<p>Demonstrators dedicated Wednesday’s annual “We Walk for Her” march in Bronzeville to call for a city or statewide office focused solely on investigating missing and murdered Black girls and women.</p><p>Black women and girls account for around 30% of Cook County’s missing persons despite making up about 12% of the county’s population, according to the Cook County sheriff’s office and census estimates.</p><p>“When I see one of these missing persons flyers on these poles, I don’t just see a photo,” said Crystal Young, a youth intern with Kenwood-Oakland Community Organization. “I see a girl who looked like me, someone who had big dreams and someone whose family is now in a nightmare. I’m tired of us being treated like we’re invisible.”</p><p>“We’re here to say we are not just data points or percentages on a report,” Young added.