 At the time, Rhasaan began working with Ife Johari, a community activist based in Detroit, Michigan, to promote Occupy the Hood in additional U.S. cities.By the end of October 2011, at least five chapters of Occupy the Hood were created in major U.S. cities.Part of the movement's focus is to encourage people of color worldwide to become in the Occupy Wall Street movement and the various Occupy movement general assemblies that were occurring at the time in various cities.