University at Buffalo Trying to Use Loopholes to Shut Down YAF Chapter Following Successful Michael Knowles Lecture
The Student Association (SA) at the University at Buffalo is attempting to evade its responsibility to uphold conservative students’ constitutional rights to free speech and expression by shutting down their Young Americans for Freedom chapter using flimsy loopholes and excuses. The move, which appears to be a deliberate attempt to silence effective advocates of viewpoints […]
CUA YAF Organizes Protest of Chinese Embassy in D.C.
By: Gabrielle Dankanich Chairman, Catholic University of America Young Americans for Freedom Imagine you are at home, drinking your morning coffee, reading through censored news and suddenly officials show up at your door and force you to go with them. You have no idea where you are going and you wonder if you accessed an […]
Antifa Organizing Protest of Matt Walsh Lecture at University of Iowa
An Antifa group is organizing a protest of Young America’s Foundation’s campus lecture featuring Matt Walsh at the University of Iowa later this month, according to flyers around campus and social media posts. “YAF is bringing him to OUR CAMPUS in eighteen days. Show up, please,” an account called “Antifa Hawkeye Action,” wrote on Twitter. […]
Following Threats of Legal Action, Purdue Admins Approve Knowles Speech
UPDATE 03/16/2023 – 11:30 AM: Within hours of YAF and ADF putting Purdue administrators on notice, the university notified students that their event is fully approved. YAF looks forward to bringing Michael Knowles to campus next week and will continue to work with the students to ensure the event is successful. Young America’s Foundation, in partnership […]
Intolerant Washington and Lee Students Call on University to Ban Walsh Lecture
UPDATE 03/22/2023: As of this update, 37 W&L professors have signed the letter in addition to the existing student signatures. Just over a week ahead of Matt Walsh’s next stop on his popular “What is a Woman?” campus lecture tour presented by Young America’s Foundation, leftists at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, penned […]
Purdue Leftists Organize Protest Against Michael Knowles Within Minutes of Event Being Announced
In the wake of an announcement that Daily Wire conservative commentator Michael Knowles will be speaking at Purdue University on March 23, leftist students quickly mobilized to plan a protest outside the lecture hall where the event is scheduled to take place. The response from these intolerant students was swift, with plans for the protest […]
Universities Urged to Speak Out Against China’s Human Rights Abuses
By: Logan Whitcomb As tensions with China have increased over the previous years, universities across America have remained all too quiet. This has been noted by scholars and academics, and recent crackdowns on COVID protests have sparked a group of over 100 professors and students to sign a letter demanding that universities speak out against […]
Eventbrite Cancels Tickets for Stanford Event Featuring Matt Walsh
Over the weekend, leading event management platform Eventbrite once again demonstrated its intolerance for conservative events by taking down the ticketing page for Young America’s Foundation’s Wednesday evening lecture featuring Matt Walsh at Stanford University. Hundreds of registered attendees were surprised to receive emails from the company informing them that their tickets had been canceled. […]
University at Buffalo Leftists Try to Derail Plans For Michael Knowles Lecture; Administrators Denounce His ‘Opinions Contrary to University Values’
The Young Americans for Freedom chapter at the University at Buffalo has faced extraordinary resistance from the school’s faculty, student government, and peers in their efforts to host Daily Wire conservative commentator and best-selling author Michael Knowles for a campus lecture scheduled to take place later this week. Despite multiple follow-ups and meetings, the YAF […]
University at Buffalo’s President Condemns Common Sense Beliefs as ‘Hateful and Dehumanizing’ Ahead of Knowles Visit
This morning, only two days ahead of Michael Knowles’ University at Buffalo campus lecture, UB President Satish Tripathi sent a school-wide email condemning Knowles and the so-called “hateful and dehumanizing rhetoric” he will espouse. “Hateful and dehumanizing rhetoric is an affront to everything our community embraces,” the president wrote. “To all those who are disenfranchised, […]
Leftist Professors at UB Working to Incite Students Against Michael Knowles
Leftist professors at the University at Buffalo are trying to incite students against tomorrow night’s YAF lecture featuring Michael Knowles, according to a mass email thread obtained by the New Guard. Professors in the gender studies and theater departments sent emails to multiple university distribution lists, erroneously accusing the popular Daily Wire commentator of promoting […]
Stanford Leftists Freak Out, Burn Flyers in Response to YAF’s Upcoming Matt Walsh Lecture
Leftist students at Stanford University were not pleased to learn that Matt Walsh will be visiting their school next week for his first YAF campus lecture of the semester. On Thursday evening, an anonymous person posted pictures of flyers promoting Walsh’s “What is a Woman?” lecture being burned to a Stanford social media forum. With […]
