 Occupy the hood chapters exist in the U.S. cities of Atlanta, Boston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, New York City, New York, and other major metropolitan cities.The idea for creating Occupy the Hood began when Malik Rhasaan went to various internet discussion pages to discuss with people of color that the protesters at lower Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park were typically white.The name "Occupy the Hood" originated from a Twitter hashtag of the same name.