Young Americans for Freedom, an international organization, will soon be coming to campus.

Independent of any other student organization currently at Iowa State, Young Americans for Freedom is a conservative-based group that focuses on conservative ideology promotion.

Young Americans for Freedom, which was founded in 1960 by the Young America’s Foundation, has chapters throughout the country.

Rather than focusing on elections, as groups like the ISU College Republicans do, Young Americans for Freedom is a “non-profit educational organization dedicated to promoting conservative ideas such as free enterprise, limited government and a strong national defense,” according to the Young America’s Foundation website.

Because of this mission statement, Young Americans for Freedom is not affiliated with any party or candidate, allowing the group to advocate for the candidate who best represents their views.

“This group is just trying to kind of get the conservative word out there,” said Brittany Gaura, sophomore in animal science.

Gaura is currently involved in the College Republicans as well as the Government of the Student Body as a senator for the College of Agriculture.

“Groups like these … really want nothing to do with big government,” Gaura said of the stance of the organization.

Funding for the operation of Young Americans for Freedom will be provided by the Young America’s Foundation in part. The rest of the budget will be raised by its members.

Robert Dunn, senior in pre-business, hopes to become involved as the chapter begins to form at Iowa State.

“It’ll be a group around conservatism as a philosophy and an ideology rather than, you know, where Republicans are all about supporting the Republican Party,” Dunn said.  “We would be able to criticize the Republican Party.”

Without needing to focus on elections, the Young Americans for Freedom could provide a new perspective to conservatism on campus.

“We would like to bring more diversity points to the table,” Dunn said. 

The Young America’s Foundation holds various events at campuses across the United States through its chapters, and encourages students to start their own chapter if one is not already present on their campus.

Young Americans for Freedom, though still in the early stages of organization, will become the third conservative group to join the ISU campus.