10 Reasons Why You Should Be Using CampusReform.org

Sometimes I feel like I'm one of the only people using the Leadership Institute's Campus Reform website. Maybe I am -- I really don't know. It's often ignored and underappreciated, so I am here to convince you that you should try it out as well. 

1. Training. Whether it’s for publications, campus elections or anything else, you can find it on this website.

2. Connect with student activists from your school. For example, here is the page for my school, the University of Washington. It’s in my school's lovely colors of purple and gold and I can network with other campuses, write blog updates about what’s happening at school, post local events and create a group just for our YAL chapter.

3. Each region has a campus services coordinator who can assist you in finding training. I know I can speak for many chapters in saying they know what they’re doing and are a good resource to tweak good ideas and make them great. The Western Region’s coordinator, Michael, helped us come up with the idea for our counter-strike against socialism.

RE: YSU YAL Chapter Given a Surprise $2000 Protest Bill

Here's an update on the previous post on this subject, which I've been looking into at CampusReform.org:

To further research this story, I called the town of Campbell, which is the intended site of the rally.  I reached Denise Sarigianopoulos, who very kindly agreed to speak with me on the subject. 

She spoke well of Freeborn and the YAL group, but explained that the gathering was originally falsely represented to the town as a "support the troops" event -- and that this would have been something the town would have supported and allowed to continue without a police presence for security.

"If it were for the troops, we wouldn't need police protection.  We would probably have marched with them," Sarigianopoulos said.  She explained that Campbell is, like many local and regional governments, in "fiscal emergency" and unable to pay for the extra police presence town officials decided was necessary at the pro-Second Amendment rally.

Sarigianopoulos' point is understandable (and the town's concern for careful fiscal policy admirable)...but it's also unconstitutional.

CPAC 2010: CampusReform.org speaks with two members of Young Americans for Liberty

Here's an excerpt of Sam's latest update on his chapter's plans to bring Tom Woods to campus:

This is something that MUST be seen through to the end. A powerful act of liberty on one campus is something that can domino to college campuses all across the country; a polar-opposite of the communism domino effect, so to speak. This MUST end in a great triumph for the cause of liberty. The day that Tom Woods speaks his first words over the PA system in an overfilled auditorium, the IU campus will shake from the quakes of freedom which will bring the establishment crashing to the ground!

Please make a DONATION to help bring Tom Woods to Indiana University to allow students the opportunity to hear the OTHER SIDE of the economic story.

The group has now raised over $2000, more than half of what they need.  Please continue to spread the word about this situation and donate if you can!

Candlelight vigil to be held for declining US dollar

YAL at Indiana University will be holding a candlelight vigil for the declining US dollar, reports CampusReform.org Field Rep Craig Dixon:

The Federal Reserve Note (FRN), established in 1913 by a private, central-banking cartel, has been in slow decline over the course of its life span, losing around 98% of its original value. The FRN is in grave condition, being artificially sustained by life support systems from overseas.

The FRN has led a turbulent life, following a tragic separation from its partner, gold, in 1933, it fell into a depression and inflated massively over the course of the next several decades. The divorce became final in 1971.

The FRN’s continued bloating has proven detrimental to its health over the span of this time, with some saying that the FRN never fully recovered from its split from gold.

Read more on this clever and (I think) hilarious activism idea here.