When Bryan Fuentes discovered a pepper spray ban at Houston Christian University, he knew something had to change. In a city as crime-ridden as Houston, leaving students defenseless was unacceptable. Determined to fight back, Bryan launched a petition and quickly shattered his initial goal of 200 signatures, gathering nearly 400 signatures on a campus of...Read More
In a remarkable display of persistence and dedication, our activists at the University of North Texas (UNT) achieved a significant victory for free speech. For months, Mark Anderson and Ryan Dickson, supported by Student Rights Inc. and the Student Rights Campaign (SRC), tirelessly campaigned to ensure the UNT administration took a definitive stand on First...Read More
In Fall of 2020, YAL’s Director of Free Speech sent letters to dozens of schools across the country informing them that they had speech codes that violated the First Amendment and that, if enforced, these codes could hold the school liable for civil rights violations. Administrators at Midwestern State University very quickly reached out to...Read More
Chapter President Adrian Arevalo joined YAL on his campus in February 2019. When joining he cited “freedom of speech” as the main issue he cared about. Later that same month Adrian was informed by YAL’s Free Speech Director that Northwest Vista’s campus solicitation policy was written in a way that interfered with speech that’s protected...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
Eric Pinteralli gathered over 1,000 signatures very quickly on campus to end Mandated Housing at Texas State and after multiple meetings with admins was told there was no way they would be changing the policy. In response Eric orgnaized a rally of dozens of attendees and delivered the petitions to the president’s office in a...Read More
When Bryan Fuentes discovered a pepper spray ban at Houston Christian University, he knew something had to change. In a city as crime-ridden as Houston, leaving students defenseless was unacceptable. Determined to fight back, Bryan launched a petition and quickly shattered his initial goal of 200 signatures, gathering nearly 400 signatures on a campus of...Read More
