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Missing pregnant postal worker Kierra Coles’ disappearance still a mystery 2 years later: ‘What really happened?’
October 2, 2020
Friday marks two years since Kierra Coles, a young, pregnant U.S. postal worker, disappeared from her Chicago neighborhood without a trace.
“Operation Not Forgotten” and “Operation Safety Net”
October 1, 2020
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
September 22, 2020
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
August 31, 2020
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.
‘The Chi’ star Birgundi Baker on how shocking story arc changed her life
August 11, 2020
“The show has really helped me to find what interests me. I’ve teamed up with the [non-profit] Black and Missing Foundation and I want to continue to do this work, even after the season is over. It's very important.”
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
June 15, 2020
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'.