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“Operation Not Forgotten” and “Operation Safety Net”

In August 2020, authorities located 39 missing children in Georgia during a two-week effort to rescue endangered minors. The US Marshals Service Missing Child Unit led the search, dubbed "Operation Not Forgotten."

Black and Missing Foundation Urges Parents to Increase Child Internet Safety Amid COVID-19 and Virtual Schooling

Within days of each other at the end of August, two separate investigations—one in Ohio and one in Georgia—resulted in the arrest of 27 individuals in Ohio interested in engaging in sexual activity with minor children and the rescue of 39 endangered missing children in Georgia.

Black and Missing Foundation Thanks the Creator and Cast of the Showtime® Series “The Chi” for Supporting the Movement to Bring Awareness to Missing Persons of Color

The Black and Missing Foundation, Inc (BAMFI) thanks the creator of the Showtime series "The Chi," Lena Waithe, and cast for bringing awareness to the issue of missing women of color and joining the movement to help us find us.

Black and Missing Foundation Commends Issa Rae and HBO for Utilizing Insecure’s Storyline ‘Looking for LaToya’ to Inform and Explore Media Bias in Coverage of Missing Women/Individuals of Color

This season of HBO's Insecure highlighted the lack of attention of a missing Black woman by mainstream media and law enforcement in the parody 'Looking for LaToya'.

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"God Bless you! My mom contacted me to say that my daughter Ashleigh Porter was in Ebony magazine. I was so glad that my missing child was given the opportunity to this type of exposure. It has been so hard. She went missing on April 20, 2009. I agree totally that law enforcement and the media in some instances do us no justice. I knew nothing of your organization prior to this, but I'll know more now. You have given me a great service and I feel indebted to you. I do not want people to forget about my Ashleigh. Thank you again and bless your hearts for starting this organization."

---- TANYA PORTER-DAVIS

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