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Conservative conferences

2018-01-04T20:43:36Z

Freedomfighter93: Added programs offered by Young America's Foundation

'''Conservative conferences''' are yearly political events geared toward Conservative, [[Republican]] and Libertarian audiences. These gatherings touch on the issues of the day and include high-profile guest speakers. Many of these summits hold straw polls to gauge interest in candidates.

==List of conferences==
*[[Conservative Political Action Conference]]
*[[Young America's Foundation]]'s National Conservative Student Conference
*[[Young America's Foundation]]'s National High School Leadership Conference
*[[Young America's Foundation]]'s High School Conference at the Reagan Ranch
*[[Young America's Foundation]]'s Fall College Retreat
*[[Young America's Foundation]]'s Road to Freedom Seminar
*[[Young America's Foundation]]'s Standing Up for Faith & Freedom Seminar
*Faith and Freedom Summit
*[[Values Voter Summit]]
*Western Conservative Summit
*Southern Republican Leadership Conference
*Republican Liberty Caucus
*Mackinac Island Republican Leadership Conference
*Conservative Policy Summit
*Conservative Leadership Conference
*Young Republican Leadership Conference
*[[NRA]] Members Meeting
*Turning Point USA's Winter in West Palm Beach
*Turning Point USA's Young Women's Leadership Summit
*Turning Point USA's High School Leader Conference
*Turning Point USA's Young Latino Leadership Conference

Please add more

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User talk:Freedomfighter93

2016-09-15T16:02:39Z

Freedomfighter93: responded to question

{{Welcome}}
Great first edit! [[User:Progressingamerica|Progressingamerica]] ([[User talk:Progressingamerica|talk]]) 15:41, 6 September 2016 (EDT)

Did you copy & paste from http://www.yaf.org/about/history/ without permission or attribution? Thanks, [[User:JDano|JDano]] ([[User talk:JDano|talk]]) 11:11, 15 September 2016 (EDT)

re: [[User:JDano|JDano]] It was paraphrased with permission. A link could be added for further reading.

Young America's Foundation

2016-09-15T14:55:49Z

Freedomfighter93: added information on current programs and program alumni

'''Young America's Foundation''' is a 501(c)(3) non-profit committed to ensuring that increasing numbers of young Americans understand and are inspired by the ideas of individual freedom, a strong national defense, free enterprise, and traditional values, with the motto of "The Conservative Movement Starts Here."

As the principal outreach organization of the Conservative Movement, the Foundation introduces thousands of American youth to these principles. YAF pursues its mission through conferences, seminars, educational materials and activism resources, internships, and a campus lecture program.

==Leadership==
Ron Robinson serves as president of Young America's Foundation. Their Board of Directors is comprised of Frank Donatelli, Wynton Hall, T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr., Ron Pearson, Thomas L. Phillips, Peter Schweizer, and James B. Taylor.

