Throughout New York, Black women and young girls go missing everyday. Some have never been found. According to the Black And Missing Foundation (BAMFI) database, there are 26 open cases of Black women and girls.
Throughout New York, Black women and young girls go missing everyday. Some have never been found. According to the“That’s evidence of how serious this is and how young Black girls’ lives just don’t mean anything to society,” said Stephanie McGraw, founder and CEO of W.A.R.M. “I’m just really saddened and angry. We can’t fix what we can’t see and if we can’t call it for what it is, how are we going to start eradicating or deal with it.”abducted outside her job on Staten Island in 1978.
Wilson said there seems to be an uptick in cases in cities such as New York, Los Angeles, Detroit, Atlanta, Fort Lauderdale, Baltimore and in rural areas like North and South Carolina and the midwest. Sex trafficking, domestic violence and abuse, mental health conditions that worsened during the pandemic, and kidnapping are among the several reasons people go missing.went missing in Brooklyn on Dec. 6.
“Because of the outrage with Gabby Petito, where she continued to dominate the news cycle, Black Twitter really stepped up and said, ‘Hey what about missing young women and people of color.’ They’re not getting the same level of attention,” said Wilson.that came out last year has also gone a long way in chronicling the organization’s work. BAMFI was started by Wilson and her sister, Derrica, in 2008. Wilson was in public relations and her sister was in law enforcement.
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