September 11 impacted our entire country, yet liberals and in particular, the Obama administration is attempting to sanitize the Anniversary by turning it into another day of “national service.”
Make a dramatic statement on campus by participating in Young America’s Foundation’s 9/11: Never Forget Project. ACTIVITY 1 – American Flag Memorial Establish an American flag memorial on campus consisting of 2,977 American flags representing each person tragically murdered in the terrorist attacks. ACTIVITY 2 – American Flag Memorial Fundraiser You can also establish a fundraiser in coordination with the flag memorial. Use the weeks leading up to the anniversary to encourage individuals to donate to your group with the proceeds going to 9/11 victims or to benefit America’s troops. ACTIVITY 3 – Campus-Wide Moment of Prayer Schedule a campus-wide moment of silence or prayer on September 11 at 9:11 a.m. ACTIVITY 4 – Invite a Speaker Host a conservative speaker in conjunction with your programs.
Remembering September 11 with the 9/11: Never Forget Project Don’t let the Left appropriate this day to promote its politically correct, multicultural agenda. Young America’s Foundation launched the 9/11: Never Forget Project in 2003 when we noticed that most college and high school campuses were doing little if anything to remember those murdered. 16
Those who lost families and loved ones are aghast that there are those in this country who want to remove all meaning from the anniversary. Vincent Forras, a firefighter at the World Trade Center who was buried under the rubble for two hours and survived expressed why it is so important that young people are reminded of what took place on that day. “I believe that there is so much piled up against us at our nation’s schools and it is through organizations such as yours and experiences such as mine...that we can succeed in leveling the playing field. My story is one of both the Greatest Tragedy and the most blessed and wonderful outcome which we can choose to cultivate after such a disaster. The story brings folks of all religions, parties, ages and beliefs together for a brief moment in time, similar to what was experienced in America immediately after the 9/11 attacks.
If You Don’t Act, Students Will Encounter Bizarre Alternatives The importance of the 9/11: Never Forget Project was reinforced when Vanderbilt University used the occasion to attack Christianity, incite racial divisiveness, encourage socialism, and compare U.S. soldiers to al Qaeda operatives. Vanderbilt University’s “After 9/11: Time for Reflection” panel included nine professors and a moderator, but it did not include one conservative professor—much less a fair-minded professor—to present an alternative view on 9/11, its aftermath, and the war against radical Islam. James Lawson, a visiting professor of divinity, said that slavery, racism, and Native American genocide inspired the 9/11 attacks. “We have denied, for example, the genocide against Native Americans. We have denied domestic violence as being a serious disorder in our midst. We have denied the spiritual and moral effects on our character, like slavery and racism.” To Lawson, America’s policies and behavior are “coming home to haunt us.” 17