"First, I want to extend my gratitude to all the people who have reached out from across the country and around the world to support our family. This kindness of strangers is the most fitting tribute because if you ever encountered my wife, Renée Nicole Macklin Good, you know that above all else, she was kind. In fact, kindness radiated out of her. Renée sparkled. She literally sparkled."
"I mean, she didn't wear glitter but I swear she had sparkles coming out of her pores. All the time. You might think it was just my love talking but her family said the same thing. Renée was made of sunshine. Renée lived by an overarching belief: there is kindness in the world and we need to do everything we can to find it where it resides and nurture it where it needs to grow."
Renée Nicole Good was an award-winning poet, musician, and writer who was fatally shot by an ICE agent on January 7, 2026, prompting nationwide protests. She served as a stay-at-home parent to her 6-year-old son with her wife, Rebecca "Becca" Good, and had two older children from a previous marriage who live with their biological father. Renée won the Academy of American Poets Prize in 2020 for "On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs," a poem about reconciling science and faith. Renée and her wife participated in an informal Bay Area network that documents and resists ICE activity using whistles and know-your-rights training. Becca described Renée as kind, radiant, and guided by a faith centered on love.
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