Conferences and Seminars

You can attend or send a student to a breakthrough Young America's Foundation conference throughout the year for both high school and college students.  View photo galleries of recent programs here.

College students may attend the West Coast Leadership Conference (November 12-13, 2010), CPAC (February 10-12, 2011), the National Conservative Student Conference (summer 2011), or many other seminars throughout the year.      

High school students can take advantage of the National High School Leadership Conference (July 6-9, 2011), the Reagan Ranch High School Conference (Spring 2011), and other events.

Young America’s Foundation's schedules numerous seminars at the Foundation's headquarters and at the Reagan Ranch Center  which educate young people on conservative ideas and help them hone their activism skills and their knowledge of conservative ideas. 

Benefits for students:  

* Learn conservative ideas and effective activism
* Meet and network with like-minded students
* Interact with your conservative heroes
* Receive valuable resource materials
* Improve your critical thinking and debate skills
* Become active in the Conservative Movement

Past speakers at these programs include Nobel Laureates Milton Friedman, James Buchanan, and Vernon Smith, President Ronald Reagan, Senators Jesse Helms, Sam Brownback, and Jim Inhofe, Congressmen Newt Gingrich, Tom Tancredo, Michele Bachmann, Governors George Allen and Tim Pawlenty, Secretaries Elaine Chao and Caspar Weinberger, professors Walter Williams, Robert George, and Harvey Mansfield, best-selling authors Ann Coulter, Tom Clancy, Michelle Malkin, William Kristol, Robert Novak, Kimberly Strassel, and many more.  View conference videos here.  

For more information, please email Roger Custer at rcuster at yaf.org, call 800-USA-1776, or sign up now  for our email notifications.