Young America's Foundation
- Young America's Foundation
Young America's Foundation is a conservative youth organization, founded in 1969, with a focus on sharing conservative ideas with students through conferences, campus lectures, seminars, posters, and activism initiatives.
History
Young America's Foundation was founded in 1969 at Vanderbilt University.[ [http://www.yaf.org/mission/index.cfm Young America's Foundation history] at official website.] It helped to establish the Conservative Political Action Conference, and remains a cosponsor of that conference to this day. [ [http://www.cpac.org/sponsors.html CPAC 2008 ] ] ]Ron Robinson has been president of Young America's Foundation since 1977.
In 1998, Young America's Foundation purchased Rancho del Cielo, the Santa Barbara, California ranch of Ronald Reagan.Presently, the foundation's primary role is helping conservative student organizations at campuses across the United States host educational programs, speakers and other activities.
Campus Chapters
Young America's Foundation has a college chapter at George Washington University in Washington, DC. YAF has been actively providing the GWU chapter with funding for speakers and materials [ [http://townhall.com/columnists/LindsayBoyd/2007/11/06/freedom_week_and_young_america%e2%80%99s_foundation_%e2%80%9cwho_is_the_real_revolutionary%e2%80%9d?page=2 Townhall.com::Freedom Week and Young America’s Foundation: “Who is the Real Revolutionary?”::By Lindsay Boyd ] ] .
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External links
* [http://yaf.org Official website]
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