Dear Good Girls,
What is a Good Girl?
A good girl is everything you are.
We have redefined the definition of “good” as society has a cripplying way of labeling for their comfort and understanding. This term is for us, by us. Service is our innermost being. She knows the importance of her roots and building upon what is already there to continue the mission of those who came before her. Every move we make is with intention and purpose. This is our safe haven.
SERVICE is at the CORE.
“Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.” -Marian Wright Edelman
Serving is a vital action of a Good Girl. We take pride in the fact that each of our monthly service initiatives are unique and diverse while still prioritizing the needs of women and young girls. We spread goodness by chasing God’s goodness to create a cycle of giving.
Bring her back?
Sankofa
A sermon spoken by Paster Kyndra Frazier.
The concept of “Sankofa” is derived from King Adinkera of the Akan people of West Africa. “Sankofa” is expressed in the Akan language as “se wo were fi na wosan kofa a yenki.” Literally translated, this means “it is not taboo to go back and fetch what you forgot”.
Sankofa teaches us that we must go back to our roots in order to move forward.
Go back and get it, those parts of ourselves that we may feel guilty about...
Go back and get it, the parts of ourselves we’ve abandoned...
Go back and get the parts of ourselves that are lost...
This is how we live an integrated life, this is how we practice wholeness.
We are the only beings who can sit in the present, think of the past, and simultaneously create future.
We are because they were.
“Do nothing without intention” - Solange
Everything we do is with intention and purpose.
From our “Good Girl of the Month” feature, all the way to the colors of our logo.
The theme color is gold, simply to symbolize the bronze hue our melanin creates, in addition to the magic associated with black womanhood. Our skin absorbs the sun's rays and our bold existence defies the intersection-ality of racism and sexism. We are radiantly golden & undeniably magical. “Just because we’re magic, doesn’t mean we aren’t real.” Jesse Williams
Our target audience is black women, unapologetically, because just like the rest of the world, black women have special and unique needs that need to be tended to.
We started off as solely a blog with one writer, now we have a full team of editors and writers in addition to service organizations nationwide and a diverse online store of dope goods with good meanings.
Every home has a sturdy foundation. Our safe haven is a place where black women can come to lay down their ideals, fears, mistakes, accomplishments and have straight up “girl talk.” This is for the liberated black girl who felt like she lost herself but really she’s becoming exactly who she’s supposed to be. There is no judging your sister on her journey of self discovery and always remember to root for her during her season of success even if it’s not your season. If we don’t love and look out for each other, who will? The time is now to laugh with each other, love on each other, “gass” one another, & root for one another like never before.
This is not a moment, but a movement.
Let this letter serve as the first part of your journey to wholeness, self discovery, peace, & pure happiness.
You’re not doing this alone, this is our journey...together.
Your Friend, Confidante, Teacher, Student, and Sister…
The Good Girl Movement