November 30, 2022 VIA EMAIL to keith.hahn@wmich.edu AND CERTIFIED MAIL Mr. Keith Hahn General Counsel Western Michigan University 2010 Seibert Administration Building, Mail Stop 5423 Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5200 RE: The First Amendment Rights of Western Michigan University’s Young Americans for Liberty Dear Mr. Hahn,  I write on behalf of Young Americans for Liberty (hereafter, YAL)...Read More

Young Americans for Liberty (YAL)—the nation’s most active youth liberty organization—is facing an ongoing censorship issue at Creighton University in Nebraska. YAL chapter members recently carried “Print Guns, Not Money” posters on campus, but the administration forced them to stop because the posters showed images of guns. One of YAL’s regional directors was even escorted off campus for carrying such a...Read More

Today, Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) is proud to officially announce its 100th free speech-related victory on a college campus, this time at Boise State University in Idaho. Until recently, Boise State’s Student Organizations Handbook included “distribution” in its definition of “solicitation,” subjecting students’ political literature to the same speech-zone and permit policies as people...Read More

Pro-liberty student activists gathered hundreds of petition signatures, persuading university leaders to support medical freedom Austin, TX — Today, Young Americans for Liberty (YAL)—the nation’s most active youth liberty organization—is celebrating the removal of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate at Colorado School of Mines in Golden, where YAL student activists have defended medical freedom for months....Read More

My name is JP Kirby and I am the Director of Student Rights at Young Americans for Liberty (YAL). I work with students who deal with infringements of their rights by overbearing campus administrators and their policies. In my time as Director of Student Rights, I’ve helped hundreds of students fight for their rights to...Read More

As part of Young Americans for Liberty’s (YAL) broader fight to uphold self-defense rights on college campuses, dozens of students at the University of Hartford (UHart) held a rally today protesting the school’s pepper spray and taser ban. Part of the nation’s most active youth liberty organization, YAL student activists at UHart are also circulating a pro-self-defense petition...Read More

Young Americans for Liberty (YAL)—the nation’s most active youth liberty organization—has notched another Student Rights Campaign (SRC) victory, this time at Florida State University (FSU). Because of YAL’s advocacy for the right to self-defense, FSU recently included a specific carve-out in its weapons policy for pepper spray, allowing students to use it to defend themselves...Read More

Young Americans for Liberty (YAL)—the nation’s most active youth liberty organization—is now celebrating victory at SUNY Oneonta. As of this afternoon, the school’s pepper spray ban has been reversed and students’ right to self-defense has been restored, all because of YAL student activists who fought the administration tooth and nail. YAL student activist Alec Woodruff...Read More

From enacting campus carry to ending vaccine mandates, YAL’s “Student Rights Campaigns” will fight tyranny, advance liberty across America Austin, TX — Today, Young Americans for Liberty (YAL)—the nation’s most active youth liberty organization—is announcing plans to take on more than 45 new campus fights during the upcoming fall semester. Relying on its thousands of student activists...Read More

YAL mobilized on 37 campuses, collected thousands of petition signatures, and advanced dozens of pro-liberty bills Austin, TX — Today, Young Americans for Liberty (YAL)—the nation’s most active youth liberty organization—is celebrating the effective end of COVID-19 tyranny on campus. While many colleges and universities continue to impose COVID-related restrictions and undermine student rights, the...Read More