Yes, You Can Remember 9/11 This Year
Enough excuses. Yesterday, the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York City announced that because of COVID-19 the ‘Tribute in Lights” at the Ground Zero Memorial will not be held to remember the nearly 3,000 lives taken by Islamists almost 20 years ago. Most already recognize this decision as inexplicable and inane. Is anyone expected […]
Meet The YAF Activists Joining President Trump For Today’s Free Speech Executive Order Signing
As President Trump signs an executive order supporting the First Amendment rights of students nationwide, more than a dozen YAF activists will be present for this new development in Young America’s Foundation’s ongoing work to defend students’ rights. For years, YAF has had the privilege to stand with our bold student activists as they fight back against […]
D’Souza Ready To Speak At Stanford On Feb 28, Administration Continues Obstruction With Unwritten Funding Rule
Dinesh D’Souza has confirmed February 28 as the date for his Young America’s Foundation (YAF) lecture at Stanford University while administrators continue their attempts to block the event by refusing outside funds to cover security fees. This is only the latest dirty trick from the school in an apparent play to block conservative ideas from […]
Here Are The Six Campuses Hosting Ben Shapiro This Spring
After the wildly successful Fall 2018 leg of YAF’s Fred Allen Lecture Series featuring Ben Shapiro, Young America’s Foundation is excited to announce the following schools will be hosting the #1 requested speaker in the country during the Spring semester, starting with GW on January 17: George Washington University—January 17 University of Michigan—TBA University of […]
REPLAY: YAF’s 40th Annual National Conservative Student Conference
From July 30 to August 4, more than 1,000 participants joined Young America’s Foundation for the 40th Annual National Conservative Student Conference in Washington, DC. Students heard from America’s leading conservatives during the week-long rally for freedom’s principles, picking up the best arguments for conservative ideas and being inspired to take bold conservative action when they […]
Robert and Patricia Herbold Lecture Series to Bring America’s Founding Principles to Campuses
Lecture Series to Introduce Thousands to Conservatism, Provide Balanced Education Young America’s Foundation (YAF) is excited to announce a new lecture series sponsored by Robert and Patricia Herbold to ensure students receive a balanced education—not just leftist lessons. On today’s campuses, leftist administrators and faculty members relentlessly undermine conservative students’ efforts to share their ideas with […]
‘Thank God For It’: A Student Perspective on YAF’s Road to Freedom Seminar
By Ross Dubberly, YAF’s Center for Entrepreneurship & Free Enterprise In preparation for challenging the message of collectivism that awaits us on campus, committed conservative student leaders and activists-in-training gathered at Young America’s Foundation’s national headquarters in Reston, Virginia, to close out the summer. YAF’s Center for Entrepreneurship & Free Enterprise proudly hosted students from across the […]
Fox & Friends Tags Along For YAF’s Ben Shapiro Lecture At UConn
“The way it’s supposed to be.” These are the words of Fox News’s Todd Piro, reporting on last week’s Young America’s Foundation lecture with Ben Shapiro at the University of Connecticut—part of YAF’s Fred Allen Lecture Series. “Why is an event like this so important for First Amendment rights?” Piro asked Shapiro. “It’s always important […]
YAF To Be The Exclusive Home Of Ben Shapiro’s 2018-2019 Campus Lecture Tour
The #1 Requested Speaker Partners with the #1 Conservative Youth Outreach Organization Young America’s Foundation (YAF), thanks to the generous support of Fred Allen, is excited to announce that YAF will be the exclusive home of New York Times bestselling author Ben Shapiro’s campus tour for the 2018-2019 school year. Now more than ever, conservative […]
Vice President Mike Pence: YAF is a ‘bulwark of American greatness’
“I’ve worked hand-in-hand with YAF going back more than 15 years,” Vice President Mike Pence noted at the YAF National Conservative Student Conference closing banquet. “It’s remarkable to think about the Young America’s Foundation’s history and contributions, not just to my small life, but to the conservative movement itself and to this entire country.” Last […]
