Truman State University Student Threatens Violence Ahead of Robert Spencer Lecture
Robert Spencer, conservative speaker and director of Jihad Watch, received threats of physical violence from a student at Truman State University where he is slated to speak next week as part of Young America’s Foundation’s best-in-the-movement campus lecture program. In a slew of tweets, “Bella Waddle,” started off with the following: This was followed up […]
Conservative Student Barred From Own Graduation After Wearing ‘ICE’ Hat
Jacob Labosky, a student at Bellarmine College Preparatory High School in San Jose, California, was sent home on the 24th of March for wearing an I.C.E. (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) hat on school grounds. While Bellarmine does not permit hats (per its student handbook), this ban is applied on a class-by-class basis. Labosky followed this policy […]
YAF Alumnus Stephen Miller: From Bold Student Activist to Top Trump Aide
You don’t see too many conservative firebrands coming out of southern California. However, YAF alumnus Stephen Miller managed to shake up his very liberal and culturally diverse Santa Monica high school with his fearless activism. It all began with his school’s anti-American response to the terrorist attacks on 9/11. Through his successful activism, among other […]
YAF Activist Profile: Adam Ochs
Adam Ochs is a junior at Liberty University majoring in Government, and he currently serves as the chairman of Liberty University Young Americans for Freedom. Adam has been involved with Young America’s Foundation since 2013, when he attended his first YAF conference as a senior in high school. Shortly after attending that conference, Adam began […]
CSULA Employee to Rick Santorum: “F*** you”
Last week, we reported on a CSULA administrator, Marylu Castillo, who plans on disrupting CSULA YAF’s upcoming lecture with Rick Santorum. Now, it looks like Ms. Castillo is not alone among CSULA employees who want to shut down CSULA YAF and Senator Santorum’s free speech. In the Facebook group “CSULA Book Exchange,” Minh-Triet Dao, who goes […]
The YAF Liberal March Madness Final: Bernie Sanders vs. Michael Moore
We started with 16 leftists who are notorious for letting their feelings get in the way of facts and famous for hypocritically attacking conservatives while turning a blind eye to liberal blunders. Now we’re down to the last two liberals who have bested their lefty friends to reach the final Liberal March Madness showdown: Michael Moore […]
UF Leftists Create a Flawed Plot to Prevent Students from Hearing Shapiro
Intolerant leftists at the University of Florida have not stopped at vandalizing posters and defacing other advertisements for the Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) chapter’s lecture tonight featuring Ben Shapiro. They are so threatened by conservative ideas being heard by their peers that they have concocted a lame plan to prevent other students from hearing […]
University Suspends Inclusion Oath for Not Being ‘Inclusive’ Enough
Last week, the Student Government Association (SGA) at Saint Louis University passed a resolution suspending the rights of “non-students at SLU” to use the Oath. This means faculty, professors, administrators, and others who have oft used the manifesto in class, on syllabi, and in special departmental programs no longer can. What results is more of a […]
YAF Statement on Ann Coulter’s Lecture at Berkeley
On March 28, Young America’s Foundation announced it had booked conservative commentator and author Ann Coulter to speak at the University of California–Berkeley on April 27. Since 1998, Young America’s Foundation and Ann Coulter have worked together to bring a conservative viewpoint to America’s notoriously liberal college campuses. Ann is also an alumnus of the […]
YAF Campus Lectures To Take America by Storm in April
Young America’s Foundation’s best-in-the-Movement campus lecture program is on track to have another record-setting spring, with more lectures than there are days in the month of April. Conservative leaders from critical areas of our culture will bring conservative ideas to dozens of embattled schools, often serving as the one event to bring intellectual diversity to […]
LOL: UF YAFers Troll Leftist Vandals Caught Destroying Shapiro Fliers
Eduardo Neret, a member of the Young Americans for Freedom chapter at the University of Florida, tracked down a leftist just as the vandal tore down a poster advertising their upcoming lecture with Ben Shapiro. The confrontation is TV gold as the leftist realizes he’s been caught and tries to hide his face as Neret asks him about his […]
YAF Activist Profile: Viraktep Ath
Viraktep Ath is a senior at University of California–Riverside, where he is an English major. After attending a YAF conference, he went back and founded a conservative club at his school. He hosted David Horowitz for a campus lecture through YAF and participated in hosting some of our nationwide campus initiatives, including the 9/11: Never Forget […]
