Event Overview
"YAF has truly changed my life and inspired me to be confident in my values, voice, and sharing the truth about American principles that make our nation great. The Road to Freedom Seminar helped affirm the value and impact the free-market economy has on cultivating a prosperous nation and a prosperous people. " - Charlotte McCormick, Elon University
Young America's Foundation's Road to Freedom Seminar is a unique program developed specifically for college students who want to learn how to make a compelling case for freedom over socialism.
Government bureaucrats nationwide are advocating for greater control of your education, healthcare, energy consumption, and paycheck. Many professors are using their classroom to teach students the virtues of destructive ideas like socialism and communism and discredited figures such as Karl Marx and Che Guevara. And the media today is obsessed with telling you that students want socialism in America.
This seminar will dispel the common exaggerations, fabrications, and lies that you often hear from leftist professors, classmates, and friends, and it will equip you with the tools and knowledge to push back.
By attending the Road to Freedom Seminar, you will train with some of the most accomplished business leaders, professors, authors, and policy experts to advance free enterprise and entrepreneurship.
BENEFITS FOR YOU:
- Gain access to the top business leaders and economic experts
- Meet lifelong friends who won't cancel you over differing opinions
- Discover how your college distorts socialism's destructive legacy—and how you can stop them
- Set yourself up for career success
- Become a stronger debater
- Meet your free market heroes
- Become a leader on your campus
- Spend 2 nights in a DC-area hotel
Who? College students.
What? A program designed for you to discover how to effectively win the freedom versus socialism debate.
When? September 22-23, 2023.
Where? YAF national headquarters in Reston, VA–just outside the nation's capital.
How Much? The full program cost is $1,000, but you only pay $45!
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
- Governor Scott Walker, President of Young America’s Foundation and 45th Governor of Wisconsin
- Andy Puzder, Former CEO, CKE Restaurants
- Dr. Arthur Laffer, Economist and Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient
- Daniel Di Martino, Venezuelan Freedom Activist, Economist, and Founder of the Dissident Project
- Dr. Anne Rathbone Bradley, Vice President of Academic Affairs, The Fund for American Studies
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: Download all the details here.
Young America's Foundation
11480 Commerce Park Drive
Reston, VA 20191
Governor Scott Walker
President of Young America’s Foundation and 45th Governor of Wisconsin
Governor Scott Walker was raised with a heart for public service, patriotism, and hard work. He moved to the small town of Delavan, Wisconsin when he was in third grade. There, his father was a minister, and his mother worked part-time as a bookkeeper and secretary. Scott was active in school, sports, church, Scouts, and…
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Andrew F. Puzder
Former CEO, CKE Restaurants Holdings, Inc.
Andy Puzder is the executive chairman of the board of directors at 2nd Vote Advisers, which is an asset manager with funds invested in companies that place profits ahead of a politically progressive ESG (environmental, social, and governance) agenda. Puzder is the former CEO of CKE Restaurants, where he helped turn Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. into globally…
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Daniel Di Martino
Venezuelan Freedom Activist; Economist; and Founder, Dissident Project
Daniel Di Martino is a Ph.D. candidate in economics at Columbia University and a graduate fellow at the Manhattan Institute, where he focuses on high-skill immigration policy. Born and raised in Venezuela, Di Martino experienced the terrible consequences of socialism first-hand. After leaving Venezuela for the United States in 2016, he dedicated himself to explaining…
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Dr. Anne Rathbone Bradley
Vice President of Academic Affairs, The Fund for American Studies
Anne Rathbone Bradley is the George and Sally Mayer Fellow for Economic Education and the vice president of academic affairs at The Fund for American Studies (TFAS), through which she teaches at George Mason University. Dr. Bradley works to enhance the impact and reach of TFAS and Foundation for Teaching Economics education programs through courses, seminars,…
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Dr. Arthur Laffer
Economist and Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient
Arthur B. Laffer is the founder and chairman of Laffer Associates, an economic research and consulting firm. Dr. Laffer’s economic acumen and influence in triggering a worldwide tax-cutting movement in the 1980s have earned him the distinction in many publications as “The Father of Supply-Side Economics.” One of his earliest successes in shaping public policy…