==History==
=== Founding and Early Years ===
Young America's Foundation began at Vanderbilt University in 1969 when a group of students started an organization called University Information Services (UIS) to provide students with conservative ideas that were missing in their educations.
In 1971, UIS became a national organization and is renamed Young America's Foundation. The goal of bringing conservative speakers to campuses remained, but the Foundation launched a nationwide effort to share the Conservative Movement's greatest minds and voices with student audiences to provide intellectual balance.
Beginning in 1974, the Foundation expanded its activities by sponsoring a nationally syndicated radio program featuring California Governor [[Ronald Reagan]]. Foundation leaders Frank Donatelli and Ron Robinson also established the [[Conservative Political Action Conference]] (CPAC).
In 1976 the Foundation inaugurated a national bicentennial program to highlight our Founders' philosophy of freedom.
In the summer of 1979, Young America's Foundation held its first annual National Conservative Student Conference (NCSC).
=== The 1980s and Reagan Years ===
After taking office in 1981, [[President Reagan]] began the tradition of hosting Young America's Foundation's annual summer conference at the White House.
Young America's Foundation published in 1982 "American Economic Texts: A Free Market Critique," analyzing the array of economics principles being used colleges.
The Foundation made national headlines in 1983 when D.C. police arrested two summer conference attendees for protesting the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan outside the Soviet Embassy. Young America's Foundation appealed the case all the way to the United States Supreme Court when, in 1988, the Court awarded the students a major First Amendment victory. The ruling in Boos v. Barry overturned a 50-year-old law barring protests outside of embassies.
In 1984, the Foundation sponsored a set of campus tours by two groups of overseas students. The first during the spring of 1984 featured two pro-Contra students from Nicaragua and Costa Rica who spoke on a dozen campuses in support of freedom fighters. That fall, a group of pro-Americans students from Europe spoke on campuses in support of NATO and the placement of Cruise and Pershing II missiles.
The Foundation published "Entrepreneurs vs. the State, A New Look at the Rise of Big Business in America" by Dr. Burt Folsom in 1987. The book was later renamed "The Myth of the Robber Barons" and is currently in its sixth edition.
In 1989 Young America's Foundation reprinted "The Conscience of a Conservative" by Barry Goldwater.
=== The 1990s ===
When campus leftists led by university faculty and administrators tried to force ROTC programs off campuses across the country in 1990, Young America's Foundation launched a national campaign to protect students' rights to participate in ROTC and have equal access to military recruiters on their campuses.
Young America's Foundation organized one of the largest pro-troops rallies in the country at Washington and Lee University during the Golf War in 1991.
President [[Ronald Reagan]] addressed the 15th Annual National Conservative Student Conference in 1993.
In 1995, the Foundation urged Congress to cut taxpayer funding for universities hostile to the armed forces. This effort led to the passage of the ROTC Campus Access Act which was later renamed the Solomon Amendment. Despite challenges to the amendment's constitutionality by professors at elite law schools, the US Supreme Court unanimously declared it constitutional.
Following many requests from students and parents, Young America's Foundation launched the National High School Leadership Conference (NHSLC) in 1997. This is the first of several Foundation programs geared toward high school students who wish to learn more about conservative ideas.
In 1998, Young America's Foundation stepped forward to save [[President Reagan]]'s Western White House, also known as the Reagan Ranch and Rancho del Cielo, with the blessings of the Reagan family.
The National Journalism Center merged with Young America's Foundation in 2001 to continue training the next generation of truth-seeking journalists. Also in 2001, the Foundation acquired a building in downtown Santa Barbara, California, which eventually became the Reagan Ranch Center.
=== 2000 and Beyond ===
To support American troops serving in the war in Iraq, Young America's Foundation organized a rally in 2003 which drew thousands to the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Also in 2003, after noticing many schools did little, if anything, to observe the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, the Foundation launched its iconic 9/11: Never Forget Project to ensure the anniversary of the 2,977 innocents murdered by radical islamists are remembered.
In 2004 Young America's Foundation launched its Freedom Week initiative on campuses nationwide to commemorate the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and Veterans Day.
Young America's Foundation's newly renovated Reagan Ranch Center opens in downtown Santa Barbara, California, in 2006. Created as a "Schoolhouse for Reaganism" the Reagan Ranch Center features classrooms, conference space, a theater, library, boardroom, interactive exhibits and galleries, and offices that house the Foundation's Reagan Ranch team members.
In 2007 Young America's Foundation launched its inaugural Reagan Ranch High School Conference at the Reagan Ranch Center to teach young people about the principles and life of [[President Reagan]].
Foundation leaders Ron Robinson and Nicole Hoplin published "Funding Fathers: The Unsung Heroes of the Conservative Movement" in 2008 to tel the untold, behind-the-scenes stories of the men and women who made the Conservative Movement the giant force it is today.
The Foundation formed an Alumni Board of Directors in 2010 comprised of those who were involved in Foundation programs as students or staff and who continue their engagement with Young America's Foundation's mission.
In 2011, Young America's Foundation launched its "Reagan 100: Freedom's Future" initiative to bring [[President Reagan]]'s ideals and vision to life for the next generation, and to deinstitutionalize freedom through the Reagan Ranch Center, Rancho del Cielo, and the programs of Young America's Foundation. As part of the Foundation's Reagan 100 celebration Alaska Governor [[Sarah Palin]] and Vice President [[Dick Cheney]] headlined a weekend to celebrate the centennial of [[President Reagan]]'s birth. Also in 2011, the Foundation debuted its inaugural film "Still Point in a Turning World: Ronald Reagan and His Ranch." Young America's Foundation formally merged with [[Young Americans for Freedom]] in 2011, with Young America's Foundation remaining the name of the parent organization and Young Americans for Freedom joining the National Journalism Center and the Reagan Ranch as projects of the Foundation.
As part of its celebration of [[President Reagan]]'s "A Time For Choosing" speech in 2014, Young America's Foundation set a goal to double the number of its student programs. Also in 2014 the Foundation relocated its national headquarters to Reston, Virginia after more than 25 years in Herndon, Virginia. Its new HQ features ample space to host student programs year-round and allowed the Foundation to expand outreach and programming with more staff and production space.
In 2015 Young America's Foundation partnered with the [[Foundation for Economic Education]] to publish "Excuse Me, Professor: Challenging the Myths of Progressivism." This latest publication debunks more than 50 liberal cliches in a way that is concise and easy for students to understand.