#OnlyAtYAF: 3/30/17
#OnlyAtYAF do students plan the biggest events on campus and have the unique opportunity to hang out with high profile conservative leaders. Last night, the YAF chapter at Southern Methodist University hosted Carly Fiorina. Because of their efforts, a packed hall with a standing room only audience heard the pro-life message. YAF at University of Houston is out […]
YAF’s Liberal March Madness Reaches Final Four
After another week of hotly-contested matchups between the lunatic liberals who advanced past round one, our dutiful Twitter followers have narrowed the contest down to just four. Here’s how round two went down: Schumer vs. Obama Round Two of #YAFliberalmadness starts today! Vote and RT to help pick our maddest liberal. — YAF (@yaf) March 20, […]
GPA Redisitribution Video Contest 2017
Student activists are invited to participate in Young America’s Foundation’s 7th Annual GPA Redistribution Video Contest! Your liberal classmates believe it is moral to confiscate money from hard-working Americans and entrepreneurs and give it to those who didn’t earn it, yet what will they say when you ask them to apply that same philosophy to their […]
Leftists Tear Down Flyers Ahead of West Lecture at Alabama
Leftists seem to follow the logic that if they rip flyers down promoting a conservative speaker, the speaker will not show up. That is the case at the University of Alabama, where, for the second time this week, the Young Americans for Freedom chapter has had their flyers ripped off the wall overnight promoting their upcoming […]
YAF History: President Reagan Hosts NCSC at The White House
On August 5, 1981, in the very early days of the Reagan administration, President Reagan welcomed Egyptian President Anwar Sadat to the White House for their first official meeting together. On this historic day, President Reagan also invited the attendees of the Young America’s Foundation’s 1981 National Conservative Student Conference to be part of the […]
CSULA Administrator Threatens to Protest Santorum Lecture
Even apparent leftist professors have taken note of CSULA YAF’s upcoming lecture with Rick Santorum. Former CSULA YAF member Ana Hernandez-Martinez posted an announcement about the event in the university’s “CSULA Book Exchange” Facebook group. It wasn’t long before leftists took notice, calling the YAFers “intolerant” for hosting a speaker to discuss religious liberty. A […]
The College Fix: YAF is ‘Making Education Great Again’
Originally posted by Jennifer Kabbany at The College Fix: My son is a senior at a public high school in Southern California. In the last two years, he’s been taught about “American Imperialism.” He’s been told Fox News is not a credible source for English essays. He’s been shown the Michael Moore documentary “Capitalism: A Love Story,” […]
Watters’ World at The Reagan Ranch
Fox News’s Jesse Watters spoke at Young America’s Foundation’s March High School Conference at the Reagan Ranch earlier his month, sharing stories of how he worked his way up at Fox News, was hired by Bill O’Reilly, then almost fired. Watters’ World recently gave Fox News viewers an inside look at the Reagan Ranch and his […]
YAF Brings ‘Climate Change’ to Snowflake-Ridden Cornell
It seems the only real form of “climate change” is that of Cornell University’s campus climate. Wednesday night, students of the snowflake-ridden Ivy League campus finally allowed a conservative to speak on campus after failed attempts to shut down Senator Rick Santorum last semester. Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich delivered a lecture on […]
#OnlyAtYAF: 3/23/17
This past week Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) chapters have been busy promoting conservatism on their campus. They have made quite a few of #OnlyAtYAF experiences along the way. Check out what some of our YAF chapters have been up to lately: Davidson College YAF hosted a day at the shooting range to promote the importance […]
CSULA Leftist Ignores Reality in Pursuit of ‘Diversity’
Citing Young America’s Foundation’s campus lecture featuring Ben Shapiro on campus, one member of the California State University, Los Angeles administration is pushing to force CSULA President William Covino to resign his post in a factually challenged and historically blind manifesto. Minh-Triet Dao, a 2016 graduate of CSULA and current employee of the university, serves as program coordinator […]
Alumni Spotlight: Thomas Qualtere – Theater Major Turned Conservative Activist
Here at YAF, we always say our alumni go on to do great things. Alumnus Thomas Qualtere was featured recently in the Washington Examiner for doing just that. Thomas Qualtere started college as a theater major. Originally a “lower case c conservative” from a conservative family, the overwhelmingly liberal atmosphere at Skidmore activated his interest in government. In addition […]
