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Constitution Day Activism Results
Campus Reform offered a $1,000 grant for the best Constitution Day activism on a college campus for Constitution Day, 2009. The contest successfully encouraged college student groups to take part in Constitution Day activism supported by a U.S. mandate that all federally-funded schools offer a Constitution Day educational program.
- First place, recieving a $1,000 grant: University of Wyoming. University of Wyoming Constitutionalists hosted speaker, Benjamin Barr, who is representing Citizens United in a case before the Supreme Court and talked about the importance of the Constitution. Additionally, State Representatives Sue Wallis and Seth Carson spoke to students. Click here to read more about their event.
- Second place, recieving free training at a school of their choice at the Leadership Institute and free books: Indiana University. IU Young Americans for Liberty passed out Constitutions to students and had an "Unconstitutional Guerilla Gorilla" steal the constitions back. Click here to see their video.
- Third place, recieving free books: Quinnipiac University. The Young Americans for Liberty chapter, Quinnipiac Libertarians, gathered students together to sign their 1st Amendment Rights away in order to receive free lunch at an event titled “Free Food, Not Free Speech.”
Here is a complete listing of the other excellent entries:
- Arizona State University. ASU Young Americans for Liberty hosted a speaker, Nick Dranias, the Director of Center for Constitutional Government at the Goldwater Institute, and handed out Constitutions who spoke on the 10th Amendment. Click here to read more.
- California State University-Fullerton. CSUF Young Americans for Liberty will be hosting speaker, Dr. John Eastman, Dean of Chapman University School of Law and handing out Constitutions. Due to scheduling conflicts, the event will be held next week.
- California State University. CSUS Students for Liberty handed out Constitutions to students. Click here to read more.
- College of Idaho. CI Students for Economic Freedom hosted a speaker, David Horowitz, who talked with students from College of Idaho and Boise State.
- Eastern Michigan University. EMU Young Americans for Liberty handed out Constitutions and conducted Patriotic Street Theater.
- Lindsey Wilson College. Lindsey Wilson Gun Club hung educational posters concerning the Constitution.
- Louisiana State University. Libertarians of LSU tabled and discussed the importance of Constitutional principles with students. Click here to see their video.
- Marquette University. MU Young Americans for Liberty tabled and handed out Constitutions to students. Click here to see their video.
- Michigan State University. MSU Young Americans for Liberty passed out Constitutions to students.
- Northern Arizona University. NAU Conservatives handed out Constitutions, quizzed students over Constitutional principles, fliered, held a raffle to receive Mark Levin's "Liberty and Tyranny". Click here to read more.
- Purdue University. Purdue Young Americans for Liberty hosted a student debate, called “Freedom Forum.”
- Rutgers University. RU Young Americans for Liberty wrote the Constitution out on the sidewalk, gave Constitutions to students, and quizzed students over the Bill of Rights.
- Seton Hall University. SHU Students for Individual Liberty tabled and handed out fliers, copies of the Constitution, FIRE books, and the independent student newspaper, The Liberty Bell. Click here to read more.
- Slippery Rock University. Slippery Rock Conservatives handed out over 140 Constitutions and quizzed students over their knowledge of the Constitution. Click here to see their video.
- Southern Polytechnic State University. SPSU Young Americans for Liberty handed out fliers and discussed Constitutional principles with students.
- State University of New York College at Buffalo. SUNYB Young Americans for Liberty tabled on campus and passed out Constitutions to students.
- Texas A&M University. A&M Young Conservatives of Texas made signs that communicate Constitutional facts.
- Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.
a. TSU Young Conservatives of Texas - Distributed Constitutions to students.
b. TSU Young Americans for Liberty - Distributed fliers and Constitutions to students.
- University of California-Berkeley. UCB Young Conservatives of California hosted a Constitution Day event by giving gun safety lessons with toy guns.
- University of Houston. UH Young Americans for Liberty tabled and handed out Constitutions to students.
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. UIUC Young Americans for Liberty handed out fliers and Constitutions to students.
- University of New Hampshire. UNH Young Americans for Liberty's “Constitutional Experience Board” provided students an outlet to list thoughts of the Constitution and Bill of Rights and any experiences they have had of liberties being violated. Complementary Constitutions were also handed out.
- University of North Carolina-Wilmington. UNCW Young Americans for Liberty tabled and handed out Constitutions to students. Click here to see their video.
- University of Oklahoma. Young Conservatives of Oklahoma at OU passed out Bill of Rights to students.
- University of Rhode Island. URI Young Americans for Liberty provided students a mock-situation to teach them their rights as a driver and a pedestrian in a police situation; in addition, they handed out complimentary Constitutions to students.
- University of Southern California. USC Young Americans for Liberty handed out Constitutions to students.
- University of Wisconsin-Madison. UWM Young Americans for Liberty tabled, chalked sidewalks with Constitutional phrases, and handed out Constitutions to students.
- University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. UWSP Young Americans for Liberty handed out pocket Constitutions out every day last week and engaged their classmates through open discussions about the loss of our freedoms in this nation.
- Washington University. WashU Young Americans for Liberty provided students complimentary Constitutions and answered questions pertaining to liberty and the Constitution.
- Western Carolina University. WCU Young Americans for Liberty held a panel discussion at the university and gave complimentary Constitutions to students.

