about us
Million Hoodies is a human rights membership, campus-based organization building next generation leaders to end anti-black racism and systemic violence.
OUr story
On February 26, 2012, unarmed Black teenager Trayvon Martin, was shot and killed by a neighborhood watchman in Sanford, Florida simply because he “looked suspicious.” Million Hoodies Movement for Justice formed on March 19, 2012 in response to the media’s failure to adequately report on the events leading to Trayvon’s death. While George Zimmerman remained free, mainstream media failed at covering the story. Million Hoodies successfully helped to generate global support for the arrest of Zimmerman. The death of Trayvon Martin became a national flashpoint and empowered a new generation of youth activism dedicated to make transformative change.
In 2012, Million Hoodies created a new tool to help track and document incidents of police misconduct and has since collected over 2,000 incidents of misconduct in New York City alone. The Million Hoodies national network that exist today officially launched in 2014, designed to develop a new generation of human rights leaders on the front lines for transformative social change. In partnership with ColorofChange.org, Million Hoodies successfully stopped Oklahoma from passing a discriminatory law that would criminalize Black youth from wearing hoodies in public spaces.

The poster for the original Million Hoodies march in response to the death of Trayvon Martin - March 2012