LIVE: Hundreds Participate In Tri-Valley March For Our Lives

LIVERMORE, CA — Hundreds of people, including students, teachers and parents from Pleasanton, Dublin and Livermore are participating in the Tri-Valley March For Our Lives 2018 Saturday morning. About 50 student leaders met before this march and rally with Congressman Eric Swalwell and school district officials from the Tri-Valley area to discuss school safety.

Watch the Tri-Valley March For Our Lives event live below:

Hundreds of thousands of people across the country are expected to participate in the March for Our Lives demonstrations this weekend. In the East Bay, demonstrations are also planned in Walnut Creek, San Leandro and Oakland, with large marches planned in San Francisco and San Jose.

A little more than a week ago, thousands of high school and middle school students in Tri-Valley walked out of class as part of a nationwide effort to push lawmakers to come up with "common sense gun control" laws and to remember the victims of the tragic February shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 people dead. Students in Pleasanton recently created a group called Students For Social Change to help raise money for the Florida victims.

The rally began at 10 a.m. on the Livermore High School football field. The group plans to march for about mile through Livermore and wrap the demonstration with a gun violence prevention resource fair to help share information about signing petitions, registering to vote and learning about mental health care. Those are attending are encouraged to order a t-shirt online or volunteer to help.

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The Tri-Valley event is sponsored by NAMI-Tri-Valley and Organizing for Action EBC Tri-Valley team. Livermore High is located at 600 Maple St.

Related:

• Watch Pleasanton Students Take Part In National School Walkouts
• 'Kids Shouldn't Be Afraid At School,' Pleasanton Students Say

Photo courtesy Autumn Johnson