As the principal outreach organization of the Conservative Movement, the Foundation introduces thousands of American youth to these principles. We accomplish our mission by providing essential conferences, seminars, educational materials, internships, and speakers to young people across the country.
See what the “Western Whitehouse” has to offer and how it is helping spread conservatism from coast to coast.
Learn more about Reagan’s boyhood home in Dixon, Illinois.
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Throughout the year we host roundtables and conferences at “the western White House”, the Reagan Ranch.
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Students are the future of our nation. We believe that investing time in conservative discourse will strengthen that future.
Providing a visible presence for the Conservative Movement and encouraging them to speak out.
Providing students with the tools and resources to advance conservatism at high schools and college campuses.
On a nearly weekly basis, you can find a YAF student event going on around the country. Tune in here to to find out about upcoming events!
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Since the beginning, our publications have been at the heart of our mission. Browse the archives of The New Guard and Libertas here.
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Since retiring from the NFL, Burgess has been involved in corporate and entrepreneurial endeavors. As a Black Conservative he has traveled throughout the country speaking about the intrinsic principles of freedom that underlie the foundation of our American culture.
March 14, 2019
March 11, 2021
Live from YAF’s Miami Freedom Conference |
Anna Strasburg ran and biked across America for 15 months motivating the communities she visited to become involved in the pro-life movement.
February 11, 2019
Live at Dartmouth College
Mississippi State University
MSU Instructor Who Compared YAF Students to KKK Disappears From Website
University of Mississippi
Mandatory Diversity Training at Ole Miss Indoctrinating Students
Ole Miss Asks Students to Rate How Xenophobic Their Campus Is
Ole Miss Backs Down from Punishing Free Speech After YAF Threatens Litigation
Baylor University
Baylor Chapel Speaker Rails Against Capitalism, ‘Toxic Patriarchy,’ and ‘Colonization’
Collin College
Texas Professor: United States Has Always Been ‘Exceptionally Racist’
Tarrant Community College
Texas Professor Declares Allegiance to BLM Organization in Class-Wide Intro Announcement
Texas Christian University
Radical Shaun King Brings Divisive Message to TCU’s ‘Unity Week’
Texas Tech
Texas Tech Forces Students Into Segregated Breakout Sessions During ‘Anti-Racism’ Training
Trinity University
University of Texas
UTexas Selectively Taxing Conservative Speech
University of Texas-Austin
California State University-Long Beach
CSULB Hosts Segregated Graduation Ceremonies
California State University-Los Angeles
BLM and CSULA Faculty Issue Demands to ‘Eradicate Anti-Blackness’
‘Physically Triggered’: Internal Emails Show Faculty In Hysterics Over ‘Build the Wall’ Activism
Chapman University
Chapman University Hosts Segregated Graduation Ceremonies, Separates Disabled Students
La Jolla Country Day School
San Diego School Pushes Transgender Agenda on First Graders During Library Reading Time
Loyola High School
HS Conservatives Erroneously Told Gadsden Flag is ‘Racial Harassment’
Loyola Marymount University
Conservative Senator Fires Back at Students Trying To Impeach Her
LMU Funding Board Allocates Thousands to Liberal Speakers, $451 to YAF Chapter
Miraleste Intermediate School
8th Grade Survey: ‘May I Use These Pronouns When I Contact Home?’
