Shikira Porter and her neighbors sparked a new conversation about safety after joining NextDoor several years ago.
Porter says she was horrified reading the warnings of suspicious activity on the social networking platform. She says the posts were examples of racial profiling that endanger innocent people of color.
But in the end, Porter felt the changes didn't go far enough: The posts were still too vague to protect the innocent. Neighborhood Council chair Jenny Zilliac says Shikira helped her to set aside preconceived notions she's held as a white woman. In fact, Neighbors for Racial Justice co-founder Ginny Berson says they're working on training neighborhood watch groups to reduce racial profiling and pass on what they've experienced under Shikira's leadership: people getting to know their neighbors to make their area safer.
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