Dozens of children, along with their parents, gathered along busy City Avenue Saturday morning to stage a die-in protest to draw attention to the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police.
"We have to begin to dialogue with our children at an early age about social injustices in our world," read a flyer passed out by organizers early Saturday morning. "Today's primary goal is to show the world that our children's lives do matter!"
The public die-in was one of several local protests, including one scheduled at the King of Prussia Mall Saturday afternoon, and nationwide following the police officer-involved deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown.
The group of nearly 200 children, along with their chaperones, started marching along City Avenue near Monument Road around 9:20 a.m., according to organizers.
The kids then laid on the ground, as their parents stood with their hands in the air.
Some of the children participating were as young as 8-years-old.