Orange Coast College
OCC Bans YAF Chapter’s Second Amendment Flag
Pepperdine University
Pro-Life Display Defaced at Pepperdine University, Vandalized with Pro-Abortion Messages
Santa Clara University
SCU Rejects YAF Chapter For A Third Time, Provost Claims No Bias
Santa Monica College
YAF Uncovers Unconstitutional Policies at Santa Monica College
Stanford University
After Awarding $16.50 For D’Souza Lecture, Stanford Slaps $19,000 Security Fee on Conservative Club
Conservative Student Group’s Banner Vandalized
Leftists Vandalize Shapiro Posters, Mob Conservative Students
Leftists Backtrack, Apologize for “BenBGon” Shapiro Bug Spray Flyer
Stanford Newspaper Editor Calls to Remove Conservative Group From Campus
Stanford Senator Who Said ‘White People Need to Be Eradicated’ Is Re-Elected
University of California
UCalifornia System Tells Students Not To Say ‘Chinese Virus’
University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley Charges Conservative Students $15,000 To Exercise Their First Amendment Rights
UC-Berkeley: Shapiro Might ‘Engender’ Harm For Some Students
UC-Berkeley Shreds US Constitution to Undermine Coulter
YAF Sues Berkeley for Free Speech Violations
University of California-Davis
YAF Uncovers Segregated RA Training at UC Davis
University of California-Irvine
Sociology Professor Claims Fat Phobia Is Rooted in ‘Slave Trade’
University of California-Los Angeles
UCLA Student Gov Votes To Give Thousands To Illegal Immigrants, Evading California System Rule
University of Southern California
USC Leftist Gloats About Poster Vandalism Ahead of Knowles Lecture
Ames School District
BLM ‘Week of Action’ Takes Over Preschool Learning
Iowa State University
Professor Threatens to ‘Dismiss’ Pro-Life, Conservative Students From Her Class
Pro-Life YAF Activist Assaulted by Crazed Leftist; Student Calls Cops on Himself
Schools Postpone Exams, Offer Counseling After Trump Victory
University of Iowa
University of Northern Iowa
‘HATE GROUP’ UNI Student Government Denies Pro-Life Group
Stetson University
Stetson YAF’s 9/11 Memorial Vandalized With Anti-American Rhetoric
University of Central Florida
UCF Student Government Attempts to Block Funding for Ben Shapiro
University of Florida
UF Department Bans White Students From Town Hall
UF Makes Students Assess ‘Emotional Risk’ When Planning Events
Emory & Henry College
Vaccine Passports Mandated For Students To Be Maskless At VA School
Virginia College to Re-Examine Offensive ‘WASP’ Mascot
Fauquier High School
HS District Apologizes For Conservative Bay Buchanan Speech
Potomac Falls High School
Radford University
Radford Spends $245,000 on Leftist Speakers at One Event
University of Virginia
The Jefferson Council Requests UVA ‘Publicly Denounce’ 9/11 Vandalism
UVA Calls 9/11 Vandalism ‘False Alarm,’ Claims ‘Flags Were Knocked Over by the Breeze’
UVA Flag Display Vandalized on 20th Anniversary of 9/11
UVA Leftist Dictates That White People Aren’t Welcome in Multicultural Center
UVA: ‘Offensive Student Speech Does Not Enjoy First Amendment Protection’
UVA Student Government Attempts to Create ‘Strike System’ For Professors Who Offend
UVA Quietly Removes ‘Inclusion Form’ Required for Student Activities
YAF Demands Recognition of Chapter Amid Violations of U.S. Constitution
Virginia Department of Education
‘Harmful’ to Teach American Exceptionalism, Says Virginia Dept. of Education on 9/11 Lesson Plans
Virginia Tech
VA Tech Student Government Creates Resolutions to ‘Defund’ Campus Police, Divest From ICE
Virginia Wesleyan University
VWU Prof Attacks Conservative Group In Internal Email: ‘I Am Sickened,’ ‘Examine Your Conscience’
Indiana University
IU Business School Threatens Discipline Against Students Who ‘Post Psychologically Harmful Content’
Saint Mary’s College
SMC Embraces Post-Election Leftism
Saint Mary’s College Hosts ‘God is Proud of You: LGBTQ+ Catholicism’
University of Notre Dame
Oklahoma State University
Student Fired From Oklahoma State Newspaper for Conservative Views
Boston College
BC Stonewalls Andrew Klavan Lecture
Leftists Attempt to Shout Down Andrew Klavan Lecture
Boston University
BU Halves Shapiro Audience, Levies $12,000 Security Fee on YAFers
