#missingdcgirls

[glassceilingbreakers]

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

[newvoicespgh]

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)

[cameoluvr]

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 [phone] and report it!

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

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.

[revelmix]

in 24 hours 14 girls in the DC area went missing and 500+ more are missing, yet no amber alerts and barley any media coverage

[existnnature]

This Has Been Going On For Years, I'm Tired... #missingdcgirls If you have any information call 202-727-9099 #findourgirls #existnnaturemedia #Media #facts 🙏

[naturallytash]

🔊Spread the word!! My thoughts and prayers go out to these girls and their families!! #missingdcgirls

[a-marieslife]