College campuses are, in theory, meant to serve as environments where future leaders and innovators pursue higher education while developing into well-rounded, independent thinkers. It was in response to this reality that Charlie Kirk, a Conservative political activist, founded Turning Point USA in 2012. TPUSA is a national nonprofit organization created to challenge what Kirk described as left-wing ideological dominance on high school and college campuses and to increase conservative engagement among young people. Today, TPUSA operates on hundreds of campuses nationwide, engaging students through chapter programming, public discourse and speaker events. At Tulane, the goal of TPUSA is to promote civil dialogue.