The pro-Palestine protests have taken the US campuses by storm, with the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill also witnessing demonstration against the war in Gaza. On Wednesday, the demonstrators tried to replace the American flag on the campus with a Palestine flag, but were stopped by a group of students, some affiliated with a college fraternity. An online fundraising has now managed to raise USD 228,000 (nearly Rs 2 crore) to throw a party for the fraternity.
The pro-Palestine agitators had taken down the US flag in the first attempt before the law enforcement officers returned the flag to its place. The demonstrators then tried to take down the US flag a second time, leading to a confrontation with counter-protesters. This is when some students, belonging to the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity, stepped in.
The campus activism drew attention online, with a GoFundMe campaign launched for the fraternity.
The fraternity expressed gratitude for the fund raised and an update on the page read: “We are overwhelmed by you glorious, Patriotic Americans who value good beer and great times. We are in contact with multiple leaders from fraternities whose members helped defend the flag, including Alpha Epsilon Pi and others, in addition to Pi Kappa Psi.”