BU Leftists Launch Petition to Stop Ben Shapiro Lecture
Harvard University
Harvard Study: Reparations Would Have Reduced COVID-19 Cases
Mount Holyoke College
9/11 Display Vandalized at Mount Holyoke College
Suffolk University
Suffolk Opposes Christina Hoff Sommers Lecture
Tufts University
Michigan State University
9/11 Memorial Vandalized at Michigan State
Michigan Technological University
MTU Professor Faces Backlash For Speaking Out Against Mandatory ‘Anti-Blackness’ Trainings
University of Michigan
UM History Department to Hide From Ben Shapiro, Host Panel on “Enwhitenment”
UM To Spend 500k Awarding Professors Committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Renew Christian Academy
Tennessee School Denies Students’ 9/11 Memorial
University of Memphis
Planned Parenthood Reps Invade Hispanic Studies Class
University of Tennessee
UT Sex Week To Include ‘Black Liberation Through Sexual Pleasure’ and ‘Butt Stuff 2.0’
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
UTK Administrator Encourages Students to Miss Class to Attend Segregated ‘Anti-Racism’ Trainings
Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt Quiz: U.S. Constitution ‘Designed to Perpetuate White Supremacy’
Ely Memorial High School
YAF Threatens Litigation Against MN High School For Violating Students’ Constitutional Rights
Minnesota State University System
MN State Hosts ‘Processing Election Emotions’ Webinar For Minority Faculty
New Prague High School
Conservative Threatened With Arrest For Not Following Anti-2A Agenda On National Walk-Out Day
University of Northwestern
Northwestern Bans Pro-Life Star Parker From Campus
UNW Continues Attacking YAF Chapter In Faculty-Wide Email
University of Minnesota
Internal Emails Show UMN DID Censor Ben Shapiro Lecture
UMN Approves Counter-Event After Kicking Shapiro Lecture to Desolate Campus Venue
Maryville University
Maryville to YAF: You Can Only Remember 500 Out of 2,977 9/11 Victims
University of Central Missouri
UCM Counters Allen West Lecture With CAIR Speaker
University of Missouri
Mizzou Prof Relieved of Teaching Duties Hours After Harmless Joke About Wuhan
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Antifa Attempt to Shut Down UMKC YAF Meeting
UMKC Chancellor Appeases Leftist Thugs After Attack On Knowles Lecture
Washington University in St. Louis
Student Senator Caught Throwing Away Flags from 9/11 Memorial at WashU
WashU Student Union Calls 9/11 Memorial Vandalism ‘Political Expression,’ Condemns ‘Islamophobia’
Auburn University
Auburn YAF Activist Denied University Position Because of Conservative Views
Samford University
Samford Blocks YAF Chapter, Says Sharon Statement is ‘Inflammatory’
Bellingham School District
Teacher Instructs 2nd Graders Not to Use the Term ‘Girl’ in ‘Gender Inclusive’ Lesson
Gonzaga University
Gonzaga ‘Declines’ Ben Shapiro Event After Welcoming Former Fugitive Angela Davis
Western Washington University
Physics Professor Slams ‘Exploitative Capitalist Overlords’ In Biased Exam
Whitworth University
Whitworth Assembles Task Force On Free Expression After Banning Shapiro
Binghamton University
Court Smacks Down SUNY Binghamton Admin’s Attempt to Dismiss YAF Lawsuit
Nearly 200 Crazed Leftists Mob Conservative Students at Binghamton
YAF Sues SUNY-Binghamton For Multiple Constitutional Violations
Buffalo School District
Buffalo Mandates NYT’s 1619 Project In Curriculum
City University of New York-Queens
CUNY Assignment: Citing Socialist Mag, ‘Describe The Three Thefts’ That Got Trump Rich
Columbia University
Columbia Professor: ‘Capitalism Causes Mental Illness’
Columbia Solicits Student Body For Ideas to Reject Conservative Speakers
Cornell University
Leftists Predictably Lose Touch With Reality Ahead of VP Cheney Lecture
PURGE: Cornell Student Government Purges Reps Who Voted Against Disarming Police
Fordham University
Fordham Student Sanctioned For Hate Crime After Pro-2A Post
Harrison High School
YAF Puts NY HS On Notice For Refusing to Recognize YAF Chapter
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Academic Department Reenacts Lenin-Era Socialist ‘Storming of the Winter Palace’
