Shapiro at Yale: ‘Facts Don’t Care About Your Feelings’
Wednesday night, Ben Shapiro is bringing his message of unapologetic conservatism to Yale University in an event sponsored by Young America’s Foundation’s Irving Brown Lecture Series. [tbc_video_embed url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJBZEZwR7pc”] Ben is set to address free speech on college campuses. His entire remarks, including Q&A, will be streamed live on YAF’s website here.
SLU Bans Words ‘Radical Islam’ From Allen West Lecture Flyers
This week an administrator at Saint Louis University (SLU) informed students organizing a YAF-sponosred lecture by Lt. Col. Allen West they were not allowed to use the words “radical Islam” on any advertisements for the event. The administrator also claimed West, who is a veteran of both Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom, does not […]
RWU Student Senate Blocks YAF Chapter, Targets Students For Retribution
RWU Student Senate Blocks YAF Chapter, Targets Students For Retribution This week the Roger Williams University (RWU) student senate formally denied RWU’s Young Americans for Freedom chapter official school recognition, citing inaccurate claims the group bears “close resemblance” to another campus club. This means students will not be able to hold meetings, reserve spaces, host events or […]
‘Most Important Undergraduate in the Country’ Tapped to Fight Campus Left at Helm of Surging YAF
‘Most Important Undergraduate in the Country’ Tapped to Fight Campus Left at Helm of Surging Young Americans for Freedom RESTON, VA- Young America’s Foundation is thrilled to announce the appointment of 20 year-old University of Michigan student Grant Strobl to chairman of the Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) Board of Governors. As YAF chairman, Grant will […]
David French in NRO: ‘Amazed’ by YAF students
In an excellent National Review article titled, “The Rise of the Anti-Millennial Conservative Millennial,” David French wrote of his amazement at the students he meets at Young America’s Foundation events. French, who is a frequent speaker at YAF conferences and campus lectures, shared how his experiences with groups like the Federalist Society and YAF have lead […]
Lifezette Highlights YAF Free Speech Box as ‘Favorite Tool’ to Fight the Left
Lifezette Highlights YAF Free Speech Box as ‘Favorite Tool’ to Fight the Left In an article titled, “New ‘Toolbox’ Helps Campus Conservatives Fight Back,” Lifezette writer Elizabeth Catterson highlighted Young America’s Foundation’s (YAF) Free Speech Box and applauded its resources for young conservatives. Catterson, herself a campus activist, reached out to several national groups for resources to “learn […]
British PM Takes on University ‘Safe Spaces,’ Stands Up for Free Speech
Theresa May, still relatively new to her post as prime minister of Britain, slammed the pervasion of safe spaces at British universities during Prime Minister’s Questions Thursday, responding to MP Victoria Atkins’ concerns about free speech. “Freedom of speech is a fundamental British value which is undermined by so-called ‘safe spaces’ in our universities where a sense of righteous […]
Exposing the Real Che Guevara
Exposing the Real Che Guevara By Humberto Fontova Che Guevara co-founded a regime dedicated to abolishing almost everything today’s millennials hold dear. Most victims of his firing squad massacres were Cuban youths in their twenties. Many as young as 16. Some even younger. Carlos Machado was 15 years old in 1963 when the bullets from […]
This is the poster the PC Police wants to ban from campuses
As part of Young America’s Foundation’s 9/11: Never Forget Project, students across the country displayed hundreds of these posters on their campuses last week. Along with the words, “Never Forget,” the poster contains eight images of radical Islamic terrorist attacks on Americans, from diplomats being held hostage in 1979 all the way up through the tragedy […]
Huge Crowd Turns Out for Steve Forbes YAF Lecture at Iowa State
As part of Young America’s Foundation’s Ken and Janice Shengold Advancing Freedom Lecture Series, Steve Forbes spoke to a capacity crowd of 500 students at Iowa State University Monday night. Check out this image of the crowd. Because Iowa State’s student activists went through the hard work of organizing this lecture, hundreds of their peers […]
Sewanee: YAF 9/11 Memorial Poster ‘Invokes Hate Towards Muslims’
After the campus conservative club at Sewanee requested permission to hang Young America’s Foundation’s widely-used 9/11: Never Forget Project posters, an administrator forbid them from doing so on the grounds the posters “[invoke] hate towards Muslims.” The posters, which can be seen below, simply read “Never Forget,” and contain eight images of terrorist attacks from 1979 […]
What Phyllis Schlafly Taught Me About Activism
In 2012, my Young America’s Foundation (YAF) chapter at George Washington University (GW) spent our spring semester planning to host a lecture by the iconic activist Phyllis Schlafly. This was not out of the ordinary for us– in the same school year we had already hosted S.E. Cupp and Ann Coulter, so our campus was […]
