What happened to Toyin should shake the core parts of ourselves that awaken our accountability to each other. Toyin & so many of us Black women, femmes, & NB folks are organizing & experiencing patriarchal violence in real time. Too often its only other survivors showing up 4 us.

Our aspirations for abolition are defunct if we aren’t fervent in our practice of community care & accountability *in the here and now*

Toyin needed immediate support from her community. How many of us right now feel truly equipped to respond when another Toyin names her harm?

Our demands for abolition must also include demands that we uphold in our bodies and in our relationships with each other. A commitment to taking daily action to build trust, interrupt harm, and provide tangible support is what Toyin & countless survivors need & deserve from us.