Stony Brook University
Syracuse University
SU Blocks Public From Sean Spicer Event, While All Are Welcome At Liberal Events
Union College
Alumni Create Petition Demanding School Denounces YAF Chapter
DOXXING? College Admin Moves to Release Personal Info of YAF Leaders After Leftist Outrage
Beloit College
Beloit President Emails Student Body Encouraging Protests of VP Dick Cheney
Marquette University
Marquette Feminists Demand President Take Action Against Ben Shapiro
Staff Member Caught Blocking Access to Shapiro Event
Ripon College
Ripon ‘Bias Protocol Board’ Rules Against YAF’s 9/11: Never Forget Project Posters
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
University Officials Email Students To Condemn President Trump’s Executive Order
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Inane Leftists Plan ‘Penis Arts Fest’ To Protest Katie Pavlich Lecture
Internal Emails Show UW Officials Deem Conservative Speakers ‘Controversial’
Leftists Petition to Revoke YAF’s Charter Over Shapiro Speech
Screaming Students Disrupt Shapiro Speech, Booed Out of Event
Student Newspaper Editorial: Free Speech ‘Props Up Dangerous Rhetoric In Dangerous Times’
Student Newspaper Rejects Op-Ed Opposing Defunding Police, Fires Conservative Who Wrote It
UW Tries To Block Public From Katie Pavlich Lecture
Univ. of Wisconsin Professor Implies Support for Violence Against Sen. Rand Paul
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
UWM Levies New Restrictions On Conservative Students Hosting Dinesh D’Souza
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Davidson College
Davidson Attacks Burt Folsom As Not Academic Enough
Elon University
Elon Hosts ‘Urgent’ Whites-Only Caucus to ‘Process Complicity’ In Racism
University of North Carolina-Asheville
University Advertises BIPOC-Only Gardening Day for ‘Welcome Week’
UNC Hosts Black-Only Healing Space, ‘Racial Trauma Yoga’ Following Chauvin Verdict
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Student Club at UNC Demands ‘Anti-Racist Alerts’ When ‘White Supremacists’ Come to Campus
UNC Students Protest Shapiro For Making ‘Non-Binary’ People Feel Unsafe
1619 Project Founder Granted Tenure At UNC After Leftist Outrage
University of North Carolina-Greensboro
UNCG Violates Own Policy To Leverage Fee On D’Souza Lecture
Western Carolina University
WCU Mandatory RA Training: ‘Reverse Racism is a myth’
WCU Tells RAs Not To Promote Easter and Christmas Because It’s Not ‘Inclusive’
American University
American University Launches ‘Black Affinity’ Course as a ‘Safe Space’
Students Petition To Censor Student Who Wrote ‘How Can You Be A Feminist And Muslim?’
White People Are An ‘Invasive Species’: American U Senator
Georgetown University
DHS Secretary Shouted Off Stage at Georgetown Event
Law Professor: Senate Filibuster Is A ‘White Supremacist Tool’
The George Washington University
Caving To Leftists, GWU Moves To Rename Colonial Moniker
GWU Announces Leftist Commencement, Complete with Elizabeth Warren Keynote and Dr. Fauci Honor
GWU Is Quietly Removing ‘Colonial’ References From Campus Following Referendum to Change Mascot
GW Professor Frets Over YAF Sticker In Her Class on Facebook Page
George Washington University Organization Calls Israel ‘Apartheid State,’ Denounces ‘Zionism’
GW YAF Threatened For Hosting Shapiro: ‘GET SECURITY’
Leftists Push To Eliminate Founding Fathers, Winston Churchill From Buildings
Ousted Planned Parenthood President Becomes Professor
Pro-BDS, Anti-Israel Professor Appointed Dean of International Affairs School
Sociology Department Apologizes For Emailing Police Recruitment Fair to Students
Student President Demands Racial Quotas for Student Groups, Says ‘Dominated’ By White Students
Students Protest and Disrupt Michael Knowles Lecture, Escorted Out By Security
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Star Wars Accused of ‘Cultural Appropriation’ by University Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee
Arizona State University
ASU Conservatives Harassed In Smear Campaign As ‘Fascist,’ ‘Bigoted’
Grand Canyon University
Litchfield Elementary School
Mountain Ridge High School
