VSU Castleton holds pro-Palestinian demonstration during visit from Rep. Becca Balint [Video]

FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY AS TOP ISSUES THAT COULD WIN OVER VOTERS IN NOVEMBER. IN WASHINGTON, I’M KALYN NORWOOD. TODAY. STUDENTS AT ANOTHER ONE OF OUR LOCAL COLLEGES… DECIDED TO HOLD THEIR ááFIRST PRO- PALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATION. NBC5’S AMANDA MARTIN-RYAN SPENT HER DAY ON THE CASTLETON CAMPUS. AMANDA, I HEAR THERE WAS A LOT HAPPENING ON CAMPUS TODAY. IT DOESN’T LIKE THERE WAS- BUT AN HOUR AGO, THERE WERE 30 STUDENTS SITTING IN THAT GRASSY AREA BEHIND ME, MAKING SIGNS IN SUPPORT OF PALESTINE… WHICH HAVE BEEN PUT INSIDE OF THE COLLEGE’S THEATER NEARBY. REPRESENTAITVE BALINT WAS HERE ON CAMPUS ALL DAY FOR A CONGRESSIONAL ART COMPETITION… WHICH IS WHY ONE STUDENT IS TAKING THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHED LIGHT ON THE SITUATION IN GAZA. WE SPOKE WITH GRADUATE NURSING STUDENT EVA ZIMMERMAN AS SHE WAS SETTING UP THIS AFTERNOON’S SIT- IN-A DEMONSTRATION SHE PUT TOGETHER BY HERSELF TO SHOW SOLIDARITY …