At the Edgerton R. Center in Rochester Monday, about 100 residents turned out to dribble for eight minutes and forty-six seconds.

"It's a long time, if you think about it, we’re dribbling for a long time," local NBA draft contender Isaiah Stewart says. "It was very hard for George Floyd to breathe for that long with a knee on his neck, and we wanted to get that message across."

The event was called Don't Shut up and Dribble and was organized by local NBA draft prospects Isaiah Stewart and Quinton Rose.

"That's our connection with the community, we're basketball players and the community supports us as basketball players and young men," Rose says. "So we feel like it was inevitable that we did something basketball related, and it just happened that it was a good fit."

The event was meant to honor George Floyd and other victims of police brutality, while encouraging the youth to work hard.

"We just wanted to shine our light upon others, let them know they can be successful just like us. And not only that, but with police brutality and racism and everything going on with us African Americans," Stewart says.

And to send a message of never staying quiet.

"Never hold your tongue. If you feel a strong way about something, never hold back and speak up on it," Rose says.

Teenager Tyrone Brock was amazed by the turnout.

"It was nice seeing a lot of people participate, and how everybody came together for this one moment," Brock says.

And Stewart says that's why it's important he and Rose "don't shut up."

"I feel like we shouldn't just be used as entertainment. We have a platform, so we should be able to use it without being criticized. But we're also using it in the right way to speak out about things going on in the country," Stewart says.