Chicago 7th Grader Organizes #WeWalkForHer March To Bring Attention To The City’s Missing Black Girls

By Malinda Janay via https://blavity.com

“No one is doing nothing about it, so we’re going to do something about it ourselves.”

Chicago middle schooler Aziyah Roberts is taking the matters of the missing black women and girls in Chicago into her own hands. The seventh-grader along with fellow young activists organized the #WeWalkForHer march to find the city’s missing young women.

According to ABC7 Chicago,  at least five teens and women have gone missing or been found dead in the city since March, the majority of whom have been black.

“We’re trying to come up with a solution of our own to bring awareness to our black girls coming up missing. No one is doing nothing about it, so we’re going to do something about it ourselves,” youth activist Miracle Boyd said.

The group of concerned residents could be heard chanting, “Stop and listen, our girls are missing!” as they paraded through Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood.

“It was really about the missing black girls and nobody helping us out here. Nobody standing up,” Roberts said.

Though many people have overlooked what is happening in the West and South Sides of Chicago, it has become a nightmare for those …

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