Toy Burton
Toy Burton is the Founder of DeeDee's Cry Suicide Prevention & Family Support. DeeDee's Cry is the first BIPOC suicide prevention organization in the Commonwealth. DeeDee's Cry is named after her sister, Denita Shayne Morris (DeeDee), who died by suicide when she was twenty-three years old, in 1986. Toy started DeeDee's Cry in 2017, after noticing the lack of racial equity in the space of suicide prevention. Toy Burton is also the Founder and Executive Director of the Roxbury Unity Parade. Toy started the Roxbury Unity Parade in 2018 after seeing other Boston neighborhoods have parades and celebrations for their community. Roxbury, once a predominately Black neighborhood in Boston, the parade celebrates the neighborhood of Roxbury, Black culture, our excellence, and our contributions to the City of Boston.