==Current Activities==
Young America's Foundation has an aggressive portfolio of projects and programs across the nation to advance its mission, focusing on high school and college campuses.
=== Projects ===
* [[Young Americans for Freedom]] is Young America's Foundation's chapter affiliate with clubs in high schools and colleges around the country.
* The National Journalism Center focuses on "Training Responsible Journalists" with a 12-week paid media internship in the Washington, DC media market.
* The Reagan Ranch was saved by Young America's Foundation in 1998, and is now preserved for students and Conservative Movement leaders to witness the "Western White House" and beloved home of President Reagan, walk in Reagan's footsteps, and see where history was repeatedly made.
=== Programs<ref>[http://YAF.org/events]</ref> ===
* The National Conservative Student Conference
* The National High School Leadership Conference
* The Road to Freedom Conference
* Great Beginnings: A Seminar for Emerging Leaders

==Important Members & Notable Alumni==
* [[Ronald Reagan]] - Joined the YAF board.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=fPWPDH-0TZYC&pg=PA67 Reagan's Revolution: The Untold Story of the Campaign That Started It All]</ref>
* [[Ann Coulter]]
* [[Greg Gutfeld]]
* [[Katie Pavlich]]
* John Tamny
* Rep. Alex Mooney
* Marc Thiessen
* Tim Carney
* Peter Schweizer
* Rep. Herrera Beutler
* Wynton Hall
* Alex Marlow
* Todd Buchholz

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.yaf.org/ Young America's Foundation website]
* [http://www.facebook.com/youngamericasfoundation Facebook page]
* [http://twitter.com/yaf Twitter page]
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Young America's Foundation

2016-09-07T19:32:09Z

Freedomfighter93: finished rounding out the history of YAF

'''Young America's Foundation''' is a 501(c)(3) non-profit committed to ensuring that increasing numbers of young Americans understand and are inspired by the ideas of individual freedom, a strong national defense, free enterprise, and traditional values, with the motto of "The Conservative Movement Starts Here."

As the principal outreach organization of the Conservative Movement, the Foundation introduces thousands of American youth to these principles. YAF pursues its mission through conferences, seminars, educational materials and activism resources, internships, and a campus lecture program.

==Leadership==
Ron Robinson serves as president of Young America's Foundation. Their Board of Directors is comprised of Frank Donatelli, Wynton Hall, T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr., Ron Pearson, Thomas L. Phillips, Peter Schweizer, and James B. Taylor.

