D.C. Church Community Gather to Find Missing Teens
“Sometimes when girls of color are missing they are deemed ‘runaways’ and sometimes that prevents an amber alert from being sent out, they only send out amber alerts for those who are considered snatched or kidnapped,” Dr. Vanetta Rather, founder of female support group My Sister my seed, said. “It appears that when its girls of color there’s not this urgency.”
Dr. Vanetta Rather and Pastor Dennis Wiley pose outside Wiley’s church after the community-held D.C. missing girls perss conference. (Photo: WUSA 9)
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Reverend Dr. Vanetta Rather is the founder and executive director of “My Sister My Seed.” She talks about the epidemic of missing young women and its link to sex trafficking in the DMV area.
Learn more about the work of Dr. Vanetta Rather @ http://www.mysistermyseed.org/about/
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