YAF & Ben Shapiro Announce Exclusive Fall 2019 Campus Tour
Young America’s Foundation is excited to announce our Fall 2019 Campus Lecture Tour featuring New York Times bestselling author and Editor in Chief of the Daily Wire Ben Shapiro. Following another wildly successful semester of breakthrough campus lectures by the #1 requested speaker in America—and recently the author of Amazon’s #1 bestselling Right Side of […]
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 […]
Whitworth University Cowardly Bans Ben Shapiro—Here’s How You Can Help
In a vote Wednesday evening, the Associated Students of Whitworth University (WU’s student government) voted not to allow Ben Shapiro to speak on campus through Young America’s Foundation’s Fred Allen Lecture Series. The result was a reportedly-unprecedented 8-8 tie, which was broken by the ASWU’s president to deny Shapiro’s appearance. Following this vote, Whitworth President […]
KENGOR: The TODAY Show Celebrates Communist Holiday
On Friday morning I was sitting alone gumming a bowl of oatmeal in the breakfast area of a Hampton Inn in Pontiac, Illinois, when I was assaulted by an absurdity on the widescreen TV. There I was, calmly minding my own business, keeping my big mouth shut for a change, opening it only for the […]
University Of Michigan History Department Plans To Hide From Ben Shapiro, Host Panel On ‘Enwhitenment’
Calling their plans “an exciting and important event in response to Ben Shapiro’s visit to campus,” the University of Michigan’s History Department has chosen not to engage in the free and open exchange of ideas, but hide from it. Titled “When Provocateurs Dabble in History: Ben Shapiro and the Enwhitenment” (yes “enwhitenment”), promises to “feature […]
University Of Northwestern Refuses To Answer Growing Questions Over Why They Banned A Pro-Life Speaker
In a series of email blasts late this week, PR officials at the University of Northwestern (UNW) attempted to tamp down growing outrage over the school’s decision to not allow Star Parker to speak on campus (a story first broken here on the New Guard) as part of Young America’s Foundation’s nationwide campus lecture program. […]
Three Female Yale Students Sue To Join The Frats They Say Are Havens For Sexual Violence
Three female students have filed a lawsuit against Yale University and its fraternities in an effort to force the fraternities to accept women. These same three women say the fraternities are a haven for sexual harassment and violence. While Yale is a private institution, this lawsuit raises concerns for many about the freedom of association […]
‘Free College’ Will Destroy Young People’s Freedom
This article is part of a series from YAF’s Center for Entrepreneurship & Free Enterprise The idea of “free college”—or taxpayer-funded tuition—has experienced new resurgence among young people in recent months. This idea, if implemented, would destroy students’ freedom to choose, unless they come from a wealthy background. Simply put, the Left’s justification for “free […]
‘These Are All So Dumb’: Tucker Carlson Discusses ‘Comedy & Tragedy’ With YAF Spokesman Spencer Brown
Young America’s Foundation’s 2018-2019 ‘Comedy & Tragedy’ Report has grabbed headlines across the nation for its role in exposing the absurd and biased classes being offered at our nation’s prestigious institutions of higher learning. From Fox & Friends to Varney & Co. and the Washington Examiner to Townhall.com, people across the country have been surprised to […]
Statement On President Trump’s Promised Executive Order To Hold Schools Accountable For Violating First Amendment
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 5, 2019 RESTON, VA—President Trump’s promise of an executive order to prevent colleges and universities from receiving federal research funding when they ignore the U.S. Constitution is a welcome change after decades of bloated government sending billions of dollars to schools that violate the constitutional rights of their students. As has […]
‘Minnesota’s Finest Christian Education’: University of Northwestern Bans Pro-Life Star Parker
Continuing the troubling trend of Christian institutions banning prominent conservatives, the University of Northwestern in Minnesota has decided to ban a Young America’s Foundation lecture by renowned pro-life speaker Star Parker. Students in the University of Northwestern’s Young Americans for Freedom chapter (UNW YAF) have been working for months to host a prominent conservative to […]
GW YAF Named Chapter Of The Month For January
For their determination, courage, and ability to inspire their peers, The George Washington University YAF (GW YAF) has been named Chapter of the Month for January. Nearly every time Ben Shapiro is invited to speak, YAF chapters face an unrelenting wave of leftist intolerance from their school administrators, their radical peers, or both. From the […]
Stanford Leftists Plan Disruption Of D’Souza Lecture
