In order to prepare high school students for liberal academia, Young America's Foundation's will be hosting a High School Conference at the Reagan Ranch from June 20 to June 22. Students from all around the country will hear from prominent conservative speakers about the application and relevance of President Ronald Reagan's ideas.  Read More

In order for students to truly understand the meaning of freedom and prosperity, they must develop an intimate understanding of our past experiences. As conservatives it is our job to know exactly what it is that we are trying to conserve, and why we are trying to conserve it. Read More

The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater is spending an additional $52,000 on the Whitewater's Contemporary Public Issues lecture series. Topics next year include electric cars, plastic, immigration, and agriculture. The lecture series has no topics or speakers supporting free markets, tax reform, or smaller government.  Read More

Foundation intern Eduardo, describes a recent policy discussion I attended in New York City where progressives pushed to increase the city's minimum wage. Ed explains how youth employment would be affected if the living wage was raised to such high levels. Read More

Young America's Foundation is please to introduce our new intern, Brendon Najm. Brendon is the chairman of the newly formed Young Americans for Freedom Chapter at Canisius College. Read More

Ben Smith, senior at UNC, joins the YAF team as an intern at the Foundation's headquarters. Ben is strong conservative activist on campus and has a passion to expose liberal bias. Read More

Young America's Foundation is pleased welcome our newest team member, Eduardo Miranda. Ed is serving as a Sarah T. Hermann Scholar at Young America's Foundation headquarters this summer. He is a member of the Army Reserves, as well as an active student attending The King's College. Read More

DePaul University presented the "Most flagrant vandalism of a memorial for dead babies" award for trampling on the YAF chapter.  Read More

Young America’s Foundation is excited to announce that Senator Mike Lee is confirmed to speak at this summer’s National Conservative Student Conference.   Now in its 35th year, this conference will take place from July 29 to August 3 at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Read More

Gabriella Morrongiello describes how YAF helps her activism at OSU on the "left coast."  Read More

After hearing that Josh Fox planned a screening of Gasland 2 at the University of California, Santa Barbara, the Reagan Ranch decided to have their own screening of FrackNation. Read More

Hillary Cherry, a recent graduate of Purdue University, has joined the YAF team as a Program Officer focusing on Public Relations. Read More

Savanna Wierenga is one of the newest interns at the Reagan Ranch Center! Savanna is Event Chair for the Hillsdale Young Americans for Freedom.  Read More

Olivia is a junior at the University of Arizona. Olivia began her career as a conservative activist as a high school student attending one of our high school conferences at the Reagan Ranch. As a student activist, Olivia plays an avid role in spreading the conservative message. Read More

Lana attends Chapman University. Read More

This resolution is bad for several reasons, but the first being that it is against the law... Read More

I learned an important lesson while observing the living wage movement that day... Read More

Testimonials from a few of our student leaders Read More

  “In America’s cities and towns today, flags will be placed on graves in cemeteries; public officials will speak of the sacrifice and the valor of those whose memory we honor.” – Ronald Regan, 1986   Read More

It is difficult to be a young conservative, because it requires one to develop a sound and fully vindicated argument. Read More

Putting on this banquet has been the best experience of my college career to date. Read More

Anthony is a second year at the University of Virginia. Read More

As students prepare to leave college and enter the real world, it is unfortunate that they leave with commencement speakers undermining their intelligence and telling them what to think. Read More

The pro-choice Prime Minister of Ireland garnered a rare standing ovation from the Boston College graduates. Read More

YAF chapters prevail over liberal bias on college campuses. Read More