The campus of ECU became the latest grounds for a black lives matter protest, as students rallied for change.

The Pitt County branch of the NAACP also held a press conference to call for justice and promote peace.

In the wake of violence across the country, these two organizations say they're seeking to bring about change through education and demonstrations.

Rondericka Tripp attended NAACP press conference and said, "We need each other at the end of the day, no matter the color, no matter the race, no matter the occupation."

Several pastors and NAACP members spoke, condemning unjust killings of black men and the killings of the officers in Dallas.

Keith Cooper with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference said, "Dr. Martin Luther King was right when he admonished us to live together as brothers or perish as fools."

Cooper implored people to respond by becoming engaged, and push for the passing of meaningful legislation.

Prior to the NAACP news conference, more than 70 students showed up in the brickyard at ECU to chant 'black lives matter.'

Brittany Weatherall organized the protest and says, "Just because this is going on around us does not mean it can't happen to you. I don't want to wake up one morning and my little brother's name be a hashtag."

Student Aaron Jackson said, "There needs to be a social call to justice for cops that are creating these problems and also we can't go to our neighborhood police department and blame these cops that protect our counties and our states for something that other police officers have done in other states."

The Pitt County NAACP is holding a men's fellowship event at 9:00 a.m. Saturday at the Community Christian Church in Greenville. They say officers will be on hand to help educate people about their rights when being stopped by a police officer.