Dinesh D’Souza is set to speak at Stanford Thursday as part of Young America’s Foundation’s ‘#FakeHistory Debunked’ lecture tour. But yet again, leftists on Stanford’s campus can’t handle the fact that a conservative is coming to speak. Flyers advertising the event have been repeatedly torn down, and one of the admitted vandals was caught on […]
UW-Milwaukee Levies New Restrictions On Conservative Students Hosting D’Souza Following Breakthrough Shapiro Event
When the conservative club at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee hosted Ben Shapiro through Young America’s Foundation’s Fred Allen Lecture Series last semester, it was a stunning success. More than 800 students packed the lecture hall while hundreds more patiently waited in a standby line for the chance to hear Shapiro in person. Despite threats of […]
YAF @ CPAC 2019
Ever since YAF leaders Frank Donatelli and Ron Robinson established the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) with the American Conservative Union in 1974, Young America’s Foundation and Young Americans for Freedom have been highlighting the work of conservative students and exposing the tactics of leftists in higher education over the last 40+ years. At CPAC […]
Health Plans At America’s Top 10 Colleges Cover Abortions, Refer Students To Planned Parenthood
In light of the passage of a bill in New York that overrides a previous ban on abortions past the 24-week mark and several other states proposing similarly radical measures to expand abortion, many pro-choice advocates are celebrating. On college campuses especially, the abortion movement continues. Often using the sanitized phrase “termination of pregnancy,” abortion […]
YAF Welcomes Karalee Geis To Team As Capitol Hill Outreach Director
Young America’s Foundation is pleased to announce Karalee Geis has joined our team as Capitol Hill Outreach Director. She first became familiar with YAF during her summer in the Young Leaders Program at The Heritage Foundation and was inspired to start a Young Americans for Freedom Chapter on campus at Samford University. The effort received […]
Vice President Pence Names YAF Alumnus & Former Reagan Ranch Director Marc Short As Chief Of Staff
Young America’s Foundation congratulates Marc Short on being named chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence. There are many, many graduates of Young America’s Foundation who have gone on to serve in key roles in our Movement and have accomplished so much for our cause. Marc’s professional successes run so deep, but he also […]
YAF’s 2018-2019 Comedy & Tragedy Report
Young America’s Foundation regularly reviews and audits course catalogs, textbook requirements, commencement speakers, and other key metrics that show the true state of higher education in America. These reports peel back the shiny veneer colleges and universities place on themselves in the name of “higher” education to reveal a stark reality: campuses devoid of intellectual […]
Orange Coast College Bans YAF Chapter’s Pro-Second Amendment Flag
This week, Orange Coast College banned students from the Young Americans for Freedom chapter from displaying a “Don’t Tread on Me” flag supporting the 2nd Amendment. Why…because the flag depicts two guns. On Wednesday, February 13, 2019, members of the Young Americans for Freedom chapter at Orange Coast College participated in a student organization recruitment fair. […]
Whitworth University YAF Named December Chapter Of The Month
For their ability to impact and influence their peers and promote conservative ideas on campus, Whitworth University Young Americans for Freedom (WU YAF) has been named Chapter of the Month for December. Conservative thought is not commonly found on the campus of Whitworth University, so on December 4, when WU YAF brought in New York […]
GCU Flip-Flops On Values, Invites Shapiro But Prohibits YAF
In a confusing statement revealed first to a meeting of the Grand Canyon University Young Americans for Freedom and then posted online Tuesday night, GCU has reversed its ban on Ben Shapiro, with a major caveat: Young America’s Foundation cannot be involved. This move from the embattled GCU administration, yet another change in their story, […]
Grand Canyon University Blocks Ben Shapiro
Administrators at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona, told members of GCU’s Young Americans for Freedom chapter that they would not “provide a venue” for Ben Shapiro’s planned speech, part of Young America’s Foundation’s Fred Allen Lecture Series. If this pathetic response sounds familiar, it should—that’s exactly what UC Berkeley administrators initially told students when […]
So You Wanna Host Ben Shapiro? The Ridiculous Hoops LMU YAF Has To Jump Through
When the Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) chapter at Loyola Marymount University (LMU) in Los Angeles began planning to host Ben Shapiro, the school immediately began throwing up roadblocks. The lecture, part of Young America’s Foundation’s exclusive Fred Allen Lecture Series, would be fast-tracked if a prominent leftist were booked. But because Shapiro is the […]
