Field Museum and Still Searching Panel Discussion

From the African continent and throughout the Diaspora, people of African heritage have experienced loved one’s going missing for centuries and we’re exploring historical and contemporary community responses. The Field Museum moderated a panel discussion with the artist and filmmakers from the Still Searching documentary in an effort to raise awareness about the ongoing occurrence of missing Black women and girls and understanding about how families and communities are coping with their losses.

The work of Chicago artist Damon Lamar Reed, creator of The Still Searching Series of brilliant portraits and murals of missing Black women and girls in Chicago and shared experiences of families with missing loved ones will be discussed along with the documentary, Still Searching, created by Field Museum Senior Multimedia Creative Latoya Flowers. The panelist will also include Alexander Flowers (Producer) and Shantinel Laws (mother of Jerrica Laws).