Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
Editorials & Other Articles
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
March 21: A Million Hoodies March for Trayvon Martin – Union Square, NYC @ 6pm
by InterOccupy Admin on Mar 20, 2012 • 2:47 pm
1 million hoodies, 1 million signatures on Change.org… Show the world we are all Trayvon.
1. WEAR YOUR HOODIE ON WEDNESDAY 3/21 and upload a pic to Twitter, Facebook or Instagram with the hashtag #millionhoodies.
3. SIGN THE CHANGE.ORG PETITION – started by Trayvon’s parents. Currently at 530,000 signatures, we can move the needle to 1 million this week!
http://www.change.org/petitions/prosecute-the-killer-of-our-son-17-year-old-trayvon-martin
2. JOIN US IN NYC – Throw on your hoodies and come gather in Union Square to show your support for justice for Trayvon Martin!
A black person in a hoodie isn’t automatically “suspicious”. Let’s put an end to racial profiling!
**WEDNESDAY, March 21st is the UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
MARCH ON UNION SQUARE!
“We must, individually and collectively, stamp out racism, stigma and prejudice.”
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Message for the International Day for the
Elimination of Racial Discrimination 2012
CAN’T MARCH? HERE’S OTHER STUFF YOU CAN DO
Send bags of Skittles to the Sanford Chief of Police, demanding that George Zimmerman be brought to justice.
Chief, Bill Lee.
Sanford Police Station.
815 West 13th Street.
Sanford, Fl 32771.
OR
Send your child to school in a hoodie and a bag of Skittles, help them get their friends involved in this important issue that affects them or their friends. make sure they all sign the petition at http://www.change.org/petitions/prosecute-the-killer-of-our-son-17-year-old-trayvon-martin
...
http://interoccupy.org/march-21-a-million-hoodies-march-for-trayvon-martin-nyc-6pm/
1 million hoodies, 1 million signatures on Change.org… Show the world we are all Trayvon.
1. WEAR YOUR HOODIE ON WEDNESDAY 3/21 and upload a pic to Twitter, Facebook or Instagram with the hashtag #millionhoodies.
3. SIGN THE CHANGE.ORG PETITION – started by Trayvon’s parents. Currently at 530,000 signatures, we can move the needle to 1 million this week!
http://www.change.org/petitions/prosecute-the-killer-of-our-son-17-year-old-trayvon-martin
2. JOIN US IN NYC – Throw on your hoodies and come gather in Union Square to show your support for justice for Trayvon Martin!
A black person in a hoodie isn’t automatically “suspicious”. Let’s put an end to racial profiling!
**WEDNESDAY, March 21st is the UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
MARCH ON UNION SQUARE!
“We must, individually and collectively, stamp out racism, stigma and prejudice.”
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Message for the International Day for the
Elimination of Racial Discrimination 2012
CAN’T MARCH? HERE’S OTHER STUFF YOU CAN DO
Send bags of Skittles to the Sanford Chief of Police, demanding that George Zimmerman be brought to justice.
Chief, Bill Lee.
Sanford Police Station.
815 West 13th Street.
Sanford, Fl 32771.
OR
Send your child to school in a hoodie and a bag of Skittles, help them get their friends involved in this important issue that affects them or their friends. make sure they all sign the petition at http://www.change.org/petitions/prosecute-the-killer-of-our-son-17-year-old-trayvon-martin
...
http://interoccupy.org/march-21-a-million-hoodies-march-for-trayvon-martin-nyc-6pm/
24 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
= new reply since forum marked as read
Duer deminks posted this in UnrepentantLiberal's GD thread:
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/317519/20120321/million-hoodie-march-protest-trayvon-martin-nyc.htm
The Million Hoodie March will take over New York City's Union Square Wednesday night in a massive protest over the handling of the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin three weeks ago on the streets of a gated Florida community.
The rally is the latest -- and perhaps the larges t-- such protest to date in response to the death of the teen, which has brought the issue of race in America under a magnifying glass and ignited tensions as police have failed to arrest or charge George Zimmerman, the 28-year-old, self-appointed neighborhood watch captain who admits that he shot the unarmed teen to death on Feb. 26.
The event, which was organized in conjunction with the Occupy Wall Street movement, comes on the heels of an announcement by the U.S. Justice Department that it will conduct an investigation into the teen's shooting death.
(snip)
"You're seeing the reactions from people in New York and elsewhere because it's a national storyline. It's something that resonates. This is a young man that by all reports was doing nothing wrong and someone from the community shot him and now there are concerns about how the investigation is going," Williams spokesman Stephan Ringel told The International Business Times Wednesday. "It's really issues not just of gun violence in communities of color, but also how they're being policed. There are problems with both."
(end snip)
Trayvon's parents will be there.
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Trayvon-Martin-Million-Hoodie-March-Union-Square-NYC-143649686.html
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002450813
Almost there! 
1,502,746 out of 3,000,000. 
Edit to add: The new goal has just been revised to 1.6 million.
And I caught a news report earlier that said polling shows 75% of Americans support arresting Zimmerman.
btw, I got back about 4 hours ago from the Million Hoodie March in L.A., where I got a T-shirt featuring the design of the poster in the OP. Photo (taken in lamplight, giving the white Tee a golden glow):
I'll do a post later with nmore pics from the rally and march.