The 7th annual “We Walk For Her” in Bronzeville, Chicago, brings attention to missing and murdered Black and brown women and girls.

CHICAGO (WLS) — Despite the past seven years of community members taking to the streets for the “We're Marching for Her” march, organizers say the number of Black and brown women and girls still missing or murdered continues to show a worrying trend.

A municipal councilor now wants to change this situation.

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The fight for closure for many families was spoken loudly Thursday from 35th and King Drive. Community members traveled nearly the entire Bronzeville neighborhood for the seventh annual “We Walk For Her.”

“I have nowhere to go to say, 'I want to talk to my mom,' because there was no body,” said Teresa Smith, daughter of a missing woman.

Smith only has photos of his mother, Daisy Hayes.

“It’s very important to me, and because of the impact it had on my life and still has on my life,” Smith said.

Hayes is believed to be dead, but her body has yet to be found after she disappeared from her Chicago Housing Authority senior apartment in 2018. She was 65 years old when she disappeared.

“You don't know if they're hurt. Are they cold? Are they hungry?” Smith said. “This pain is unbearable, and it’s difficult to deal with on a daily basis when you don’t have closure. None!”

Participants in “We Walk For Her” are raising awareness about what organizers say is the overrepresentation of black and brown women and girls in the United States reported missing or murdered.

“Now is the time for the state, county and federal government to come together to work with the community that is at the center of this problem,” said Tanisha of the Kenwood Oakland community organization.

Of the more than 280,000 women and girls reported missing last year, more than a third of them are black, according to the National Crime Information Center database.

“And so, we have a problem here,” said 20th Ward Ald. » said Jeanette Taylor.

Frustration turned into action as Ald. Taylor aims to create a task force to address ongoing concerns, promising to bring the issue to an upcoming Public Safety Committee hearing to help those affected by this disturbing trend.

“It has to happen,” Taylor said. “It’s high time!”