Enraged Leftists ‘Won’t Back Down’ as Ben Sasse Takes Reigns at UF
By Caitlyn McCoy The University of Florida’s new president, Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse, officially started his new role this week. Protestors gathered outside of Tigert Hall on his first day to protest his arrival, claiming that he is “not an appropriate representative” of the student body. A 150-200 student protest was hosted by UF’s Young […]
UNC May Ban Compelled Speech, Advancing Free Expression on Campus
Next month, the University of North Carolina’s Board of Governors will vote to decide whether or not the public university system will adopt a policy banning compelled speech, the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal first reported. Currently, it is common for institutions of higher learning to require applicants to submit a “diversity statement,” […]
Sorority Moves to Expel Member for Sharing YAF Content on Instagram
By Caitlyn McCoy A sorority at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point moved to expel one of its members after she shared a YAF post criticizing the Left’s gender ideology to her Instagram story, according to a tip received through Young America’s Foundation’s Campus Bias Tip Line. “Stating reality about gender is not hateful or harmful. […]
‘ANGRY AND HURT’: UW-Madison Releases Complaints Filed Against Matt Walsh Lecture
Multiple students and faculty members at the University of Wisconsin-Madison filed bias complaints with the Dean of Students Office regarding a Young America’s Foundation event that featured Matt Walsh, documents obtained by the College Fix reveal. Walsh visited the campus in October to show his documentary and take questions from audience members as part of […]
Stanford University Publishes Orwellian ‘Harmful Language’ Guide
Stanford University is facing extensive backlash after recently publishing a list of words deemed by the school’s IT department to be “offensive or harmful.” Dozens of terms, including “American,” “normal person,” and “white paper,” made their way onto the list. It was released as part of the IT department’s “Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative,” which […]
Kirk Cameron Blocked From Reading His New Children’s Book by More Than 50 Libraries
By Carter Fortman Conservative Hollywood actor and Young America’s Foundation speaker Kirk Cameron says more than 50 public libraries have denied his request to read his new children’s book, As You Grow, which champions traditional family and Biblical values. “Cameron takes children through the growth of the tree, the city, and its people (animals) with […]
Leftist TikTok Influencer Delivers Bizzare Poem Claiming Transgenderism is Just as Biological as Having Brown Eyes
A leftist TikTok influencer delivered a poem at a “Protect Trans Youth” rally earlier this week in which she made an analogy, comparing the motivation of a child to change his or her gender to something as fundamentally biological as having brown eyes. The rally, which took place in front of the St. Petersburg, Florida, […]
UMich “Diversity of Thought” Event Fails to Include Diverse Viewpoints
By Melody Colunga A recent event at the University of Michigan which promised to highlight the importance of diversity of thought failed to include any panelists with conservative viewpoints, according to a report by the College Fix. “A forum on the importance of diversity of thought is being planned by Michigan Medicine, and additional details […]
Gonzaga University Denies Liz Wheeler Pro-Life Lecture
Gonzaga University has turned down a request by the school’s pro-life club to host Liz Wheeler for a campus lecture sponsored by Young America’s Foundation and refuses to explain the reasoning behind the decision. “I am not comfortable approving this request at [sic] for funding,” Luke Lavin, director of the Catholic institution’s Department of Mission […]
‘DISHEARTENED AND ANGRY’: Planned Parenthood Club at UA Plans Walsh Protest
Members of the University of Alabama’s “Generation Action” chapter are planning to protest Matt Walsh’s upcoming “What is a Woman?” screening event on campus, hosted by the university’s Young Americans for Freedom chapter. “I know many of you are disheartened and angry about Matt Walsh’s visit to campus, as are we on exec,” Ashley Whitmire, […]
YAF Demands Investigation of University Employee Who Tore Down Walsh Flyers
Young America’s Foundation’s general counsel submitted a letter to University of Wisconsin-Madison officials Monday afternoon demanding an investigation into the unlawful misconduct of a teaching assistant who shamelessly admitted to tearing down dozens of flyers promoting Matt Walsh’s “What is a Woman?” screening and lecture. Jesikah Leeper, a teaching assistant in the Gender & Women’s […]
Triggered by ‘What is a Woman?’ Flyers, Women’s Studies TA Calls for Bias Investigation
A teaching assistant at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where Matt Walsh is scheduled to speak Monday evening, filed a bias report with the Dean of Students Office after feeling “annoyed” by the presence of flyers advertising the upcoming event, according to a report in the campus student newspaper. Walsh’s trip to Wisconsin will mark the […]
