About Toi
As a brown genderqueer who is often marginalized in many movements, Toi is dedicated to providing their intersectional perspective in various media sources and outlets, while also working on the ground in their communities towards liberation. Toi's work seeks to acknowledge and illuminate the injustice black, brown, queer, trans and gender non-conforming and non-binary, women, disabled, and other marginalized people face. This work not only validates and affirms the reality of their experiences which are so often negated, but also provides resources, dialog, and a call to action to dismantle white supremacy and capitalism by helping communities to see their present and historical power and also helping to strengthen their collective power. Over the years, Toi has facilitated spaces for dialog about racism and internalized oppression, and skillshares where participants can step into their power and see Truth, history, and their value. Toi's current workshops and skillshares address power, privilege and marginalization, internalized racism, self/communal care and release, the reclamation of agrarian knowledge and foodways for people of color, and also focus on ways that artists can use their art to organize for social justice. Toi has both collaborated on and compiled resource guides that provide an impetus for autonomy around wellness and well-being, and has created both fiction and non-fiction liberatory literature. These writings give readers permission to envision liberation from oppressive systems and a better future for our communities and society. Toi seeks to to co-create a world without discrimination based on our identities, where social determinants don't guarantee disparities; a world where our basic needs are met, and our rights are not just rhetoric; and a world where people are valued more than capital and corporations, where we are able to know our true histories and reclaim our rich cultural inheritance. Toi's writings serve as a platform for collaborative discussion, networking, engagement and aim to co-create collective change. Fighting to bring awareness to the various ways that racial oppression manifests in the food movement, Toi served as a community health organizer for the Sustainable Food Center and helped to radicalize one of the most influential non-profits committed to food work in Central Texas. Toi's recent article, Frankly Not about Food Forests for Black Girl Dangerous garnered national attention and opened the conversation about racial