After Trumps win, some minorities feel unsafe. Now, thousands want to protect them

November 14, 2016 23:24

Kayla Santosuosso said it all started with a Facebook message from a friend asking her if she could find someone to accompany a Muslim woman who had been harassed repeatedly on her way to school.

So Santosuosso, deputy director of the Arab American Association of New York, wrote a post on Facebook to find a volunteer.

Then, more people reached out to her to volunteer. On Thursday night, Santosuosso decided to create a sign-up form on Google docs to keep a working list and to better match volunteers with people who need to be accompanied based on their neighborhoods and where they commute. Santosuosso said she thought about two dozen or so from her network of friends in New York City would sign up.

As of Monday morning, four days later, 6,255 people, many of whom were New Yorkers while others were from out of state, have volunteered to accompany minorities, immigrants and LGBT individuals who felt they were being threatened or harassed on their daily commute.

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