card. so it has a great reach, getting across from city to city, state to state. because one share is all it takes to help find these missing individuals. that s a great point you make. social media really has democratized the process of who gets a voice in these spaces. because for so long, we were left out of conversations in the mainstream media. really good point. when folks are sharing funny memes and all the other things, please take a moment to help amplify the cases of the missing. it s really heartbreaking. i actually have worked on a lot of missing cases myself. i used to be a field producer for america s most wanted. one case i worked on you talk about in your documentary, the case of tamecka houston, a missing woman from spartanburg, south carolina, your hometown, as i understand. i spent a lot of time in spartanburg. something interesting about her case. her aunt, rebecca howard, was a
media guru, a pr executive. even with her experience, tamecka houston s name was never really elevated. you know, to national attention. despite all of her work. what s something that families themselves can do to help make sure that their missing loved ones are getting the attention? i want to be clear, the onus is on broadcast networks and news outlets and print outlets who salivate over the chance to cover missing white faces. but how can families penetrate that layer of whiteness where we are not often welcome? we need families to continue to be persistent. we need for them to come to the black and missing foundation. we don t want them to see here in this aalthough loan. we ll help pound the pavement and get these stories out there. we want to utilize not just the mainstream media and the news cycles, but going back to social media. so one of the tools that we