==History==
=== Founding and Early Years ===
Young America's Foundation began at Vanderbilt University in 1969 when a group of students started an organization called University Information Services (UIS) to provide students with conservative ideas that were missing in their educations.
In 1971, UIS became a national organization and is renamed Young America's Foundation. The goal of bringing conservative speakers to campuses remained, but the Foundation launched a nationwide effort to share the Conservative Movement's greatest minds and voices with student audiences to provide intellectual balance.
Beginning in 1974, the Foundation expanded its activities by sponsoring a nationally syndicated radio program featuring California Governor [[Ronald Reagan]]. Foundation leaders Frank Donatelli and Ron Robinson also established the [[Conservative Political Action Conference]] (CPAC).
In 1976 the Foundation inaugurated a national bicentennial program to highlight our Founders' philosophy of freedom.
In the summer of 1979, Young America's Foundation held its first annual National Conservative Student Conference (NCSC).
=== The 1980s and Reagan Years ===
After taking office in 1981, [[President Reagan]] began the tradition of hosting Young America's Foundation's annual summer conference at the White House.
Young America's Foundation published in 1982 "American Economic Texts: A Free Market Critique," analyzing the array of economics principles being used colleges.
The Foundation made national headlines in 1983 when D.C. police arrested two summer conference attendees for protesting the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan outside the Soviet Embassy. Young America's Foundation appealed the case all the way to the United States Supreme Court when, in 1988, the Court awarded the students a major First Amendment victory. The ruling in Boos v. Barry overturned a 50-year-old law barring protests outside of embassies.
In 1984, the Foundation sponsored a set of campus tours by two groups of overseas students. The first during the spring of 1984 featured two pro-Contra students from Nicaragua and Costa Rica who spoke on a dozen campuses in support of freedom fighters. That fall, a group of pro-Americans students from Europe spoke on campuses in support of NATO and the placement of Cruise and Pershing II missiles.
The Foundation published "Entrepreneurs vs. the State, A New Look at the Rise of Big Business in America" by Dr. Burt Folsom in 1987. The book was later renamed "The Myth of the Robber Barons" and is currently in its sixth edition.
In 1989 Young America's Foundation reprinted "The Conscience of a Conservative" by Barry Goldwater.
=== The 1990s ===
When campus leftists led by university faculty and administrators tried to force ROTC programs off campuses across the country in 1990, Young America's Foundation launched a national campaign to protect students' rights to participate in ROTC and have equal access to military recruiters on their campuses.
Young America's Foundation organized one of the largest pro-troops rallies in the country at Washington and Lee University during the Golf War in 1991.
President [[Ronald Reagan]] addressed the 15th Annual National Conservative Student Conference in 1993.
In 1995, the Foundation urged Congress to cut taxpayer funding for universities hostile to the armed forces. This effort led to the passage of the ROTC Campus Access Act which was later renamed the Solomon Amendment. Despite challenges to the amendment's constitutionality by professors at elite law schools, the US Supreme Court unanimously declared it constitutional.
Following many requests from students and parents, Young America's Foundation launched the National High School Leadership Conference (NHSLC) in 1997. This is the first of several Foundation programs geared toward high school students who wish to learn more about conservative ideas.
In 1998, Young America's Foundation stepped forward to save [[President Reagan]]'s Western White House, also known as the Reagan Ranch and Rancho del Cielo, with the blessings of the Reagan family.
The National Journalism Center merged with Young America's Foundation in 2001 to continue training the next generation of truth-seeking journalists. Also in 2001, the Foundation acquired a building in downtown Santa Barbara, California, which eventually became the Reagan Ranch Center.
=== 2000 and Beyond ===
To support American troops serving in the war in Iraq, Young America's Foundation organized a rally in 2003 which drew thousands to the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Also in 2003, after noticing many schools did little, if anything, to observe the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, the Foundation launched its iconic 9/11: Never Forget Project to ensure the anniversary of the 2,977 innocents murdered by radical islamists are remembered.
In 2004 Young America's Foundation launched its Freedom Week initiative on campuses nationwide to commemorate the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and Veterans Day.
Young America's Foundation's newly renovated Reagan Ranch Center opens in downtown Santa Barbara, California, in 2006. Created as a "Schoolhouse for Reaganism" the Reagan Ranch Center features classrooms, conference space, a theater, library, boardroom, interactive exhibits and galleries, and offices that house the Foundation's Reagan Ranch team members.
In 2007 Young America's Foundation launched its inaugural Reagan Ranch High School Conference at the Reagan Ranch Center to teach young people about the principles and life of [[President Reagan]].
Foundation leaders Ron Robinson and Nicole Hoplin published "Funding Fathers: The Unsung Heroes of the Conservative Movement" in 2008 to tel the untold, behind-the-scenes stories of the men and women who made the Conservative Movement the giant force it is today.
The Foundation formed an Alumni Board of Directors in 2010 comprised of those who were involved in Foundation programs as students or staff and who continue their engagement with Young America's Foundation's mission.
In 2011, Young America's Foundation launched its "Reagan 100: Freedom's Future" initiative to bring [[President Reagan]]'s ideals and vision to life for the next generation, and to deinstitutionalize freedom through the Reagan Ranch Center, Rancho del Cielo, and the programs of Young America's Foundation. As part of the Foundation's Reagan 100 celebration Alaska Governor [[Sarah Palin]] and Vice President [[Dick Cheney]] headlined a weekend to celebrate the centennial of [[President Reagan]]'s birth. Also in 2011, the Foundation debuted its inaugural film "Still Point in a Turning World: Ronald Reagan and His Ranch." Young America's Foundation formally merged with [[Young Americans for Freedom]] in 2011, with Young America's Foundation remaining the name of the parent organization and Young Americans for Freedom joining the National Journalism Center and the Reagan Ranch as projects of the Foundation.
As part of its celebration of [[President Reagan]]'s "A Time For Choosing" speech in 2014, Young America's Foundation set a goal to double the number of its student programs. Also in 2014 the Foundation relocated its national headquarters to Reston, Virginia after more than 25 years in Herndon, Virginia. Its new HQ features ample space to host student programs year-round and allowed the Foundation to expand outreach and programming with more staff and production space.
In 2015 Young America's Foundation partnered with the [[Foundation for Economic Education]] to publish "Excuse Me, Professor: Challenging the Myths of Progressivism." This latest publication debunks more than 50 liberal cliches in a way that is concise and easy for students to understand.

