TV One and the Black and Missing Foundation, Inc. (BAM FI) have forged a partnership in conjunction with Find Our Missing, TV One’s multi-platform effort to draw attention to and help find missing Black Americans. The effort centers around a docu-drama series hosted by Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actress S. Epatha Merkerson designed to put names and faces to people of color who have disappeared without a trace, combined with a robust, interactive social media and online component, www.tvone.tv designed to inform and engage and provide vital tools that allow people to get involved, offer tips, and learn how to keep themselves and their family members safe.
In addition to the cases specifically featured in Find Our Missing, tvone.tv will utilize the Black and Missing Foundation’s alerts and latest updates about recent missing persons cases, as well as other content supplied by the organization, such as tips on how to prevent abductions, and link visitors back through Find Our Missing’s Facebook page and Twitter to BAM FI’s site www.blackandmissinginc.com, where they can find additional resources and tools. The Black and Missing Foundation also will help promote information about TV One’s initiative and series through their website and social media venues.
“The Black and Missing Foundation has provided an important service for information about missing people of color, and we are proud to work with them and help them further their work in the hope that we can draw more attention to this critical issue and bring new information to light for the loved ones of the missing featured in this series, and for others,” said TV One President and CEO Wonya Lucas.
“We all know that black and Latinos, or any person of color, who go missing often times do not receive the much needed media coverage, which could drastically increase the odds of their safe recovery,” said Derrica Wilson, Co-Founder, President and CEO of Black and Missing Foundation, Inc. “We are proud to be partners with TV One on this first-of-its-kind television series that will make information about missing persons of color available to millions in the United States and abroad,” added Wilson, who is also interviewed about some of the cases in Find Our Missing episodes.
“Our partnership with TV One on this new series will provide extra visibility to help law enforcement and Black and Missing Foundation, Inc bring more missing persons home,” said Natalie Wilson, Co-Founder, Black and Missing Foundation, Inc. “Getting the message out as broadly as possible is the best way to help find our missing persons.”
Be sure to tune in on Wednesday evening for the Find Our Missing special on TV One!
I think is a great thing to do it gives people of color a platform for our missing because the media will only do shows about missing white people
What happen to the TV show Black and Missing
my grandson necho dozier houston was posted on theblack and missing foundation on 5/12/2012, butnothing has come out of this. He is my son calvin jr. first son and the pride of his life. i want my grandsons picture and circumstances on t.v and any other media that go out to millions of people with a better chance of someone seeing him ,his mother and siblings.I am a recovering addict of over 25 years clean, i did this for me and because of my faith and spirituallaty i am here for my family and necho is the youngest. Thank you calvin houston
TIMEKA D. PRIDGEN MISSING SINCE MAY 12, 2001.
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MEKA (TIMEKA D.PRIDGEN, 16 AT THE TIME). ON MAY 12, 2001 (SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE MOTHER’S DAY), IN HER HOME IN LA GRANGE, NC, SHE BECAME MISSING. SHE WAS LAST SEEN BY HER MOTHER SETTING ALONG IN THE LIVING ROOM. NO WORD HAS BEEN TOLD OF HER SINCE THAT TIME.
MEKA IS THE DAUGHTER OF MY WIFE YOUNGEST SISTER. WE STILL MISS HAVING HER WITH US, OR KNOWING OF HER LOCATION. EVEN NOW OVER ELEVEN (11) YEARS LATER. WE LONG FOR THE DAY WE HAVE HER BACK WITH US OR KNOW OF HER LOCATION–PLEASE HELP US RE-UNITE MEKA WITH HER FAMILY.
WE still need your help.