Nearly 1-in-5 Students Say Violence ‘Acceptable’ To Shut Down Offensive Speech: Report
More than half of students in a recent survey (51%) said disrupting speech they disagree with “by loudly and repeatedly shouting so that the audience cannot hear the speaker” is acceptable. This and other startling statistics are in a new report by John Villasenor analyzing a survey conducted at the start of the 2017-2018 academic year […]
Free Speech Wins: UC YAF Event Leads To Changes In Speaker Security Policies
In a victory for free speech, the University of Cincinnati has announced that they will be taking steps necessary to ensure that, in the future, student organizations are not charged exaggerated security fees. This comes after only the most recent of run-ins with the University of Cincinnati administration when our chapter was slapped with a […]
University Of Minnesota President Tries To Defend Position On Shapiro Lecture, Gets Destroyed On Twitter
Within 90 minutes of Young America’s Foundation calling for concerned citizens, U of M students, and Minnesota taxpayers to voice their disapproval over the school’s treatment of conservatives and Ben Shapiro, U of M President Eric Kaler tweeted a “full statement” on Ben Shapiro’s February 26 lecture. https://twitter.com/PrezKaler/status/961290490036436992 As is par for the course from […]
Tell The University Of Minnesota: Don’t Quarantine Ben Shapiro
Young America’s Foundation’s campus lecture with Ben Shapiro has been sequestered to a desolate venue, miles from the main campus, as the University of Minnesota shows its anti-conservative bias. Despite having massive demand, the U of M denied students venues that seat 800 to 1,500 people, instead relegating them to a 400-seat room without “any […]
An Inside Look: UW-Madison Chair On Why Every Campus Needs A YAF Chapter
“Joining Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) was one of my better life decisions,” Abby Streu said in a recent article for Future Female Leaders (FFL). Streu currently serves as the fearless chairman of the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) YAF chapter. “Being in a YAF chapter has allowed me to further the conservative message on my […]
Celebrating Reagan’s 107th Birthday: Reagan And YAF Through The Years
Today marks Ronald Reagan’s 107th birthday. Conservative students across the country are celebrating the birthday of a man that changed the face of the Conservative Movement for young people, much through his involvement with Young Americans for Freedom. Reagan first joined YAF’s national advisory board in 1962 and later became YAF’s honorary national chairman. This […]
Separate But Equal? University Of Minnesota Isolates Shapiro Lecture, Quarantines Conservatives
Citing public safety concerns ahead of the February 26 Young America’s Foundation lecture featuring Ben Shapiro (part of the David and Marlyce Logan Advancing Freedom Lecture Series), University of Minnesota administrators have repeatedly denied conservative students’ requests for venues and isolated them to “an island” away from the central part of campus. Apparently, administrators do […]
Ready To Lead: YAF Activists Prepare To Boldly Advance Conservatism On Campus
“The words ‘be bold’ have not stopped resonating in my mind since I left the conference.” These are the words of Matthew Mastroberti, a student from The George Washington University who was one of more than 90 students that attended the Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) Chapter Training Seminar on January 26 and 27. YAF […]
YAF’s 2018 Art Laffer Lecture Tour To Launch At Stevens Institute of Technology
Young America’s Foundation (YAF) is excited to announce that Stevens Institute of Technology, located in Hoboken, New Jersey, will serve as the first stop on our 2018 Art Laffer campus lecture tour that features one of the world’s preeminent economists and most articulate champions of free enterprise. The event will take place on March 1. […]
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 […]
Kennesaw State Professor: Katie Pavlich A ‘Propagandist,’ American Soldiers Are ‘Gangsters In Service To Capitalism’
In an email chain emblematic of the liberal bias that dominates college campuses today, an adjunct professor at Kennesaw State University launched into a tirade against the KSU YAF chapter, their upcoming lecture with Katie Pavlich, and American soldiers. [pullquote]”War is, at least the way we’ve done it, gangsterism in service to capitalism.” -Professor Neil […]
United States Department Of Justice Supports YAF’s Free Speech Lawsuit Against UC Berkeley
On Thursday afternoon, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) made public its support for Young America’s Foundation’s free speech litigation against the University of California, Berkeley with a Statement of Interest (SOI) filed in federal court. This move signifies support from the highest levels of the US government for the critical work of Young […]
LIVE TONIGHT: Ben Shapiro Kicks Off 2018 Campus Tour
