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California’s ‘Ebony Alerts’ for missing Black youth go into effect
January 2, 2024
On Jan. 1, California's law designed to aid young Black people who go missing officially went into effect. Here's what it does.
8-year-old Shy’Kemmia Pate disappeared in 1998. Her family still hopes for answers
January 1, 2024
Shy’Kemmia Pate went missing from her home in Georgia more than 25 years ago, when she was eight years old. Her family is still hoping for answers.
Black people disappearing, disregarded becoming ‘crisis’, what’s being done about it?
January 1, 2024
More leaders are now acknowledging the crisis of Blacks going missing and receiving little or no public attention. So California has passed into law the "Ebony Alert" system to help locate missing minorities who often go ignored.
California new laws for 2024: Alerts for missing Black children
December 29, 2023
Under a new state law, emergency notifications by law enforcement will be expanded to include “Ebony Alerts” for missing Black children and youths. Studies show African Americans are disproportionately on lists of the missing.
Two new missing alerts will go into effect in to California next year: What to know
December 29, 2023
Two new emergency notification systems will be coming to California in the new year, including a first-of-its-kind program entirely dedicated to help find missing Black youth and women.
Ebony Alert becomes law in 2024. Here’s what to know
December 27, 2023
On January 1, a New California law protecting Black youth will go into effect.