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Searching for Avonte Oquendo: How racial suspicion hurts missing black kids
October 17, 2013
In the last 12 days, how many times have you asked yourself and others the following question: where is Avonte Oquendo? If you're a New Yorker, you've likely wondered more than once, as posters seeking help in locating the 14-year-old autistic boy -- missing since October 4 -- have been placed throughout the city.
How Two Sisters Got America Hunting For Our Missing
September 13, 2013
While Blacks only make up 13 percent of the country's population, they make up more than 33 percent of those reported missing in the FBI's database. Given the limited coverage that Black missing persons cases receive, though, one wouldn't think that was the case.
Black and Missing Foundation Inc Teams Up With the Huffington Post to Bring Awareness to Missing Persons of Color
September 12, 2013
Black and Missing Foundation, Inc (BAMFI) announced today that it has teamed up with the Huffington Post in a nationwide effort to help find and bring attention to the hundreds of thousands of missing persons of color.
Monday’s Madame(s): Derrica And Natalie Wilson, Founders Of Black And Missing Foundation
August 19, 2013
Derrica Wilson and her sister-in-law, Natalie Wilson, are the founders of Black and Missing Foundation Inc. (BAMFI).
Fighting the Good Fight: The Never Ending Search for the Missing
July 12, 2013
Long after the search for those three missing women from Cleveland grew cold, Derrica Wilson and her sister-in-law Natalie Wilson of Washington, D.C., were still leading a search for Gina DeJesus on the internet.
Black and Missing Foundation ‘Hope Without Boundaries’ Inaugural Race Raises Close to $15,000
May 28, 2013
Black and Missing Foundation 1st Annual 'Hope Without Boundaries' 5K (HWB5K) race raised close to $15,000 to help bring awareness to the hundreds of thousands of missing persons of color.