Ben Shapiro is back at it with YAF! To kick off his 2018 lecture tour, Shapiro is heading to the University of Connecticut tonight to melt some snowflakes! This event is part of the the Fred Allen Lecture Series. His bold new lecture is titled “White Privilege, Microaggressions, & Other Leftist Myths” and is filled with cold, hard facts. […]
Campus Activism: Differentiate Or Die
“Differentiate or Die.” That is the advice of a key book written by marketing guru Jack Trout. The book is written for business, but it can also apply to your club. What do you want your club to achieve this semester? Sure, any club can set up a recruitment table, or even roll a giant […]
UConn Doubles Down On Its Anti-Conservative Double Standard
Inexplicably, the University of Connecticut continues to subject conservative students to strict restrictions and regulations while allowing leftists free reign over their campus. As a result of a “review” first reported in the New Guard, UConn administrators decided that the January 24 lecture with Ben Shapiro (Part of YAF’s Fred Allen Lecture Series) would be open […]
UVA YAF Chair’s Journey To Bold Conservative Activism
Years ago, I wouldn’t have been able to give a proper definition for the worlds ‘liberal’ and ‘conservative.’ I remember seriously asking myself, “Why would my parents support conservatives if they don’t care about poor people?” Public policy never made sense to me, so I brushed it off. Eventually, I was getting old enough to […]
YAF Sends Second Demand Letter To UT-Austin Regarding Unconstitutional Policy
On Thursday, Young America’s Foundation (YAF) demanded that the University of Texas (UT-Austin) fully rescind the viewpoint-discriminatory security fee imposed upon the Young Conservatives of Texas (YCT) and offered university officials guidance on fixing the school’s unconstitutional speech policy. This is the second demand letter Young America’s Foundation has sent to UT-Austin. In response to […]
LA Times: YAF Is ‘One Of The Most Preeminent, Influential’ Forces In The Conservative Movement
In 2017, the New York Times dubbed Young America’s Foundation “the conservative force” and POLITICO called YAF “a key pillar of the conservative movement.” Now, just a few weeks into 2018, the Los Angeles Times hails the Foundation as “one of the most preeminent, influential” forces in our Movement. The Los Angeles Times published these […]
UConn Must Uphold First Amendment, Allow Shapiro To Speak Unimpeded
Young America’s Foundation will hold the University of Connecticut administration accountable if any impediments to free speech are placed on the upcoming Ben Shapiro lecture scheduled for January 24 as part of YAF’s Fred Allen Lecture Series. In quotes that smack of typical liberal double-speak, officials at the University of Connecticut claim to wholeheartedly support […]
Conservatives on the Rise: Emily Washler Joins the YAF HQ Team
Emily Washler serves as the program officer for digital media. Originally from Pensacola, Florida, Emily graduated from the University of Florida where she studied political science and history. She has had an interest in public policy and the Conservative Movement since middle school and grew up teaching herself about the principles of Conservatism and leaders […]
University of Texas Selectively Taxing Conservative Speech
Today Young America’s Foundation (YAF) sent a letter to the University of Texas at Austin, demanding the immediate rescission of a viewpoint discriminatory “security fee” that University administrators levied on conservative students’ speech. On November 14, 2017, the students of the Young Conservatives of Texas (YCT) partnered with Young America’s Foundation to bring United States […]
Obenshain & Jashinsky Named To Young America’s Foundation Board Of Directors
During a meeting in December, Young America’s Foundation’s board of directors voted unanimously to add two new members to the board: frequent Foundation speaker and alumna Kate Obenshain Keeler and recent Foundation spokeswoman and alumna Emily Jashinsky. Kate Obenshain Keeler has been involved with Young America’s Foundation since her days as a student at the […]
YAF: Rep. Keith Ellison ‘irresponsible and foolhardy’ to signal acceptance of Antifa
Young America’s Foundation released the following statement after U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison shared a photo of himself (above) smiling with a copy of Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook by Mark Bray: Young America’s Foundation strongly condemns Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison’s inexplicable embrace of violent Antifa tactics. No one knows the dangers posed by Antifa better than the […]
Nine YAF Campus Lectures To Get You Fired Up For 2018
Tens of thousands of students packed lecture halls across the country for YAF campus lectures in 2017, and millions more watched live as conservatives boldly shared freedom’s principles from even the most liberal campuses. YAF’s trademark question and answer sessions saw leftist ideas wither in the face of reality and truth. We can’t wait to […]
