A California bill would create an alert system for missing Black women and youth
A proposed "Ebony Alert" system, similar to an Amber or Silver alert, would inform people of missing Black children and young women. The plan aims to bring attention to these often overlooked groups.
Each year, thousands of Black youth and women go missing across the U.S. at a disproportionate rate. And despite the desperate pleas for media attention, their cases are often overlooked, failing to grab national headlines.
A new bill proposed in California would address that by creating a public alert system similar to those designed to help find abducted children and older adults who've gone missing.
Senate Bill 673, introduced last week, would create the "Ebony Alert" system or alerts — would inform people of missing Black children and young women.
