I am Trayvon [Gallery]

Hundreds gathered in the small park on the corner of Shrewsbury Avenue and Drs. James Parker Boulevard Monday evening to stand in silence and peace for Trayvon Martin, a Florida teen gunned down by a neighborhood watchman in an incident that has drawn international attention and calls for an end to gun violence.

Donning hooded sweatshirts - Martin was wearing a hoodie at the time of his death and the piece of clothing has become a protest symbol - the group of local residents and Red Bank Regional students, many of them the same age as Martin, lined the street for about 30 minutes. Some held signs calling for justice, others simply stood in silence as a consistent stream of cars, many of them offering honks of support, passed by.

The event was organized by Team IMPACT and was designed to raise awareness not only about Martin's death, but the national issue of stereotyping young African American men. Martin, 17 at the time of his death, was shot by George Zimmerman as Martin was walking back to his father's fiance's home from a nearby convenience store at the end of February. Against orders from a 911 dispatcher, Zimmerman got out of his vehicle, followed Martin and eventually confronted him. The rest of the story, one that ends with Martin's death, now has just one side.

Speakers at the "silent stand" called for awareness about the issues facing the country's youth and implored the crowd to stick together and continue the fight until change is found.