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 […]
2017 In Review: Year Of YAF
From Ben Shapiro at the University of California, Berkeley, to Vice President Mike Pence at the 39th annual National Conservative Conference, to the largest ever High School Conference at the Reagan Ranch, to 400+ Young Americans for Freedom chapters, 2017 was quite the adventure. From DC, to Chicago, to Santa Barbara. Conservatism is taking hold […]
YAF Triumphs Over Liberal Bias, Censorship At UVA
Young America’s Foundation is pleased to announce another victory for free speech. Students at the University of Virginia (UVA) made national headlines last week after administrators refused to officially recognize their Young Americans for Freedom chapter. Following multiple media reports and concerned statements by 67th Governor of Virginia George Allen, Fox News’s Brit Hume, and others, […]
Young America’s Foundation: 2017’s ‘Conservative Force’
The Left fears us. That’s right. They fear Young America’s Foundation’s programs and students. We are the one organization liberal faculty, administrators, and antifa thugs consistently attempt to undermine, and use bureaucratic maneuvers to deter Young America’s Foundation events on campuses across the country. Our impact is why more than 46% of our events have been targets of protests this […]
YAF And ADF Demand Recognition Of Student Group Amid UVA Violations Of U.S. Constitution And State Law
Young America’s Foundation (YAF) and attorneys at Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) put the University of Virginia (UVA) on notice today for its blatant violation of both the United States Constitution and state law in preventing a Young Americans for Freedom chapter from forming on the UVA grounds. This semester, a group of conservative-minded students attempted […]
University Of Wisconsin–Madison YAF Named November Chapter Of The Month
For their continued initiative, courage, and ingenuity in designing programing that effectively targets a prominent issue on their campus, University of Wisconsin–Madison Young Americans for Freedom (UWM YAF) has been named chapter of the month for November. During the fall semester, the YAF chapter at the University of Wisconsin–Madison became concerned about their fellow students’ […]
This Big Ten School Is Badgering Students Into ‘Social Justice’
It is not new that college and university administrators are overwhelming liberal. However, what is new is the extreme measures that they are now taking to indoctrinate students with leftist ideas and to suppress conservative thinking. The University of Wisconsin-Madison provides a glimpse into the new tactics the Left is using to coerce students to […]
Update On The Thomas Fire And The Reagan Ranch
As of the morning of Tuesday, December 12, the Thomas Fire, which began near Santa Paula, California (in Ventura County, roughly 40 miles to the south of Santa Barbara) has grown to 234,200 acres with 20% containment. Earlier this week the fire moved into Santa Barbara County and prompted evacuations in nearby Carpinteria and Montecito. The […]
YAF’s ‘Comedy & Tragedy’ Survey Exposes Higher Education’s Obsession With Gender, Intersectionality
YAF’s 2017 report reveals the extent to which liberal ideologies have taken hold at colleges and universities today. One theme became clear as YAF surveyed the course catalogs at the more than 50 institutions reviewed for this report: intersectionality. The theory, introduced by feminist Kimberlé Crenshaw, is defined by Merriam-Webster as “the complex, cumulative way […]
Getting Around Leftist Roadblocks On High School Campuses
Activism at high schools is taking off around the country thanks to the many Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) chapters being formed to advance conservatism. High school students are eager to start a YAF chapter at their school, spread the conservative message, or host conservative speakers at their schools. However, students often find high school administrators […]
20 Years Ago: YAF Steps Forward To Save Reagan’s Ranch, Curate America’s Premiere Presidential Property
Pictured above: Young America’s Foundation Board of Directors members stand on the dock built by Ronald Reagan on Lake Lucky at the Reagan Ranch. (L to R) Frank Donatelli, Ron Pearson, Wayne Thorburn, James Taylor, and Ron Robinson. “President and Mrs. Reagan have announced that the Reagan ranch in Santa Barbara has been listed […]
YAF President Ron Robinson Receives Annie Taylor Award From David Horowitz Freedom Center
In November, Foundation President Ron Robinson received the Annie Taylor Award from the David Horowitz Freedom Center. The annual award is named in honor of schoolteacher Annie Edison Taylor—the first person to survive a trip over Niagara Falls in a barrel—and given to people who exhibit great courage by “going over the ledge when others […]
Concordia Student Government Works to Rescind Shapiro Funding
The Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) chapter at Concordia College is working to host New York Times bestselling author and Daily Wire editor-in-chief Ben Shapiro to deliver some much-needed intellectual diversity to campus. Working through the proper channels, the YAF chapter secured $7,080 from student government in a 13-10 vote on November 30. Even before Ben Shapiro […]
YAF Alumnus Nicholas G. Hahn III: Director of Speechwriting, U.S. Department of Education
In his capacity as chief speechwriter to Secretary Betsy DeVos, Nicholas crafts the case for choice in education. Soon after he assumed his role in the Department, the media began to take notice of Secretary DeVos’s conservative message. “Her rhetoric was more fiery than it’s been since she assumed her post, as she talked about […]
Conservative Posters Vandalized at SUNY Buffalo
By Haley Blonsky, Secretary of University at Buffalo Young Americans for Freedom Last week, the University at Buffalo YAF Chapter kicked off an advertising campaign for their speaker event featuring George Harbison. George Harbison is set to speak at SUNY Buffalo on Monday December 4th for an event titled “The Victims of Socialism.” This will […]
Top 10: Ben Shapiro Campus Lectures
Young America’s Foundation has already worked with students to bring Ben Shapiro’s conservative message to more than 35 schools across the country. As a result of the wild success that’s resulted from these events, Shapiro and YAF recently announced a partnership to work together exclusively during the 2018-2019 academic year. “I am thrilled to partner […]
YAF’s National Journalism Center To Celebrate 40 Years Of Truth-Seeking Reporting
On Thursday, November 30, the National Journalism Center (NJC)—a project of Young America’s Foundation—will mark 40 years of success as the leading program training and educating young, conservative journalists. NJC will host a reception to celebrate the impact NJC has made on the nation’s media landscape at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. NJC […]
October Chapter of the Month: Notre Dame YAF
For their determination to take a stand against the leftist policies of their student government and university, University of Notre Dame Young Americans for Freedom (ND YAF) has been named chapter of the month for October. As Halloween was approaching, the sister school of Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s College, sent out an all-school email admonishing […]
4 Bizarre ‘Lessons’ From South Carolina’s Safe Zone Training
Students at the taxpayer-funded University of South Carolina might be surprised to learn that bisexuality could be in their not too distant future, but that is exactly what students are being taught in the university’s “Safe Zone” training program. Offered through the Office of Multicultural Affairs, this three-hour long educational training program is designed to […]