Peoria Unified School District
Internal Emails Show AZ Principal Calls Anti-CRT Parents ‘Whackos’
University of Arizona
University Of Arizona Students To Learn About Black Lives Matter ‘Guiding Principles’
Bellarmine University
‘YAF Is Not A Suitable Platform’ BU Blocks YAF Chapter
Berea College
KY College Hosting ‘White Citizenship is Terrorism’ Event
Northern Kentucky University
Gender Unicorn Featured in ‘Trans Ally’ Training
University of Kentucky
Instant Messages Show UK Administrators Scheming to Block YAF Chapter
UK Forces RAs into Segregated Trainings, ‘White Accountability Space’
University Of Kentucky Professor Caught Charging Clients Based On Race
Gettysburg College
Committee Recommends School Implement Racial Quotas
Gettysburg College History Dept Tells Students Being ‘Nonracist’ Not Enough, ‘Be Antiracist’
Gettysburg Student Gov Approves Thousands For 24/7 Birth Control Vending Machine
PA College Biology Quiz: President Trump is a ‘Eugenicist’
Penn State University
Penn State YAF Student Gets Fidel Castro Quote Removed from Campus
Prof: YAF ‘Bears Responsibility’ For Capitol Riot, ‘Under No Condition’ Would I Support YAF Chapter
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College Newspaper’s Own Editorial Board Apologizes For Not Being Diverse Enough
University of Pennsylvania
‘SETTLER COLONIALISM’: UPenn Students Demand School Divest From Israel
UPenn Blocks Public From D’Souza Lecture, Revokes Venue Days Before Event
UPenn Leftists Plan ‘Silent Protest’ of D’Souza Lecture
University of Pittsburgh
Pitt Slaps Discriminatory Security Fee On Shapiro Lecture. YAF Threatens Lawsuit
Chicago Public Schools
Chicago Public Schools Implement Race Trainings Claiming Schools ‘Develop White Supremacy’
College of Lake County
College Sends Campus-Wide Warning About YAF’s Elisha Krauss Event on Transgenderism
Professor Hangs Posters On Campus Claiming YAF Chapter is ‘Hate Group’
DePaul University
DePaul Bans Steven Crowder, Continues Pattern of Suppressing Conservative Speech
DePaul Obstructs YAF Lecture Featuring Shapiro and Sommers
Illinois Central College
Professor Plagiarizes HBO Show’s Anti-American Rant
Professor Threatens to Fail Conservative Student, Tells Class Trump is ‘Pathological Liar’
Lake Forest High School
After Months of Battling Administrators, YAF Chapter Gets Recognition
Lake Forest High School Revokes YAF Chapter
Northern Illinois University
Internal Docs show NIU Forcing Students to State How ‘Antiblackness’ Has Impacted Their Lives
Mandatory Diversity Training: Saying Blue Lives Matter is ‘Anti-Blackness’
NIU Quietly Edits Diversity Training Following YAF’s Exposé
Northwestern University
NU Lets Jeff Sessions Protestors Off With A Slap On The Wrist, Minimal Fine
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Utah
University of Utah: ‘Systemic Anti-Black Racism is a Public Health Crisis’
Princeton Theological Seminary
PTS Separates Students By Race To Create ‘Safety’ in Mandatory Anti-Racism Training
Rutgers University
Rutgers Prof Ignores Reality to Spin Conspiracies About President Trump
University of Maryland
UMaryland Black Leaders Push For ‘Hate Speech’ Notation on Students’ Permanent Record
Kennesaw State University
KSU Professor: Katie Pavlich A ‘Propagandist,’ Slams American Soldiers
KSU Professor Takes Class on Field Trip to Protest Michael Knowles On Campus
KSU Scrambled To Deal With ‘Fallout’ After Prof Promoted Anti-Knowles Protest
YAF Sues Kennesaw For Discriminatory Fee Charged For ‘Controversial’ Pavlich Lecture
University of Georgia
UGA Brainwashes Students With Bizarre Pronoun and Diversity Rhetoric
UGA Professor Bans Students From Using Fox News As A Source
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University of Utah
Portland School District
Rocky Mountain College
RMC Tramples on Free Speech Rights, Blocks Student Displays of ‘Divisive’ Issues
College of the Atlantic
College Uninvites Federalist Society Co-Chair After Alumni Backlash
University of Southern Maine
USM Criminology Class Syllabus: Education or Indoctrination?
University of Connecticut
University of Denver
UDenver Segregates Students By Race for Post-Election Caucuses