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An undated photo of Relisha Rudd, age 8 at time of abduction. (Courtesy of the FBI)

Community, Stacy M. Brown

Missing & Forgotten: D.C. Black Girls Lost

by Stacy M. Brown April 3, 2019October 31, 2020

Today, the missing in D.C., like those around the nation, receive little attention — even as young African-American women and girls disappear at an alarming rate.

**FILE** Courtesy of the Metropolitan Police Department via Facebook

Revamped Policy for Missing Youths Near Completion

by Tatyana Hopkins – Washington Informer Contributing Writer May 31, 2017October 30, 2020

Derrica Wilson, founder of the Black and Missing Foundation, speaks during the Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls' discussion on missing women of color nationwide at the Library of Congress on April 26. (Courtesy photo)

D.C. Mayor Provides Update for Locating Missing Youth

by WI Guest Author May 25, 2017October 30, 2020

Derrica Wilson, founder of the Black and Missing Foundation, speaks during the Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls' discussion on missing women of color nationwide at the Library of Congress on April 26. (Courtesy photo)

Lawmakers Address Spate of Missing Girls of Color

by Tatyana Hopkins – Washington Informer Contributing Writer May 3, 2017October 30, 2020

Community, Education, Local

Bowser Answers Critics With Reign Initiative

by Sarafina Wright –Washington Informer Staff Writer April 5, 2017October 30, 2020

A panel of black female activists discuss the recent spate of missing black and Latina girls throughout D.C. at the Thurgood Marshall Center Trust headquarters in Northwest on March 29. (Travis Riddick/The Washington Informer)

Panel Addresses D.C.’s Missing Black Girls

by Lauren M. Poteat April 5, 2017October 30, 2020