Young America’s Foundation (YAF) is launching a multiyear nationwide initiative to counter the growing appeal of socialism among young Americans, with plans to bring conservative speakers and educational events to what its president describes as the 30 “most radicalized cities” in America, beginning with Los Angeles.
YAF’s “Freedom Not Socialism” initiative, a nationwide campaign for “2027 and beyond,” will officially launch during the organization’s November Freedom Conference at the Reagan Ranch in Santa Barbara, California.
The conference will bring together “hundreds of young conservative students” from across the country to hear from speakers including former Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin; Congressman-elect Michael Alfonso, who is set to become the youngest member of the U.S. House of Representatives; and YAF President and former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.
Over the next year, YAF plans to bring conservative leaders, scholars, and other speakers to cities nationwide to counter “socialism’s growing influence” and promote the principles of “freedom, conservatism, free markets, and American exceptionalism.” The initiative is “bigger than a series of events,” according to YAF, which aims to encourage young Americans to “reject the failed promises of socialism” and defend individual liberty…