Employees at a public university in West Virginia told a student to stop promoting his conservative club on campus because he was being “too outgoing.” Dustin Winsky, a senior at Fairmont State University, was recruiting students to join the school’s Young Americans for Liberty chapter on Aug. 30, when campus police approached him and told...Read More

The Young Americans for Liberty chapter at Wichita State University lost recognition over the course of the Winter break. In the spring, Maria Church attempted to obtain recognition of her Young Americans for Liberty chapter. The Student Government Association at Wichita State university denied recognition to the Young Americans for Liberty chapter, citing it as...Read More

The University of North Carolina – Charlotte chapter of Young Americans for Liberty took free speech activism to the extreme during the 2016-2017 academic year. The organization hosted a free speech ball at multiple sporting events, University sponsored activities, and as a recruitment tool. The club garnered support from dozens of student organizations on campus,...Read More

In October of 2015, YAL won its biggest free speech victory to date. Brittany Mirelez was promoting her YAL chapter at Paradise Valley Community College, until two administrators shut her down for failure to obtain approval from the administration. Brittany sued the Maricopa Community College District in federal court. On November 7th, the ruling was...Read More

Young Americans for Liberty at the University of West Georgia successfully reformed their campus speech codes – but it didn’t come without hard work. These liberty warriors hosted a string of events to put pressure on their university administrators. From hosting free speech ball events, to free speech sit-ins, flooding university administrative meetings, and even...Read More

Nicole Sanders was a YAL State Chair when her speech reform case was opened. Nicole was promoting the Second Amendment on campus and passing out YAL constitutions when she was approached by two armed security guards. They told her that she was not allowed to be engaging with students on campus, especially without prior approval...Read More

A student at the University of Akron was handing out copies of the Constitution when a campus administrator told him to leave or else he could be charged with criminal trespassing. Fortunately, after FIRE got involved, the university was open to reforming their policies. They suspended the ones challenged by FIRE until they could conduct...Read More

On March 4, 2015, Students at Dixie State University filed a First Amendment lawsuit against their university with assistance from FIRE. The lawsuit was filed after Dixie State refused to approve promotional flyers created by the YAL chapter based on their content. Dixie State administrators told student plaintiff William Jergins that the flyers would not...Read More

Bellevue College YAL protested the free speech zones on campus. The goal was to inflate a “free speech ball,” a seven-foot wide white beach ball that students could write whatever they wanted on it, exercising their First Amendment rights, as well as a petition to end the free speech zones on campus. “Within ten minutes,...Read More

Students at the University of Georgia settled their first amendment lawsuit against their administration after a school official rewrote the policies. The current policies still maintain two free speech areas on campus but allow for spontaneous speech elsewhere on campus under certain circumstances. While more reform will be necessary, this small step is a victory...Read More