While We Celebrate, Entire Nations Fight to Survive

The holiday season brings moments of warmth, connection, and celebration. It is a time when many of us gather with loved ones, exchange gifts, and reflect on the year behind us. But as we embrace joy, we must also hold space for a truth that cannot be ignored. Around the world, entire nations are fighting to survive. Families are being displaced. Cultures are being erased. Communities are facing violence so severe that it meets the definition of genocide.

At The Good Girl Movement, our work is rooted in the empowerment and liberation of Black women and girls. Yet our commitment to justice extends far beyond our immediate community. We believe in a world where every person, regardless of race, nationality, or geography, has the right to live free from violence and oppression. This holiday season, we honor our joy while refusing to look away from the suffering of others.

Genocide Is Not a Thing of the Past

Genocide is not a historical event tucked away in textbooks. It is a present reality. It is happening now, across continents, impacting people of all backgrounds, faiths, and identities. Communities are being uprooted. Histories are being threatened. Families are being torn apart. And too often, the world responds with silence.

We stand in solidarity with all people facing genocide, including the Palestinian people, whose struggle for safety, dignity, and self-determination has become a global call for justice. Supporting a free Palestine is part of a broader commitment to ensuring that no community is forced to fight for its right to exist.

But Palestine is not the only place where people are suffering. Genocide and mass violence are impacting communities across the globe, from Africa to Asia, from the Middle East to Latin America, from Indigenous lands to regions caught in political turmoil.

A Global Crisis: Naming the Communities Facing Violence

This season, we honor and uplift all communities experiencing genocide, ethnic cleansing, or mass displacement, including but not limited to:

Palestine

Families continue to face displacement, loss, and systemic violence. Their fight for freedom is a fight for humanity.

Sudan

Communities are enduring mass killings, starvation, and forced displacement. The crisis is urgent and ongoing.

The Democratic Republic of Congo

People are suffering from violence fueled by global demand for natural resources. Entire regions are destabilized, and families are caught in cycles of conflict.

Myanmar and the Rohingya people

The Rohingya have faced years of persecution, displacement, and statelessness.

Ethiopia, including Tigray

Communities have endured widespread violence, famine, and trauma that will echo for generations.

Haiti

Political instability and violence continue to threaten the safety and sovereignty of the Haitian people.

Indigenous communities worldwide

From the Amazon to North America to Australia, Indigenous peoples continue to face land theft, cultural erasure, and violence.

Uyghur communities

Uyghur Muslims have faced mass detention, cultural suppression, and human rights violations.

These are only a few examples. The list is long, and the suffering is real.

Why This Matters to Us

As an organization dedicated to Black women and girls, we understand what it means to be overlooked, unheard, and unprotected. We know what it means to fight for dignity in a world that often refuses to see our humanity. Our liberation is tied to the liberation of others. When one community is targeted, the moral fabric of the world is threatened. When one group is denied freedom, justice everywhere becomes more fragile.

We speak out not because it is easy, but because it is necessary.

Holding Space for Both Joy and Justice

We deserve joy. We deserve rest. We deserve celebration, BUT joy does not require silence. Rest does not require disengagement. Celebration does not require complacency. We can hold both grief and gratitude. We can hold both holiday warmth and a fierce commitment to justice. We can honor our own joy while honoring the pain of others.

Our Call This Season

As we move through the holidays, The Good Girl Movement calls on our community to stay informed about global crises, support humanitarian organizations providing aid, amplify the voices of survivors and activists, advocate for policies that protect human rights, and stand in solidarity with all communities facing genocide.

We believe in a world where every nation is free from violence. A world where no community is forgotten. A world where genocide is not tolerated, minimized, or ignored.

A Future Without Genocide Is Possible

This holiday season, let us recommit to building that world. Let us honor the resilience of those fighting for survival. Let us remember that liberation is a global responsibility.

From our hearts to yours, we send love, strength, and solidarity. May this season remind us of our shared humanity and our shared duty to protect it.

Free Palestine. Free Sudan. Free Congo. Free Haiti. Free the Rohingya. Free the Uyghurs. Free Indigenous lands. Free all nations from genocide.