Governor Hobbs has signed the executive order to adopt the CROWN Act in Arizona. This success confirms that our state is committed to protecting residents from race-based hair discrimination. We look forward to ensuring these new standards are upheld in every workplace and school.
August 19, 2025
Final supporters
TO KATIE HOBBS, GOVERNOR of the State of ARIZONA:
The purpose of this petition is to request that Governor Katie Hobbs of Arizona sign an Executive Order (within her first 100 days in office) to adopt the “Create a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair” or CROWN Act and officially end race-based hair discrimination within Arizona state government.
After experiencing and witnessing numerous instances where Black people have been denied employment or harassed because of their natural hair and protective hairstyles, and an overwhelming number of cases of Black children being sent home from school because their hair, we have decided to take action to end racial based hair discrimination across the state of Arizona.
Studies have found that Black women and girls, in particular, experience pressure to conform to certain standards of appearance and suffer from unfair judgment and discrimination based on their natural hair and protective hairstyles, including braids, locs, bantu knots, and twists. For example, Black women and girls are far more likely to be sent home from work or school or are counseled regarding their workplace appearance policy or face disciplinary action more often than their non-Black colleagues because of their hair, and 1 in 2 Black children have experienced hair discrimination as early as five years old – and the impact can last a lifetime.
As citizens of the State of Arizona, we are asking that our governor affirm our State's commitment to the elimination of all barriers to employment that artificially restrict hiring, promotion, recruitment, compensation, and tenure based on any status or characteristic that is not directly related to the performance of the job; and discrimination against those of African American descent based on their natural hair or protective hairstyles and adopt the CROWN ACT in Arizona.
The CROWN ACT movement is nothing new and is part of a national campaign to end race discrimination based on an individual’s natural hair texture and protective hairstyles. So, we want a state where we may express our individuality, especially at work and at school, without fear of harassment or discrimination.
Please join the effort to encourage Governor Hobbs to use her executive authority to adopt the CROWN Act and officially end race-based hair discrimination in Arizona state government.
You can also join in the Pass the CROWN Act in AZ movement by calling or emailing the Office of the Arizona Governor at: (602) 542-4331 or https://azgovernor.gov/contact/form/contact-governor-hobbs
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
June 13, 2025
June 12, 2025
The campaign is approaching the 250 signature milestone. Please consider sending this petition to a colleague who understands the importance of ending hair discrimination in Arizona.
January 22, 2025
The stories shared in the comments section reveal the profound impact of these policies on our community members. I am currently reaching out to policy advisors to ensure our concerns are presented directly to the Governor's office.
Reached 100 supporters
February 21, 2023
53 Comments
This is definitely needed. What our hair looks like should not be the determining factor on whether or not we are “good enough” or used as a measurement for the quality of our character.
People with kinky/curly hair should not be penalized for avoiding damaging and caustic products and processes to have to fit in to someone's uninformed standards of professional dress. Everyone else gets to wear their hear the way it grows out of their heads, why not Black people?
On behalf of those of us who have textured hair and wear natural hairstyles, please use your executive authority to ban discrimination based on a person's natural hair texture and protective hairstyles.
I support this petition in honor of the thousands of young people that I have taught, coached and counseled for over thirty years. We must continue to fight for our civil rights, human rights and diversity, equity and inclusion.
We don't want to be the last state again to not recognize and accept what is solely black culture in Arizona and the impact of this bill in the black community, specifically amongst our sisters and brother with different textures and styles hair, like the Dr MLK holiday.
I support this.
Allah is looking at all of you .
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Governor Hobbs has signed the executive order to adopt the CROWN Act in Arizona. This success confirms that our state is committed to protecting residents from race-based hair discrimination. We look forward to ensuring these new standards are upheld in every workplace and school.
August 19, 2025
Final supporters
TO KATIE HOBBS, GOVERNOR of the State of ARIZONA:
The purpose of this petition is to request that Governor Katie Hobbs of Arizona sign an Executive Order (within her first 100 days in office) to adopt the “Create a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair” or CROWN Act and officially end race-based hair discrimination within Arizona state government.
After experiencing and witnessing numerous instances where Black people have been denied employment or harassed because of their natural hair and protective hairstyles, and an overwhelming number of cases of Black children being sent home from school because their hair, we have decided to take action to end racial based hair discrimination across the state of Arizona.
Studies have found that Black women and girls, in particular, experience pressure to conform to certain standards of appearance and suffer from unfair judgment and discrimination based on their natural hair and protective hairstyles, including braids, locs, bantu knots, and twists. For example, Black women and girls are far more likely to be sent home from work or school or are counseled regarding their workplace appearance policy or face disciplinary action more often than their non-Black colleagues because of their hair, and 1 in 2 Black children have experienced hair discrimination as early as five years old – and the impact can last a lifetime.
As citizens of the State of Arizona, we are asking that our governor affirm our State's commitment to the elimination of all barriers to employment that artificially restrict hiring, promotion, recruitment, compensation, and tenure based on any status or characteristic that is not directly related to the performance of the job; and discrimination against those of African American descent based on their natural hair or protective hairstyles and adopt the CROWN ACT in Arizona.
The CROWN ACT movement is nothing new and is part of a national campaign to end race discrimination based on an individual’s natural hair texture and protective hairstyles. So, we want a state where we may express our individuality, especially at work and at school, without fear of harassment or discrimination.
Please join the effort to encourage Governor Hobbs to use her executive authority to adopt the CROWN Act and officially end race-based hair discrimination in Arizona state government.
You can also join in the Pass the CROWN Act in AZ movement by calling or emailing the Office of the Arizona Governor at: (602) 542-4331 or https://azgovernor.gov/contact/form/contact-governor-hobbs
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
June 13, 2025
June 12, 2025
The campaign is approaching the 250 signature milestone. Please consider sending this petition to a colleague who understands the importance of ending hair discrimination in Arizona.
January 22, 2025
The stories shared in the comments section reveal the profound impact of these policies on our community members. I am currently reaching out to policy advisors to ensure our concerns are presented directly to the Governor's office.
Reached 100 supporters
February 21, 2023
53 Comments
People of African decent have assimilated far too long trying to look presentable through the lenses of others. We have subjected and exposed ourselves to cancer causing agents, poor hair maintenance and premature hair loss as a result. I’m riddled with sadness that we must ask for equal rights because of our natural hair.
This is definitely needed. What our hair looks like should not be the determining factor on whether or not we are “good enough” or used as a measurement for the quality of our character.
People with kinky/curly hair should not be penalized for avoiding damaging and caustic products and processes to have to fit in to someone's uninformed standards of professional dress. Everyone else gets to wear their hear the way it grows out of their heads, why not Black people?
On behalf of those of us who have textured hair and wear natural hairstyles, please use your executive authority to ban discrimination based on a person's natural hair texture and protective hairstyles.
I support this petition in honor of the thousands of young people that I have taught, coached and counseled for over thirty years. We must continue to fight for our civil rights, human rights and diversity, equity and inclusion.
We don't want to be the last state again to not recognize and accept what is solely black culture in Arizona and the impact of this bill in the black community, specifically amongst our sisters and brother with different textures and styles hair, like the Dr MLK holiday.
I support this.
Allah is looking at all of you .
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People of African decent have assimilated far too long trying to look presentable through the lenses of others. We have subjected and exposed ourselves to cancer causing agents, poor hair maintenance and premature hair loss as a result. I’m riddled with sadness that we must ask for equal rights because of our natural hair.