Freedom Week: Young America's Foundation Celebrates 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall

Freedom Week: Young America's Foundation Celebrates 20th Anniversary of the
Fall of the Berlin Wall

More than 100 Campuses Participating Nationwide

HERNDON, Va., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This Monday, November 9, marks
20 years to the day that the Berlin Wall came crashing down -- a historic
moment that crystallized the failures of socialist governments everywhere. In
remembrance, students around the country will ensure that this momentous
occasion is not forgotten. It's all part of "Freedom Week," an initiative
started by Young America's Foundation (YAF) to recognize freedom's victory
over tyranny.

On November 9, students will tear down a mock Berlin Wall at 4:30 p.m. Eastern
Time, which is exactly when the Wall opened in Berlin. Participating schools
include: University of California-Berkeley, University of California-San
Diego, College of William and Mary, University of Florida, The George
Washington University, and Cornell, among many others. These young leaders on
more than 100 campuses will educate their peers about centralized economies
and how socialism always lead to widespread misery, rationing, and colossal
oppression.

Student activists will also be armed with Young America's Foundation free
posters.

One poster is titled, "Reject Oppressive Socialist Ideas; Embrace Freedom."
It features this language:

-- People Murdered by Progressive Socialist Movements: 100,000,000

-- People Freed from Communist Tyranny by Ronald Reagan and Worldwide
Freedom Movements: 425,574,817

"It was President Reagan who brought real 'hope' and 'change' when he defeated
communism," remarked Patrick Coyle, the vice president of YAF. "Sadly, even
though socialist ideas have been thoroughly repudiated, liberals in Washington
and academia still push to increase the power of the federal government."

Another poster, called "Got Milk? Got Blankets? Got Anything," informs young
people that, while the former USSR was supposedly developed to "fairly" and
"equally" allocate resources, such mass distribution of goods and services
only led to shortages and starving people. The poster depicts an actual photo
of a woman in a Soviet store that has its shelves stocked with...nothing.

More breakthrough posters for young people, including the "Security Wakeup
Call" to honor Veteran's Day, can be accessed at www.yaf.org.

Although the fall of the Berlin Wall led to the freedom of millions of people
from authoritarian rule, more than two billion people still live under
oppressive regimes today. "Freedom Week" encourages young Americans to support
those who seek to lead their people toward freedom and out of oppression. From
Burma to Cuba, North Korea to Sudan, citizens of many countries still suffer
under repressive governments.

Today, "Freedom Week" is needed more than ever. A Rasmussen survey showed that
33% of young people prefer socialism over capitalism and another 30% were
undecided. "Freedom Week" is that clarion call for all who care about liberty,
individual responsibility, and economic opportunity.

As the principal outreach organization of the Conservative Movement for 38
years, Young America's Foundation introduces thousands of young people to
conservative ideas through national conferences, campus lectures and activism
programs, internships, and seminars at the Reagan Ranch. Young America's
Foundation preserves the Reagan Ranch as a premier presidential property and
living tribute to Ronald Reagan's life and ideas.

SOURCE Young America's Foundation

Jason Mattera of YAF, +1-800-USA-1776