Ole Miss Backs Down from Punishing Free Speech After YAF Threatens Litigation
Last year, the Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) chapter at Ole Miss took part in Young America’s Foundation’s Freedom Week, an event held on the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, during which students educate their peers about the reality and danger of the progressive social movement. As part of Freedom Week, the […]
The Jefferson Council Requests UVA ‘Publicly Denounce’ 9/11 Vandalism
The Jefferson Council emailed University of Virginia administrators September 16 asking that they “Publicly denounce the destruction of the YAF flag tribute.” They also requested that a formal investigation into the incident be launched. The Jefferson Council is an organization made up of various alumni and stakeholders with a shared goal of promoting intellectual diversity […]
First Amendment Law Professor: WashU Statement did ‘Far Greater Harm’ to Campus Free Speech than 9/11 Memorial Destruction
A professor of law at Washington University contends that WashU chancellor, Andrew D. Martin’s statement condemning Fadel Alkilani’s reprehensible acts on 9/11 hurt free speech and expression on campus even more than Alkilani’s “protest.” WOW: A student senator at @WUSTL was caught on video throwing away 2,977 American flags from conservative students' 9/11: Never Forget Project memorial. Despicable. pic.twitter.com/j6Wf1mdyLl […]
Texas Tech Forces Students Into Segregated Breakout Sessions During ‘Anti-Racism’ Training
UPDATE: After YAF’s exposé, Texas Tech has announced they have cancelled these “anti-racism” trainings. “Upon reviewing materials from the ‘Deeply Rooted Conversations’ discussion series, we learned that some of the content does not align with our university values, and we have discontinued this program,” a university spokesman told the Daily Caller. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion […]
VA Tech Student Government Creates Resolutions to ‘Defund’ Campus Police, Divest From ICE
The Graduate and Professional Student Senate (GPSS) at Virginia Tech University is set to hear resolutions on defunding the campus police, joining the anti-Semitic BDS movement, and divesting from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to a tip submitted through Young America’s Foundation’s Campus Bias Tipline. The controversial new resolutions were introduced ahead of the […]
Abby Drass Joins YAF’s National Headquarters Team
In August, Abby Drass joined Young America’s Foundation’s team as a graphic designer at YAF’s national headquarters. After high school, Abby attended her local community college and graduated with a liberal arts associate degree. She then took a gap year, during which she completed a master gardening course through Penn State University and graphic design […]
Nearly 50 WashU Professors Sign Statement Defending 9/11 Vandal: American Flag is ‘Symbol of American Imperialism’
Following a Washington University student’s cruel act of theft and vandalism, destroying a flag display put on by WashU College Republicans through Young America’s Foundation’s 9/11: Never Forget Project, students and faculty alike were outraged—but not about the memorial’s destruction. Instead, a large swath of professors, lecturers, faculty, and students have sided with Fadel Alkilani, […]
YAF Threatens Litigation Against MN High School For Violating Students’ Constitutional Rights
Young America’s Foundation has put Ely High School in Minnesota on notice for trampling on the constitutional rights of its students, who had hoped to commemorate the lives lost on 9/11 through the 9/11: Never Forget Project. In a letter sent to Ely High School administrators, YAF demanded a public apology from the school for […]
7 Most Insane Professor Tweets on 9/11
Saturday was the 20th anniversary of the terror attacks on September 11, 2001. 2,977 innocent lives were taken by radical Islamic terrorists in the most brutal fashion. We made a promise to never forget that day, when our freedoms and our ideals came under attack. Not only have some forgotten, but they have disrespected and […]
WashU Student Union Calls 9/11 Memorial Vandalism ‘Political Expression,’ Condemns ‘Islamophobia’
Washington University’s student union released a statement Monday labeling the student who stole flags for 9/11 from a memorial display—made possible by Young America’s Foundation’s 9/11: Never Forget Project—an “activist” who was engaging in “political protest.” YAF reported Saturday that a member of student government was caught stealing flags from the display and stuffing them […]
UVA Flag Display Vandalized on 20th Anniversary of 9/11
A 9/11 memorial flag display was allegedly disturbed by multiple vandals caught on surveillance footage. On September 11, University of Virginia participated in Young America’s Foundation’s 9/11: Never Forget Project, planting 2,977 flags, one for each innocent murdered by radical Islamic terrorists. UVA is the fourth school to report vandalism to YAF, an unusually large […]
9/11 Display Vandalized at Mount Holyoke College
A 9/11 memorial flag display put on by Mount Holyoke College Republicans through Young America’s Foundation’s 9/11: Never Forget Project was the latest to fall victim to vandals. On September 11, after the display had been set up to pay tribute, a student found a chalk message, which originally read “In loving memory of those […]