==Current Activities==

==Important Members==
* [[Ronald Reagan]] - Joined the YAF board.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=fPWPDH-0TZYC&pg=PA67 Reagan's Revolution: The Untold Story of the Campaign That Started It All]</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.yaf.org/ Young America's Foundation website]
* [http://www.facebook.com/youngamericasfoundation Facebook page]
* [http://twitter.com/yaf Twitter page]
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Young America's Foundation

2016-09-07T17:51:16Z

Freedomfighter93: continued updating history from the YAF website.

Young America's Foundation

2016-09-06T20:44:03Z

Freedomfighter93: continued updating and filling out history section

Young America's Foundation

2016-09-06T20:03:20Z

Freedomfighter93: updated with history and current information

Young Americans for Freedom

2016-09-06T19:23:43Z

Freedomfighter93: updated with current information including the 2011 merger of Young America's Foundation and Young Americans for Freedom

'''Young Americans for Freedom''' (YAF) was founded by [[Bill Buckley]] in 1960 as a [[conservative]] student group on college campuses. The organization operates today as the chapter affiliate of [[Young America's Foundation]].

==History==
A group of young conservatives met in the Sharon, CT home of William F. Buckley, Jr. on September 11, 1960 to write the Sharon Statement, the founding document of Young Americans for Freedom (YAF).

In 1962, [[Ronald Reagan]] joined the YAF National Advisory Board. He eventually became YAF’s Honorary National Chairman, a relationship that would last for over forty years until his passing.
Also in 1962, YAF spearheaded the "Rally for World Liberation from Communism," hosting 18,500 conservatives at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The event is one of the largest conservative events in history.

In 1969, YAF launched an all out attack on the [[Students for a Democratic Society]].<ref name=hist>{{cite web|url=http://www.yaf.org/yaf_history.aspx|title=Young Americans for Freedom History|accessdate=August 26, 2012}}</ref> At the 1969 YAF annual convention, there was a break between traditionalists and libertarians, with the Libertarians leaving to form the [[Libertarian Party]].<ref name=hist/> Also in 1969, the predecessor to the [[Young America's Foundation]], called University Information Services (UIS) was established at Vanderbilt University with the goal of providing students with conservative ideas that were missing in their educations.

In 1974, YAF and the American Conservative Union (ACU) founded the [[Conservative Political Action Conference]] (CPAC), the largest annual gathering of conservative leaders in America.<ref name=hist/>

In 2011, [[Young America's Foundation]] and Young Americans for Freedom become one united YAF. Young America's Foundation remained the name of the parent organization, and Young Americans for Freedom joined the National Journalism Center and the Reagan Ranch as a project of Young America's Foundation.

==Current Activities==
As the chapter affiliate of [[Young America's Foundation]], Young Americans for Freedom chapters are active on high school and college campuses around the country, acting as the visible representation of the conservative movement at their schools. YAF activists carry out a range of activism initiatives each year, host conservative speakers, attend activism trainings and conferences, and work as the voice of freedom when conservatism comes under attack from the Left.

==See Also==
* [[The Sharon Statement]]

==Further reading==
* John A. Andrew, ''The Other Side of the Sixties: Young Americans for Freedom and the Rise of Conservative Politics'' (1997) [http://www.amazon.com/Other-Side-Sixties-Conservative-Perspectives/dp/0813524016/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241684581&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Gregory Schneider. ''Cadres for Conservatism: Young Americans for Freedom and the Rise of the Contemporary Right'' (1998)
==References==
<references/>
==External links==
*http://www.yaf.com/
*http://www.youtube.com/user/YAFHARDCORE
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