Snowflakes Set to Dance During Shapiro Lecture
As Ben Shapiro prepares to speak at University of Redlands tonight, snowflakes at the school are getting ready to “dance,” as we reported last week. Progressive groups held a meeting this week to put the final touches on their counter event titled, “**Liberated,” which according to their Facebook event, claims to be “the biggest porch […]
First Post-Inaugural YAF Conference at the Reagan Ranch Draws Sold-Out Crowd of High School Students
Young America’s Foundation to Host First High School Conference of 2017 at the Reagan Ranch from March 16 through March 18. SANTA BARBARA, CA- More than 100 participants will gather for Young America’s Foundation’s High School Conference at the Reagan Ranch in Santa Barbara, California from March 16 to March 18. Students from around the country […]
Chapter of the Month: University at Buffalo YAF
In the month of February, University at Buffalo Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) boldly advocated for conservative values in an environment that was very hostile to their ideas. For being proactive advocates of the values that make America exceptional, University at Buffalo has been named February YAF Chapter of the Month. This summer at Young America’s Foundation’s National […]
YAF Programs and Resources Bring Sanity to Embattled Campuses
Ben Shapiro recently stated, “The first thing that I think YAF does beautifully and better than anybody else is they provide all of these resources, they make sure that young people have what they need in order to succeed on these campuses.” What are these resources? We’re glad you asked. Free Speech Boxes, Activism Starter […]
University at Buffalo YAFers Take Over Anti-Capitalism Event
University’s Anti-Capitalism Seminar Unintentionally Promotes Free Market Capitalism By Haley Blonsky and Christian Andzel, UB Young Americans for Freedom This week The University at Buffalo’s Intercultural Diversity Center hosted a workshop titled, “Capitalism or Crapitalism.” The discussion was meant to “explore capitalism as it relates to oppression and human rights.” Although the biased presentation implied […]
Leftist Vandal Steals CSULA YAF’s Trump Flag, Flees on Foot
Once again, leftists on the campus of California State University-Los Angeles have proven just how limited their idea of ‘tolerance’ can be. While the CSULA Young Americans for Freedom Chapter was tabling Thursday afternoon to promote their upcoming campus lecture with Rachel Campos-Duffy, a leftist snatched the chapter’s Trump flag and took off sprinting in […]
Packed Halls, Not Leftist Protest, Greet YAF Campus Lectures Nationwide
Young America’s Foundation speakers reached overflowing halls of students eager to hear conservative ideas in February. While some groups only host speakers who will incite audiences and provoke campus leftists, Young America’s Foundation has mastered the art of selecting true conservative leaders who offer insightful, dynamic presentations that electrify and inspire young audiences. Ben Shapiro, […]
Longtime Conservative Leader David Keene Headlines Young Americans for Freedom Alumni Luncheon
More than 80 Young Americans for Freedom alumni, students, and guests gathered at the Gaylord Resort in National Harbor, Maryland, on February 23, for the third annual Young Americans for Freedom Alumni Luncheon. Hosted by Young America’s Foundation in conjunction with YAF alumni Mike Thompson and Pat Korten, the luncheon is one of the largest […]
YAF’s 2017 Liberal March Madness
On campuses across America, YAF activists have overcome and outperformed their leftist counterparts’ best attempts to stifle conservative speech, block activism initiatives, and obstruct speaking events (we’re looking at you CSULA, DePaul, Marquette, et. al). These campus leftists are a reflection of the madness that runs rampant among liberals, and it’s not just limited to […]
Alumni Update: Mike Catanzaro NJC ’96
1996 National Journalism Center alumnus Mike Catanzaro has been named a top White House energy aide. Before beginning his political career, he was an assistant editor with Human Events. Having always had an interest in public policy, Catanzaro then became a staffer for the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and Deputy Policy Director for […]
“They are total rockstars.”
