On behalf of The Grenada Movement, I wish to offer my best wishes to all Grenadians, as we begin 2021 under the most challenging circumstances in our recent history.
The last year, 2020, has left us conscious of humanity’s interconnectedness and the enduring challenge even more now to be our neighbour’s keeper. This is particularly relevant to us in the Grenadian Civilisation, as too many of us are entering the New Year with souls psychologically and materially scarred and battered.
And while the Covid scourge in 2020 reminded us of our fragility; it has brought home the ineptness and unimaginativeness of the current leadership and the call to Grenadian patriots to rally on behalf of the helpless, the vulnerable and those who are short of hope. It has also kindled a national fire and fervour for a new kind of leadership that is insightful, humane, inspirational, resolute, sincere and confident in the people and the future.
The New Year, 2021, notwithstanding the persisting grimness that hangs over the world; we are compelled by the very optimism that has defined our Grenadian spirit to begin to embrace and apply the lessons that we learned in 2020. We, The Grenada Movement, are convinced that with judicious management of our national affairs and insightful planning, given our altered circumstances, 2021 can become the springboard for the emergence of a new economy powered by the resilience of our people.
We are heartened by the valiant efforts of our health professionals, our front-line workers, our contact tracers, our laboratory staff, and most of all, the people of Grenada, who have risen to face the challenges accompanying the Covid-19 pandemic with a spirit of solidarity; solidarity with those who are in need and at their most vulnerable. This spirit gives us hope and optimism, that no matter what comes our way, we can and will pull through it together.
In 2020, TGM launched the We Care initiative, to collect food and other household items for the less fortunate amongst us. Our younger members, who came up with the initiative, are already successfully delivering relief to affected families. We are thankful for the responses we have received from all our donors, big and small. In 2021, we urge your continued donation of what you can – in making life and living more manageable for the least fortunate amongst us. As a nation, this is an honourable way to demonstrate one of our national mantras – unity is our strength.
In 2021, we call upon all Grenadians to draw on our reserves of hope, of goodwill and resilience. To our brothers and sisters affected by the pandemic in one way or another, do not be daunted, even though the road ahead may seem impassable. Inside each of us is the strength to overcome and to be victorious again as we have been in the past. Let us keep each other in our thoughts and prayers, even as we each face our own challenges.
In 2021, those of us who have been blessed to not be exposed to or afflicted with Covid-19, have an obligation to ourselves, our loved ones, and our frontline workers, to continue to practice the safety measures which have served us so well.
To the families and individuals who have felt the direct burden of Covid-19, we offer you solidarity and our wishes for your recovery within the shortest possible time.
In 2021, it is our wish that Grenada and Grenadians:
- Maintain their steadfastness in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic
- Continue to demonstrate their resilience and unity even in the face of difficult circumstances
- Begin the restructuring of the national economy and its transformation
- Be served by a Government that recognises that it is accountable to the people of Grenada
- Be served by a Government that is transparent in its handling of the Covid-19 crisis
- Be served by a Government determined to make right the wrongs that the Grenadian people have been forced to endure, especially those Grenadians who bear the direct burden of the Government’s handling of the Covid-19 crisis
- Be served by a Government that is transparent and honest about its management of national assets, the economy and the national debt.
In 2021, The Grenada Movement resolves to:
- Continue to address and advocate for issues that affect Grenada and Grenadians in every possible context
- Continue to highlight and constructively promote avenues for national development that will bring benefit to all Grenadians
- Continue to engage with all sectors and organisations committed to improving the lives of Grenadians
- Continue to welcome members committed to the betterment of Grenada for all its citizens.
The New Year offers an opportunity for us all to renew the Grenadian spirit of fraternity and faith, to be each other’s keeper and to offer our own strength to the least capable among us. Now more than ever, as Grenadians, we must stand tall, undaunted by the tides of hopelessness that seek to overwhelm us, as generations before us have.
As the pandemic grows increasingly more virulent across the world, and more dangerous for us here in Grenada, it is absolutely important that each of us takes up our individual responsibility to reverse the spread of Covid-19 on our shores. In 2021, this battle, which TGM calls “The Fight We Must Win”, will only be won with a combination of individual and collective responsibility – every single one of us, wherever we are, can help stop the virus from moving from one person to another.
Grabbing hold of our destiny could not be more urgent than now; uniting as a People could not be more critical than now.
In 2021, let us rise together to face and overcome the challenges before us, as we have many times before.
May God continue to bless our people and bless our land.
Happy New Year.
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I fully Agree.. Europeans do not sell their land. A Grenadian cant even travel to the uk without interrogation, much less to buy land in the uk. Grenada is being sold off to all and sundry, making it impossible for the locals to survive here and in turn driving the young abroad. So before long Grenada will no longer belong to the Grenadians but to a new generation of foreigners (and I dont mean ex pats). Grenada will be an island for the rich white people to use as their holiday homes during the winter months. It’s already noticable – just look at the extortionate prices, how can local people afford to live here. A deliberate tactic to force the young abroad. Wake up Grenadians.
Dear Grenada Movement,
This is indeed a stirring New Year Address. Full of vigour, energy and vision.
I had not heard of your We Care initiative, which is a pity, because it seems wholly laudable, necessary and worth supporting.
When you speak of the public’s steadfastness in fighting the Covid scourge, I do hope that you will not forget the very many who patently do not observe the mask wearing and distancing rules which are essential to curb the spread of the pandemic, and who thus render ineffective the sacrifices made by so many, over so many months.
A few questions, in response to your intended programme above -from one who currently has no political affiliations;
How and in what ways do you intend to restructure the economy?
How will you demonstrate transparency and accountability? What do these terms mean to you?
Specifically what wrongs have been endured, and what measures would you take to right them?
What are the issues that you need to ‘address and advocate for’?
Which avenues for national development do you see?
In what way can you imporove the lives of Grenadians, and how would you achieve this improvement?
I must apologise if you have already spelled this out elsewhere. If you have, feel free to direct me to that manifesto.
Much looking forward to a political movement that identifies and defines the issues, and has specific suggestions for tackling them, rather than concentrating on maligning existing politiians!
Best wishes for a successful New Year.
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I am a steadfast supporter of Grenadians like you and members of your organization who hold Grenada and its promise in high regard and have taken the necessary steps to show pride in our country and our proud history. So ready and capable were our past leaders that it was 106 ago that they first sought to restore the dignity that had stripped away from us by Europeans. 106 years ago Marryshow advocated for our self-fulfilling destiny and independence from the bounds of colonialism. All of this while we were the smallest and among the least populated area in the West Indies. Why do so many of us feel like our rulers who we trusted with our vote and support do not listen to us. Whether is by agreeing to deals that destroy our environment while preaching jobs or by ignoring our pleas for commonsense regulation. Please look all over Grenada and the mess they created in Carriacou by a marine-protected area for reference and edification. Why are we complacent in getting a job from a foreigner in lands our ancestors were brutalized for? Africans do not sell their land. Europeans do not sell their land. Why are we selling our land and denying our grandchildren their ability to aspire to their full potential? We have a commodity that others want. We did not invite them here so their ownership should not be indefinite. Grenada needs to amend its laws to limit foreign ownership to a certain period of time. It is only when we continue to educate our students and fully accept the reality that we did not inherit Grenada from our ancestors, but are merely caretakers for our children, will we ever be able to continue to, “build and advance as one people.”
“May God continue to bless our people and bless our land.”
Like he blessed us with his Covid virus??