Featured Member: Caleb Yee
October 10, 2011 at 9:57 am in Featured Member, News by 5 Comments
Caleb Yee describes himself as “an ordinary 17 year old teen from Hacienda Heights California.” He does not consider himself political; he just thinks “the current generation should clean up their mess before handing it down to us.”
But, looking around his high school, he noticed that “none of my classmates really cared about our future.” That indifference drove Caleb to start the first high school tea party club. It wasn’t easy, and at least one parent threatened to pull their child out of his high school if the club were allowed to form. The teachers were not supportive either, calling the Tea Party “a bunch of teabaggers” directly in front of students.
That didn’t stop Caleb, though. In fact, he remembers feeling galvanized by the vitriolic opposition. His original plans included only his high school, but the attacks on his right to organize spurred him to look at a national perspective, leading him to launch The A-Team: Youth Tea Party Movement. He says, “You know that you’re winning a battle when you have people calling you old racist, angry, terrorist, red necks when in reality our club is composed of high school students with many different cultural backgrounds.”
I remember the first time Mr. Yee’s name was mentioned on the Monday Night Webinar about his creation of a TPP Youth organization. Everyone realized the importance of this particular group, even if he didn’t. I am sorry I have not had the honor of meeting him. I so hope so in the near future. I understand that Mr. Yee is the model for all interested in becoming TPP Patriot Youth.
Really reminds me of the Hitler youth. Way to go Caleb!
ada boy caleb, finally glad kids around my age are starting to stand up against a corrupt government, let me know if you need any help with the group
I am interested in coordinating for the 2014 election. We can take back the Senate and add 100 to the house!!
Caleb Yee states “none of my classmates really cared about our future.”
Yee, just because they don’t agree with your idiot T Party policies, doesn’t mean they are not interested in their future.