisFits for Change is a தமிழ் women of colour led collective founded and functioning in Scarborough since 2009.  As a women-led collective, our focus is on women, youth, community elders and children. Coming from various backgrounds, we are students, adults, and workers from low income neighborhoods– who have considerable experience and community knowledge and want to give what we have learned back to the community.

Vision

Creating brave and safe meeting spaces through community organizing that advocate for social change in our communities.

Mission

This collective aims at organizing events, forum debates, and performances, as well as screening films and publishing books while supporting events that focus on creative expressions of progressive ideas and actions organized by women of colour in Scarborough neighborhoods.

Our Values:

• Inclusion & Accessibility
• Social Justice
  
• Equity
• Anti–oppression, anti-racism, anti-homophobia
  
• Responsiveness
  
• Diversity
  
• Collaboration and solidarity
  
• Creativity & Expression
• Accountability