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Black and Missing Foundation Shines Spotlight on Missing Persons and Their Families
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Black and Missing Foundation Shines Spotlight on Missing Persons and Their Families

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior CorrespondentMarch 19, 2020

Derrica Wilson and her sister Natalie noticed what had become the norm for mainstream media when it comes to the plight of missing women and girls of color: there was little to no media coverage. As a result, in 2008, Derrica and Natalie founded the nonprofit Black and Missing Foundation with a mission to bring awareness to missing persons of color and to provide vital resources and tools to missing person’s families and friends.

Why can’t South L.A. be 100% employed?
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Why can’t South L.A. be 100% employed?

Jeffery T. D. WallaceOctober 24, 2019

A trusted advisor once told me, “Never reach over a dollar to pick up a dime.” It’s a metaphor I’ve lived by as a social entrepreneur and president and CEO of talent development accelerator LeadersUp for the last five years. It reminds me not to play small if I want to make transformative impact, which leads me to ask: Why can’t South L.A. be 100 percent employed?

Kierra Coles: Young, Pregnant, Black and Still Missing
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Kierra Coles: Young, Pregnant, Black and Still Missing

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire CorrespondentOctober 18, 2019

“She was already excited about becoming a mother,” Karen Phillips, Kierra’s mother, told ABC News shortly after Kierra disappeared. “That’s all my child ever wanted, to be a mom and accomplish all the things she set to accomplish – to have a nice paying job which she had, to get a new car which she bought, to move into her own apartment which she did, and to become a mother which she was about to.”

Epidemic of Missing Black Girls Continues to Stump Authorities, Frustrate Parents
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Epidemic of Missing Black Girls Continues to Stump Authorities, Frustrate Parents

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire CorrespondentFebruary 28, 2019

“One thing I think for sure about the missing teens is that human trafficking is a hotbed in my city ,” said Psychologist and Navy veteran Sheri Davis, who lives in Madison, Alabama. “I think it’s very easy for the courts and police to turn their heads the other way and not deal with the problem at hand.”

DC Police Defies Union and Makes Room to Personally Escort Racist to DC Rally
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DC Police Defies Union and Makes Room to Personally Escort Racist to DC Rally

Niele AndersonAugust 13, 2018

White Nationalist Jason Kessler and his Klan escorted by DC police. – Getty Image Over the weekend Donald Trump’s racist supporters held a rally in DC on the anniversary of Charlottesville where a woman was killed by a white nationalist last year. The events last year put on full display Trump’s compassion for the terrorist group. He has since denounced the group due to an outpour of detest due to his leniency of the groups. However over the weekend According to the Washington Post, some D.C. officials including council members Robert C. White Jr. and Charles Allen, and Local 689 are

L.A. County hearing on policing
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L.A. County hearing on policing

Charlene Muhammad, Contributing WriterDecember 8, 2016

The citizens’ testimonies came during the third of five hearings the L.A. County Commission on Human Relations held as part of a countywide Policing and Human Relations Project