Model Behavior: Kate Upton Pens Patriotic Instagram Post Slamming NFL Protesters
American actress and model Kate Upton took to instagram Sunday night to comment on several NFL players’ decision to sit, kneel, or raise their fists in protest of the Star Spangled Banner on the 15th anniversary of September 11. https://www.instagram.com/p/BKO8_ZGA87r/?hl=en “Sitting or kneeling down during the national anthem is a disgrace,” wrote the 24 year […]
Vandals Destroy 9/11: Never Forget Project at Occidental College
Vandals at Occidental College destroyed a 9/11 Never Forget Project memorial erected by the campus conservative club Sunday, kicking American flags and throwing them into the trash. The memorial, part of Young America’s Foundation’s 9/11: Never Forget Project, consisted of one flag for each of the 2,977 victims of the attacks. Occidental’s conservative student group […]
Retired professor visits 9/11 memorial, unleashes crazy conspiracy rant blaming Bush for the attacks
Sunday morning a retired professor visited Young Americans for Freedom at the University of Michigan’s 9/11: Never Forget Project and went on a crazed rant, blaming the United States government for the attacks and hurling expletives at students. The man, who identifies himself as Larry Brayboy, approached chapter chair Grant Strobl at UMich YAF’s flag […]
YAF 9/11 Memorial Posters Vandalized at University of Florida: ‘Love Trumps Hate’
Posters memorializing the lives lost on Sept. 11 were vandalized by members of a University of Florida liberal student group on Friday afternoon. After the Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) chapter at the University of Florida hung the posters around campus, liberal students plastered a “Love Trumps Hate” sign directly over the words “Never Forget.” The […]
‘I Do Find This Disturbing:’ Leftist Loses it Over CSULA YAF’s 9/11 Memorial (VIDEO)
After the Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) chapter at California State University- Los Angeles assembled its 9/11: Never Forget Project memorial on campus Friday morning, chapter members were approached by a disgruntled community member who said she was “disturbed” by their display. [tbc_video_embed url=”https://youtu.be/w0L-IfyNEfc”] The 9/11: Never Forget Project is a memorial made up of 2,977 flags […]
DePaul’s ‘Free Speech’ Series is Completely Imbalanced
By Kelleigh Huber After receiving national backlash for attempting to censor conservatives, last week DePaul University rolled out a so-called “free speech” series for the 2016-2017 school year that is set to feature a totally imbalanced roster of liberal speakers. A basic analysis of the speaker lineup reveals a total lack of ideological balance. Six […]
Bernie Sanders vs. YAF: Selective Enforcement at CSULA?
Administrators at California State University- Los Angeles forced the school’s Young Americans for Freedom chapter to wash away a chalk advertisement for their upcoming event featuring Christina Hoff Sommers. The chapter found the request interesting in light of the way the school’s “Cal State L.A. for Bernie” group went about advertising its activities. Check out these screenshots below […]
VIDEO: Saddleback Professor Tears Down YAF 9/11 Memorial Posters
Thursday morning, a professor at Saddleback College was caught on camera tearing down posters with images memorializing the lives lost to terrorism on 9/11. [tbc_video_embed url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFLcQ2DIV1I&feature=youtu.be”] The posters, which can be seen below, were displayed across campus by the school’s Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) chapter as part of Young America’s Foundation’s 9/11: Never Forget Project. Students identified […]
The 15th Anniversary of the Attack on America
9/11: Then… … and now across America as campuses participate in YAF’s 9/11: Never Forget Project
Saddleback College Blocks YAF Chapter’s 9-11 Memorial
Saddleback College has blocked its Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) chapter’s scheduled 9/11 Never Forget Project. According to Kyle Chiu, the Vice-Chair of Saddleback College YAF, the school is creating bureaucratic roadblocks to impede the chapter from creating their display. However our YAFers have another plan: “As of this morning our school has officially canceled our 9/11 […]
YAF Expands Campus Lecture Program in September to Gear Up for Important Fall
This is an important fall. Arguably more students will be paying attention to the public policy debates in the next two months than the rest of their college careers. That’s why YAF is proud to announce we’ve expanded the number of campus lectures this September, bringing top conservative leaders to schools from Kentucky to Iowa to Texas. […]
UCF Professor Teaches Laffer Curve is a “Myth,” Implies Claiming Otherwise Will Result in Reduced Grade
UCF Professor Teaches Laffer Curve is a “Myth,” Implies Claiming Otherwise Will Result in Reduced Grade According to one University of Central Florida (UCF) professor, the debate is over when it comes to global warming and supply side economics. In a term paper handout acquired by Young America’s Foundation, UCF political science professor Michael Mousseau […]
