VALLEY STREAM — CSEA Department of Transportation (Babylon) Local President Richard Allen was one of the thousands of people who attended a rally in support of a Black woman who says that she has been racially harassed by her neighbor since she moved into her Valley Stream home four years ago.
After the woman, a single parent to a young child, posted a sign on her front door detailing her experiences and fear for her safety, the sign and her story went viral on social media and made national headlines.
Since the rally, Black men have volunteered to take overnight shifts to guard the woman’s home.
Allen felt compelled to attend the rally because, “She is a mother who has a young child and should be able to live in peace without the fear of being hurt or harassed,” he said.
— Wendi Bowie
Above, CSEA State Department of Transportation (Babylon) Local President Richard Allen, right, and his fiancée Rita Sanders, left, attend the rally. (Photo provided by Richard Allen.)
