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Burgess Owens | Slavery, freedom, and the American Dream

As an NFL Super Bowl Champion, bestselling author, and political commentator, Burgess Owens is an avid believer in the reality of each person’s unique American dream. Owens advocates for understanding the ways in which conservative principles and entrepreneurship can propel communities into success.

Burgess Owens | Author, Commentator, & NFL Super Bowl Champion

Since retiring from the NFL, Burgess has been involved in corporate and entrepreneurial endeavors. As a Black Conservative he has traveled throughout the country speaking about the intrinsic principles of freedom that underlie the foundation of our American culture.

College Sends Campus-Wide Warning About YAF’s Elisha Krauss Event on Transgenderism

A community college in Illinois sent a campus-wide email warning staff and students that tonight’s Young Americans for Freedom event featuring Elisha Krauss on transgenderism was “not being sponsored” by the school, and offered psychological services to those “triggered” by the event. Karen Hlavin, vice president of the College of Lake County (CLC), begrudgingly admitted […]

“We As Young Conservatives Believe” — Part Two

Sixty years ago this September, 100 young conservatives launched Young Americans for Freedom at William F. Buckley’s home in Sharon, Connecticut. There they wrote the Sharon Statement, the new organization’s founding document, which has been described by the New York Times as the “seminal document” of the Conservative Movement. The principles that it puts forth […]

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