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California creates nation’s first ‘Ebony Alert’ to find missing Black children
October 11, 2023
Tens of thousands of Black youth and women go missing across the U.S. each year. But their cases hardly ever grab national headlines, let alone receive the attention and resources dedicated to finding them.
California creates Ebony Alert for missing Black women, children. Here’s how it works.
October 11, 2023
California has a new emergency alert, the "Ebony alert", created to help locate missing Black people.
Black and Missing Foundation Statement on the Ebony Alert
October 11, 2023
California ranks in the top states where people of color are disappearing at an alarming rate. Sadly, many of our cases are under the radar, like Arianna Fitts of San Francisco, who has been missing for seven years after her mom was found murdered.
Missing Black youth to receive Ebony alert in California
October 10, 2023
Of those reported missing under 18, nearly 40 percent were Black or African American.
California Introduces Groundbreaking Ebony Alert to Find Missing Black Children and Young Women
October 10, 2023
In a new initiative designed to address the distressing disparity in missing persons cases, California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed Senate Bill 673 into law, introducing the nation’s first statewide alert system designed specifically to aid in locating missing Black children and young Black women.
California creates race-based missing persons alert system: ‘Ebony alert’
October 10, 2023
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) signed legislation making California the first state in the country to create a separate alert system for missing women and children based on race.