On Thursday, May 30th, 2013, Young Americans for Liberty at the University of California - Irvine  held a very successful speakers forum on the War on Drugs.

With well over 325 students in attendance, this has been one of YAL UCI's most successful events yet, thanks to generous professors and our fantastic tabling event for promotion!

For YAL's April Activism Event in late spring, the University of Texas-El Paso YAL chapter decided to take an economic approach and teach students about the benefits of free trade versus regulated trade. As there tends to be little disagreement between members of YAL and other students on the UTEP campus in the realm of social issues, we decided that a focus on economics was a better route.

The event coordinated by key officers, as well as alumni, and other miscellaneous volunteers, doubled as a fund-raising initiative for YAL. The idea of the event was to illustrate, in simple terms, what free trade between individuals and nations looks like as opposed to trade burdened by government sanctions and regulations.

Our team set up two tables, and arranged on them an assortment of candies and drinks to sell. One particular set of commodities, were specifically chosen as they are technically international as well as favorites in the border region. These were Mexican candies and Coca-Cola made with real sugar. 

The distinction between the two tables was in price and selection. There was a large variety of goods on the Free Trade table, while the Regulated Trade table, had considerably less. When the Regulated Trade table did have the international goods, they were 25 cents more expensive than on the Free Trade table.

YAL at the University of New Orleans held our April Activism event on Thursday, April 25th. We decided to hold a rally which would call for the University of New Orleans to respect our Second Amendment rights and allow students to carry firearms on campus. We felt that the best way to symbolize our demands was to hold an empty holster protest. 

The basic idea of an empty holster protest is to get as many students and faculty members to wear empty holsters around campus all day. The empty holsters represents our Constitutional rights being denied and our attempt to get them back. Students and the administration will see these holsters around campus and wonder what they are for. This presents a perfect opportunity to educate our fellow students and perhaps the administration on the rights to bear arms and the right to self defense. 

The most difficult task of a newly-founded organization is recruiting new members. No matter how sound the philosophy or mission, moving people to action is no small feat, and it requires creativity to make first impressions and handshakes turn into sustainable relationships. YAL @ Creighton is a new chapter founded in the spring semester of 2013.

YAL @ Creighton operates out of Creighton University's Law School and our goal is to bring liberty to the entire campus, but our initial mission is to establish a legal network of liberty within the confines of the law school. We believe that cultivating liberty in lawyers is fundamental to the growth and influence of the liberty movement.

In an effort to accomplish that mission I decided to rely upon my fellow classmates to help liberty leave a lasting legacy at the law school. I asked all first-year students to donate one of their books to our chapter to establish the YAL @ Creighton 1L Sustainable Book Scholarship. The scholarship recipient receives all of the required textbooks for all first year law school courses.The scholarship application and essay topic are attached below.

We believe that the scholarship will serve as a great recruitment device and will help build a solid foundation for the sustainability of the campus chapter. The recipient is required to join YAL @ Creighton and participate in liberty advocacy throughout the school year.

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