Since students returned to campus after their winter breaks, Young America’s Foundation has had one successful campus lecture after another, spreading conservative ideas far and wide across the country during the spring semester. Students want to hear from the newsmakers, the policy-makers, and those willing to boldly stand for strong, conservative ideas. Young America’s Foundation […]
YAF Wins Free Speech Victory at CSULA
Young America’s Foundation has won a significant victory against leftist administrators who seek to stifle the First Amendment Rights of conservatives on campuses in its recently concluded action against the defendants at California State University-Los Angeles. The administrators responsible for imposing unconstitutional speaker fees and inciting near-riots against the CSULA Young Americans for Freedom chapter […]
“¡Viva Cuba Libre!” — A Cry for a New Cuba
by Aimee Triana, member of YAF at the George Washington University As a first- generation American from a Cuban family, I have always been ignorant in assuming that everyone condemned the Castro regime, and that the general American public knew of the extreme poverty that plagues the Cuban people. When my sociology professor proudly told […]
Ben Shapiro Reflects on YAF Campus Lecture Tour: YAF is ‘Better Than Anybody Else’
Young America’s Foundation is grateful to Ben Shapiro for his dedication to free speech, conservative principles, and work with us, especially during his Young America’s Foundation lecture tour that began out of the aftermath of the leftist attack on free speech at Mizzou. Ben Shapiro joined more than four dozen students and friends of Young […]
Fiorina, Campos-Duffy, Gingrich, and O’Keefe Team Up With YAF To Take Campuses By Storm In March
Young America’s Foundation is preparing to send the leaders of the Conservative Movement to embattled campuses nationwide this March. While Americans nationwide grow more concerned with the way institutions of higher education treat conservatives and free speech, Young America’s Foundation is engaged with students everyday. Business leaders and champions of the free market such as […]
UPDATED: D’Souza Flyers Vandalized at Trinity University
UPDATE: After hearing of the actions taken by intolerant leftist vandals ahead of his YAF lecture at Trinity University, Dinesh D’Souza gave the following quote to Young America’s Foundation: “I challenge the people who are defacing the posters to come to the event. This is an opportunity to have a real debate and to show […]
Administration Chains Attendance Line; D’Souza Still Unchained at Columbia University
NEW YORK— Some students at Columbia University, a center of leftist indoctrination, got a dose of reality Tuesday night as Dinesh D’Souza made the case for a conservative America. Others were left in the halls, forbidden by the university from entering the lecture hall. Issues arose with attendance at the lecture when Columbia University administrators […]
Pavlich Talks Free Speech, Gender Pay Gap Myth at Oklahoma Christian
EDMOND, OKLAHOMA—Fresh from the White House press briefings and a joint press conference with President Donald J. Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, Katie Pavlich, news editor at Townhall.com, recently spoke to a standing-room-only crowd at Oklahoma Christian University. Organized by the conservative club on campus, with sponsorship, guidance, and on-the-ground support from […]
Leftists Call to Ban Campus Police, YAFers Show Blue Lives Matter
Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) activists at California State University – Los Angeles (CSULA) showed their campus that Blue Lives Matter after a group of irrational leftists had a meeting with school administration demanding the removal of campus police. In an initiative organized and created by CSULA YAF secretary Kevin Amador, the chapter collected signatures for a petition to keep campus […]
UCSB Faculty Discuss Ways to Disrupt Shapiro Event
Ben Shapiro has the impeccable skill of bringing out the lunacy in the left. His upcoming YAF lecture at the University of California, Santa Barbara is certainly no exception. As far back as November, leftists on campus were making plans to disrupt the event. During an ironically titled “Free Speech Dialogue,” faculty and staff discussed […]
YAF Stands Up Against Unconstitutional Security Fees
A victory for free speech was achieved this week when University of Southern Maine (USM) backed down from imposing mandatory security fees on the school’s Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) chapter for simply planning an event with a local conservative speaker. YAF chairman Benjamin Bussiere invited sitting Maine House of Representatives member Larry Lockman to […]
DeVos Confirmed: School Choice & Marketplace of Ideas Back on Agenda
Betsy DeVos’s confirmation for Secretary of Education means parents and students have a friend as Secretary of Education. by Ron Pearson The eight long years of the Obama Administration resulted in more federal regulation of education on all levels and less parental choice and less intellectual diversity on college campuses. The education establishment embodied in […]
#WednesdayWisdom: Americans Celebrate Bold Action
By Chris Miranda Americans do not celebrate the weak-kneed 1776 congressional leaders who just wanted to “co-exist” with the British. Americans don’t celebrate the liberal American Presidents who wanted to “coexist” with the Soviets. Americans don’t celebrate Rosa Parks because she believed in “co-exististence” with racist liberals, which she didn’t. Americans don’t celebrate Neville Chamberlain […]
Reagan Ranch Center Unveils New Exhibits Featuring Reagan Letters, Photographs, and Memorabilia
On February 6— Ronald Reagan’s birthday—Young America’s Foundation unveiled a new exhibit focused around some remarkable collections from the Reagan Ranch Center Archives, including the Zelda Multz, Lorraine Wagner, and Russell D. and Mary Beth Sibert collections. Visitors to the Center will be familiar with the Wagner and Sibert collections, both of which have been key displays at the Reagan […]