Student Senator Caught Throwing Away Flags from 9/11 Memorial at WashU
A student senator at Washington University in St. Louis was caught red-handed stealing flags from a 9/11 memorial display and stuffing them in trash bags on September 11. YAF was alerted on Saturday that a memorial display had been destroyed by a member of student government at WashU. The school is a participant in YAF’s […]
9/11 Memorial Vandalized at Michigan State
A 9/11 memorial was vandalized late Friday night, just hours before 9/11 remembrance ceremonies are scheduled to take place across the country. The memorial was a part of Young America’s Foundation’s 9/11: Never Forget Project, in which more than 200 schools across the country have each planted 2,977 flags to honor those murdered on September […]
Tennessee School Denies Students’ 9/11 Memorial
Renew Christian Academy in Franklin, Tennessee, refused a student’s request to create a 9/11 flag memorial display in coordination with Young America’s Foundation’s 9/11: Never Forget Project on September 11. When RCA Young Americans for Freedom chairman Matthew Mason inquired about organizing a flag display to properly remember the lives lost in the terrorist attacks […]
On the 20th Anniversary of 9/11, YAF Students Still Remember
On the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, students at more than 200 schools across America participated in the 9/11: Never Forget Project, created by Young America’s Foundation in 2003. Each memorial is made up of 2,977 American flags—one for each innocent life stolen from us that fateful day. To date, […]
Vice President Mike Pence Launches American Freedom Podcast with Young America’s Foundation
Young America’s Foundation is proud to announce the launch of the American Freedom podcast, Vice President Mike Pence’s newest project to promote and advance freedom across the nation. The first episode of the podcast, titled “20 Years Later, We Will Never Forget,” will feature interviews with four young Americans at the forefront of the movement […]
Minnesota High School Violates Constitution, Cancels 9/11: Never Forget Project in Attempt to ‘Stay Apolitical’
Ely Memorial High School in Ely, Minnesota forbid student affiliation with Young America’s Foundation before altogether cancelling an approved 9/11 memorial event days before it was set to take place, trampling on the Constitution and the free speech rights of its students. EMHS’s Student Council planned to participate in YAF’s 9/11: Never Forget Project, in which they […]
Pro-Life YAF Activist Assaulted by Crazed Leftist; Student Calls Cops on Himself
Last week, a Young Americans for Freedom activist at Iowa State University was punched before having his sign stolen and vandalized during a pro-life tabling event. On September 3, ISU YAF held a tabling event in which they sought to discuss abortion with their peers. According to Kyle Poen, chairman of YAF at the university, […]
YAF’s 9/11: Never Forget Project, Largest Nationwide Campus Initiative, to Honor Victims of September 11 Attacks on 20th Anniversary
Since 2003, more than 12 million flags have been placed in the ground as part of YAF’s iconic project. Young America’s Foundation is proud to organize the 9/11: Never Forget Project on hundreds of campuses across the nation this week. Through this initiative, the largest nationwide campus activism project of its kind, students at schools across the […]
5 Most Unhinged Leftist Professor Reactions to Texas Pro-Life Law
Last night the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 against blocking a Texas law that effectively ended abortion after six weeks. This comes after the Supreme Court granted a writ of Certiorari to Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a case that could potentially overturn Roe v. Wade, as oral arguments are expected to be heard in […]
UTK Administrator Encourages Students to Miss Class to Attend Segregated ‘Anti-Racism’ Trainings
At orientation students were prompted to discuss if it was acceptable to call student Trump-supporters racists. During an orientation for the Masters of Social Work program at University of Tennessee-Knoxville, students were advised to attend a series of segregated trainings in which white students would examine the crime of their color and minorities would be […]
LSU Urges Students to Report Any ‘Mask Violations’ Through Online System
Louisiana State University is asking students to report any and all masking violations inside campus buildings or “within 50 feet of entrances to buildings,” through an online tip system. Young America’s Foundation was alerted to the mask reporting system by an anonymous tipster through the Campus Bias Tipline. On August 24, LSU tweeted “On campus, […]
Teacher Instructs 2nd Graders Not to Use the Term ‘Girl’ in ‘Gender Inclusive’ Lesson
A public elementary school in Bellingham, Washington is teaching second graders not to assume gender and to refer to people as “they” instead, in an effort to foster a “gender inclusive” classroom. According to a tip made through Young America’s Foundation’s Campus Bias Tipline, a post made by the school’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Instagram […]
