Võ Hải (Hải Võ)

Hải Võ là người Mỹ gốc Việt, a queer-identified diasporic who grew up in California with roots and ancestors from Việt Nam. Hải is passionate about traditional food(ways), self- and group-liberation, popular education, and having a healing and deepening relationship to land, food, plant medicine, and community.

Growing up in a Vietnamese immigrant family of gardeners, farmers, and cooks, Hải learned the proverb, “Một cây làm chẳng nên non, ba cây chụm lại nên hòn núi cao”. In English, it roughly translates to one tree provides little strength, three trees together allows us to reach high mountains. This proverb has been a guiding light in their commitment toward justice, visionary organizing, and food and ecological sovereignty – that when we come together collectively, we can achieve anything and change the world. Hải’s committed to food sovereignty and the liberation of those most impacted.

“I want to shift the narrative and to shift culture – to not be part of a generation anticipated to have a shorter life expectancy than their parents. I don’t want that to be our reality. I want our generation to be the one that overcomes diet-related illness, chronic disease, and adversity. I want to uplift and raise up future generations that love themselves and one another and reconnects and aligns our bodies, minds, and spirits with that of our ancestors.”