ESSENCE Special Report: How D.C.'s Disappearing Girls Highlight The Nation's Black and Missing Problem and What We Know So Far About D.C.'s Missing Black and Latinx Teens
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ESSENCE Special Report: How D.C.'s Disappearing Girls Highlight The Nation's Black and Missing Problem and What We Know So Far About D.C.'s Missing Black and Latinx Teens
This Saturday, April 1, we #SayHERName! Come down to the candlelight vigil organized by #sisTersPGH for Black women who have been killed & the #MissingDCGirls, 5:30p, City-County Building! Volunteer with New Voices Pittsburgh for set-up and clean-up - call 412.450.0290. https://www.facebook.com/events/431092090561585 . . . . . #BlackWomenMatter #BlackTransWomenMatter #BlackTransLivesMatter #BlackLivesMatter #TDOV #TrustBlackWomen #ReproJustice #affirmtranswomen #twoc #trans #sistersunited #BlackWomenLead #blackwomen #blackfemmes #blackgirls #humanrights #organize #pittsburgh #pgh (at Pittsburgh City-County Building)
Please help spread awareness about the 30+ Latina and black girls that have gone missing in the D.C. area. There’s barely any media coverage on this 😡 #findourgirlsDC #missingdcgirls If you have any information please call (202) 727-9099 and report it!
Black, Brown, Indigenous girls’ lives matter
The hashtag #MissingDCGirls, out of Washington, D.C., went viral on social media the week of March 27, dramatizing the special vulnerability of Black and Brown girls to violence and sexual exploitation.
Racist bias about which girls’ lives matter shows up clearly in mainstream media. The photo of a missing blonde and blue-eyed girl, like JonBenét Ramsey, gets prime-time news coverage for months in 1997. But viewers never hear CNN mention the death of Aiyana Stanley-Jones, a seven-year-old African-American girl killed when Detroit police invaded her home in 2010.
The New York Times tried to play down the righteous furor that surfaced due to the hashtag, saying there was no “epidemic” of missing girls. (March 31)
But according to the Black and Missing Foundation, Black children are 36.5 percent of all missing U.S. children. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children confirms this figure and also notes that missing Latinx children are 17 percent. Black people are only 12.5 percent of the U.S. population.
This Has Been Going On For Years, I'm Tired... #missingdcgirls If you have any information call 202-727-9099 #findourgirls #existnnaturemedia #Media #facts 🙏
🔊Spread the word!! My thoughts and prayers go out to these girls and their families!! #missingdcgirls
Sistahs Protecting Sistahs is an organization for black women and girls. We are almost ready to post our 800 number and start taking calls from black women and girls around the country who need help. We still need volunteers in every city. It would be really terrible to get a call from a girl in Ohio who needs a ride or something to eat, but no way to help her because we have no volunteers in Ohio.This is up to US. Nobody else will save black women and girls. If you want to volunteer, please email us your name, location, availability and tell us how you are able to contribute. [email protected] We are accepting donations as well. We will need clothes and hygiene items. To donate to our California advocates please contact Bekah Howard or Frances Wilson To donate to our Georgia advocate please contact Nisha Coleman To donate to our Missouri advocate please contact Kimme R'Chelle To donate to our DMV/East Coast advocates please contact Sunshine Asantewaa or Dana K White-Stevenson. Please share this. #sps #missingdcgirls #findourgirls #blackgirlsmatter #sayhername #findourmissing