About Us

Deidra Robey, Founder and CEO of Black and Missing but Not Forgotten (BAMBNF) is a single parent, student and full time employee who is responsible for hundreds of individuals pursuing continued education to better themselves and their families. Ms. Robey volunteers weekly at her local church as an officer in ministries that serve minority causes. In July of 2007 at the young age of 23, Ms. Robey founded BAMBNF after becoming frustrated with the lack of media coverage that missing African Americans receive. She stumbled upon the story of Stepha Henry (an African American honors graduate from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York) and was astonished at how little she could find on her case. Ms. Robey’s passion for raising awareness for missing African Americans began when she learned that Stepha’s story was bumped off the air of a local television station to cover a millionaire’s trip to jail. One does not have to have a long conversation with Ms. Robey to feel the fire burning within her regarding the racial disparities in the mainstream reporting of missing persons. A lifelong resident of Baton Rouge, LA, Deidra loves spending time with her daughter – time that she hopes will become a reality of many families of missing African Americans.