Buckley Institute

How do we reknit a community once it has shattered? How do we pick up the thread of a tradition that has been lost? If authority has been abandoned by breach of trust or unwillingness to take responsibility, how can it possibly be reestablished? Apply today for our Spring Break Seminar where participants will discuss these important questions through the writings of Hannah Arendt. The seminar will run from Wednesday, March 19 until Friday, March 21 and be led by AEI and Civitas Institute Fellow Jenna Storey. https://lnkd.in/eF-k6wwD

Worried about the state of America’s college campuses? Worried cancel culture has ruined American higher education? Sponsor this year’s Disinvitation Dinner to demonstrate the importance of hearing voices that are considered too controversial for today’s college students. This year’s keynote speaker, Vice President Mike Pence, was disinvited from a campus speech because of the riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and faced cancellation efforts at Stanford University and University of Virginia. Even the publication of his memoir inspired a staff revolt at Simon & Shuster. Sponsoring Disinvitation Dinner shows your support for free speech on campus and allows other Buckley Fellows to join this gala evening for free speech in New York. https://lnkd.in/g3DRx-Uj

Over 750 Yale students have chosen to become Buckley Fellows because they’re hungry for ideas that inspire—and they know Buckley is where they can find them.   Only a few hours remain to make a tax-deductible donation to Buckley. Support us today!   https://lnkd.in/egkmGG_g

According to Buckley’s annual Faculty Political Diversity Report, 77% of Yale faculty in surveyed departments and the law school are Democrats. Under 3% are Republicans. And over 57% of the surveyed departments have no registered Republicans at all.   This is the kind of work the Buckley Institute does. Work that pushes back against a monoculture at Yale and insists that intellectual diversity and freedom of speech are critical to forging the nation’s future leaders.   Support the Buckley Institute today.   https://lnkd.in/egkmGG_g

A donation to Buckley is a call for greater intellectual diversity on campus. It’s a vote of support for the belief that a university campus ought to truly welcome challenging ideas. It’s a recognition that for a mind to be truly free, speech must also be free.    There’s a reason the equivalent of 11% of the Yale undergraduate population have joined Buckley as student fellows. Support the Buckley Institute today.   https://lnkd.in/egkmGG_g

220 hours of programming. 82 events. 102 speakers. 2,760 event attendees. That’s a whole lot of free speech in one year.   Without your support, none of this would be possible. Donate to the Buckley Institute today.   https://lnkd.in/egkmGG_g

“Buckley taught me what it means to lead.” — William Barbee ’26   Support the over 750 Yale students working to change campus culture as Buckley Fellows. Donate today.   https://lnkd.in/egkmGG_g

“[The Lux et Veritas Leadership Program] really does inspire students and help keep free speech alive at Yale.” — Marco Niño ’25   “This program is unlike any other at Yale. Buckley has the most resources and greatest interest in supporting free speech and protecting American conservatism at Yale, and this is definitely a needed space for students with unpopular viewpoints on campus.” — Emma Ventresca ’26   “This program has influenced me and changed my trajectory in ways I can only begin to understand.” — Daniel Romoser ’26   The Buckley Institute is the only campus group dedicated to fighting for free speech and intellectual diversity at Yale. Support us today.   https://lnkd.in/egkmGG_g

SAVE THE DATE! The Buckley Institute is proud to announce our Ninth Annual Disinvitation Dinner in New York City on May 8, 2025! Join us to hear keynote speaker Vice President Mike Pence who was disinvited from speaking at Wisconsin Lutheran College, and faced cancellation efforts at Stanford, University of Virginia, and even publisher Simon & Schuster.