Our Vision

Dream for America, Inc. (DFA) is a national youth movement founded by then 16-year-old William He on July 4, 2023 & organized and operated exclusively for educational and charitable purposes in accordance with Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, focused on identifying, educating, and inspiring students to advance progressive American values like freedom, democracy, diversity, & economic opportunity. Our programs initiate conversations & empower informed civic and cultural engagement among young Americans. We also help young citizens develop the knowledge, skills, and motivation to meaningfully engage with their communities.

With over 20,000 grassroots donors, a 1,200 person volunteer network spanning all 50 states, and a social media presence with 800,000 followers and 900 million impressions — Dream for America is the fastest-growing youth organization in the country rivaling far-right groups like Turning Point USA.

Students and young people across America are fed up with extremist ideologies that are tearing the fabric of our country apart, and we are waking up. Dream for America is working tirelessly everyday to actively engage with the culture and move the needle!

Through non-partisan debate, dialogue, & discussion, Dream for America believes that every young American can be enlightened towards real democratic values and inspired to usher in a new wave of pro-democracy progressivism echoing the visions of Franklin Roosevelt & John F. Kennedy.

Since our founding, Dream for America has embarked on a mission to build the most organized, active, and powerful pro-democracy grassroots network both online and on-campuses across the country to offer young liberals a sense of belonging and community, leadership development, & pathways to civic engagement and social change.

The 3 C’s: Chapters, Creators, Conferences

Democracy Chapters

At Dream for America, we play offense with a sense of urgency to go to the places where progressives are in the ideological and philosophical minority. Dream for America’s “Democracy Chapters” are dedicated to supporting students on campuses across the country. Our volunteers and chapter leaders engage their peers and classmates through:

innovative youth-tailored marketing
tabling
distributing educational material
engaging in face-to-face conversations
registering new voters
recruiting new organizers
hosting events on campus
& becoming major leaders of the progressive movement within their community.

GOALS: Dream for America aims to establish a presence on campuses covering all 50 states, and to build a powerful network of the next generation of supporters, activists, and future leaders of the progressive movement. Additionally, Dream for America will later embark on a nation-wide campus tour to promote liberal democracy, challenge the status quo, correct the record on MAGA extremism, & encourage respectful dialogue — something too often neglected on college campuses today with hate crimes and political division at an all time high.

Creative Content

By employing creative branding like “F*ck Fascism”, memes, and pop-culture into our organizing and daily programming, Dream for America continuously spreads our message to as many new demographics and audiences as possible. Everyday, we expand the tent and grow our base of supporters. We combine culture and politics to combat the Right’s content creating army of agitators & engage young people in meaningful, influential, and effective ways.

We must counter the insurgency of right-wing media, change the narrative, & re-assert dominance in the digital battlefield.

Dream for America’s digital program will educate, enlighten, and entertain young audiences by creating unique and relevant content that quickly spreads across the internet, changes young minds, & recruit new volunteers through the internet.

Dream for America will also identify new and emerging thought leaders, influencers, & online personalities that advance DFA’s mission of spreading progressive American values like freedom, democracy, and economic opportunity to win the American culture war & the battle for the soul of America’s youth. We will equip social media influencers with every available resource necessary to spread democracy on campus and across all forms of media.

GOALS: Dream for America aims to rival the far-right media behemoth created by Turning Point USA and other media organizations. Additionally, Dream for America seeks to build our very own progressive media ecosystem with podcasts, short-films, documentaries, and other types of digital content tailor-made for young people to correct the record & challenge the narrative of the far-right.

Hosting Conferences: Democracy Summit 2026

Dream for America hopes to build a reputation of being the premier brand in events for young progressive activists across the country. We aim to hold a series of college campus tours and national conferences each year to attract young progressive students from across the country. Each conference will feature the top thought leaders in the progressive movement, as well as provide resourceful break-out training and networking sessions for attendees.

Dream for America believes it’s not only important to expose young people to tremendously intellectual and inspiring speakers – as well as provide students with the tools and connections they need to effectively battle radical right-wing extremism in their communities. Young Americans of all backgrounds, identities, and political stripes are given a place in our community to realize that they are not alone in their progressive American values – instead, realizing that there is an army of millions of like-minded peers across the country ready to come to their defense.

Dream for America Activists Strive To:

Identify student leaders across the country who believe in civil rights & economic opportunity.
Educate students about the importance of freedom, democracy, diversity, & equality.
Empower young activists to get involved in the fight for freedom and democracy. By building strong campus networks, organizing conferences, and equipping young leaders with the knowledge, skills, and strategies needed to combat the far-right, DFA makes advocacy accessible and empowers young people to make a difference in their communities.
Organize young activists in grassroots chapter networks across the country. DFA believes there is strength in numbers, and our young leaders work tirelessly to build people power on every high school and college campus in America.
Mobilize students who believe in democracy. DFA mobilizes our networks to get involved in activism, issue advocacy, public policy education, and grassroots organizing.
Register students to vote. DFA will help thousands of high school and college students register to vote, know their rights, and educate them on the importance of civic engagement.

What we need at this time is common sense and rational leadership from Americans of every star and stripe and everybody in this room – especially investing in young leaders and the right organizations – at a time of apathetic and irrational extremism.

Politics at its worst stirs up the darkest elements of our society – driving us towards hate, division, and bigotry – demonizing our Constitution, our institutions, and each other. Politics at its best calls upon our better angels and inspires a nation where anything and everything is possible.

At Dream for America, we’re looking to inspire a new wave of informed, young citizens who will become the educated, intellectual, well-spoken future leaders we know they can be. And over the next several years – we hope our work will help shape a more free, diverse, and democratic America!

Dream for America empowers young citizens to rise up against the radical Right in the defense of freedom, democracy, and economic opportunity. Get involved in the movement by helping patriotic supporters defend democracy and reshape American culture online, on-campus, in local communities, & around the country. Champion democracy on the frontlines, attend world-class conferences, and meet progressive allies from across the nation. Defend democracy, fight fascism, & help us make a difference in the future of our country!

Philadelphia, PA Reception