UW Young Constitutionalists Win $1,000 Activism Grant

September 29, 2009 — The Young Constitutionalists, a University of Wyoming student club whose mission is to develop and train tomorrow's leaders while working to promote education of the U.S. Constitution, has won a $1,000 grant from CampusReform.com.

The UW club was recognized for its day-long event on Constitution Day earlier this month. UW College of Law alumnus Benjamin Barr, a senior fellow at the Goldwater Institute who is representing Citizens United before the Supreme Court, and two state legislators spoke at the event. The club also handed out free pocket Constitutions.

UW's winning entry was chosen from among a national pool of applications.

CampusReform.org, a project of the Leadership Institute, is a social networking Web site for conservative and libertarian student activists. The Web site includes a unique subsite for each of the nation's 2,376 four-year colleges and universities and offers customizable pages for both student groups and individual users.

For more information about CampusReform.org, go to www.campusreform.org.