Even before their fall Recruitment Drives were complete, 77 YAL chapters worked double-time to make sure their campuses understood the importance of free speech and the Constitution!  This year for Constitution Week, September 17-24, YAL encouraged chapters to build "Free Speech Walls" to highlight one of our most important liberties secured by the First Amendment.  This activism idea was pioneered by the YAL chapter at the University of Texas-San Antonio, and it's great way to make a big splash on campus.

To give chapters a little incentive to add this important event to their busy schedules, YAL arranged an activism contest with more than $1000 in available prize money!  Winning chapters will be given activism grants to further their promotion of liberty and the Constitution.  And the winners are:

1. First Place:  University of Texas-Austin
   Prize:  $500 activism grant
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2. Second Place:  St. Norbert College
   Prize:  $350 activism grant
3. Third Place:  University of Kansas
   Prize:  $200 activism grant
4. Honorable Mentions:
   Middle Tennessee State University
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   University of Wisconsin-Madison
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   Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
   Ohio University
   Slippery Rock University
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   Prize:  Each of these chapters will receive a $100 activism grant

Here is a full list of reports submitted by 17 of the participating chapters.  Keep scrolling for a montage of the best pictures submitted in the Constitution Week reports!

Click on each school's name to read the recruitment report from the YAL chapter there or browse all the reports here.  In addition to these reports from 17 schools, 60 more YAL chapters held recruitment drives this fall, bringing the grand total to 77!