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STUDENTS FOR 2011-2012 ANNUAL REPORT SFL reached unprecedented heights during the 2011-2012 school year, expanding to new parts of the world, holding the largest libertarian student event ever, and CONFERENCES RESOURCES empowering more students than ever before. Here are some of the highlights detailed in this annual report: International SFL Conference Attendance NETWORK 1931Webinar Participants STUDENT GROUPS IN THE SFL NETWORK 1013

529 302 35Webinars 780 100 153 511 2008 2008-9 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12

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Regional Conferences 12 82 Student Groups Participated in Free Speech Week

SFL Facebook Fans Campus Coordinators Completed Regional1509 Conference Attendees 532011-2012 Program

220 1521Free Books Distributed to 102 Student Groups Attendees 25 Countries

Launched European with 7 Executive Board Members. Tabling Kits Distributed 14 Board Members have been accepted for the 2012-2013 academic year. First European SFL Conference HIGHLIGHTS 61 1 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Highlights 1 Special Features Letter from the President 5 Media 7 Leadership 9 Student Network 15 15SFL’s Network European SFL 17 Regional Conferences 19 International Conference 21 SFL Resources 25 European17 Students For Liberty Alumni For Liberty 35 Donor Appreciation 37 Finances 38 International21 Conference

3 4 LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT has ever existed, growing up socially tolerant leaders, more oversight mechanisms, and more While I’ve always started and fiscally responsible. While we spend a great resources. This is not the same organization these annual letters by deal of time educating ourselves and our peers that started out in 2007 as a pie-in-the-sky about the nuances of what a free society means, dream of 5 volunteers and a $6,000 budget for describing SFL’s success over we do not try to impose this on anyone, a one-time conference. Our principles are the the past year, this year, I get to nor do we have to. There is an inherent desire same. Our dedication to liberty is the same. talk about SFL’s record-breaking in all students to understand Our commitment to getting freedom, and an even greater the most bang for the buck achievements. Over the past passion for promoting the in everything we do is the year, we ran 12 Regional cause. This is why SFL is same. But our infrastructure Conferences across the US with driven by a philosophy of and strategy for doing that is empowerment. We believe evolving to allow us to reach over 1,500 attendees, held 35 in the ability of students to more students and make an webinars for 1,900+ students, significantly change society and even greater impact. seek to provide them with the grew the network to 780 student training, resources, and support SFL has come a long way, groups, and saw more libertarian to promote the cause of liberty but there is a long way for us to go. There are threats to activism on campuses than ever as they want to. We do not attempt to impose anything on liberty from all sides, all over before. them, correct “misconceived” the world, and our success is views, or tell them, “This is far from given. That is what what you should do because makes SFL so important. We We saw many firsts this year. SFL ran amongst the SFL network regarding what areas we know better.” Rather, we have an opportunity to shape the first-ever four-figure libertarian student of liberty they care most about. But there is a engage our peers as equals, the future right now. There is conference with the 5th International SFL deeper meaning to this result: SFL’ers are not expose them to new ideas, and an incredible interest in liberty Conference. SFL launched the first-ever motivated so much by a particular issue as they provide opportunities to discuss amongst this generation. European-wide libertarian student group with are by a philosophy. SFL’ers are not committed and strategize how to promote However, that interest will European Students For Liberty. SFL reached to social change because they want to be able liberty themselves. This is the mean nothing if we don’t a new level in our organizational capacity by to do something, or they are looking for a quick fundamental premise of SFL’s provide them with the tools raising over $1 million this year. We added fix. They are dedicated first and foremost to success. There are more students passionate and training to be effective advocates of liberty. new staff, resources, and oversight mechanisms a philosophy of liberty and they care about about liberty than many have recognized for a Now is the time for us to empower the next to institutionalize our work for generations of the many issues related to leading a free life, long time. We are identifying and empowering generation of leaders of liberty, and SFL is the students to come. seeking to maximize the aggregate liberty them to do what they already have a passion for. organization doing just that. of , not just liberty in a particular That has been the key to SFL’s success up to now, There are two questions I often get asked Sincerely & For Liberty, area. That is difficult to understand given a and it is the philosophy that will lead us to grow these days: How has SFL grown so much so traditional paradigm of politics as being about even more. quickly? And what issues drive our students? short-sighted, personal gain because it’s an To answer the latter, we surveyed attendees incredibly powerful shift: a philosophy that As SFL grows, we will need to create new at the 2012 International SFL Conference comes before issues rather than the reverse. systems and mechanisms that empower students regarding their top 3 issues, and the results to promote liberty. For example, European were striking: no issue received It is our participation in this generational Students For Liberty will be launching its own Alexander McCobin more than 12% of the vote. On the face of it, shift that has caused SFL to grow so quickly. We version of the US Campus Coordinator Program, that result indicates a diversity of interests are part of the most libertarian generation that called Local Coordinators. To manage this larger network and new programs, SFL will require more 5 6 MEDIA STUDENTS FOR LIBERTY FACEBOOK FANS 65,647 60K

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OTHER MEDIA MENTIONS 10000 Millennials Flock to Students for Zombie Crawl protests policies Harvard Libertarian Forum Builds MacBook Pro Liberty and Liberty on the Rocks The Daily Texan Free Speech Wall The Harvard Crimson DC, Liberty Movement Gaining 0 A FRESH LOOK. Students For Liberty smoking ban SFL will launch our new website Summer 2012. The website Momentum in DC protest Libertarians Promote Justice for All features a new user interface, user accounts, group profiles PolicyMic Sonoran News Boston Herald MAY ‘11JUN ‘11JUL ‘11AUG ‘11SEP ‘11OCT NOV‘11 ‘11DEC ‘11JAN ‘12FEB MAR‘12 ‘12APR ‘12 and member-only features. 7 8 LEADERSHIP EXECUTIVE BOARD BOARD OF DIRECTORS Alexander McCobin President & Executive Director PhD Candidate in Philosophy Sloane Frost Chairwoman of the Board Carlos Alfaro Matthew Needham M.A. Public Policy with a Certificate Economics & American Political Theory in Health Administration and Policy State University University of Chicago History State University Jose Niño Sam Eckman Ankur Chawla History 3L University of , Austin University of Chicago Law School Political Theory & History Editor-in-Chief, University of Chicago University of , San Olumayowa Okediran Get to know Law Review Diego Animal Physiology Carlos Alfaro Moriah Costa Federal University of Agriculture, Nigeria The journey through high BOARD OF ADVISORS STAFF Journalism school and college that led Arizona State University SFL is honored to have such an esteemed list of Alexander McCobin James Padilioni, Jr. me to can individuals on our Board of Advisors to provide President David Deerson PhD Early American Studies be defined at its origin by both oversight of and insight into SFL’s affairs and Georgetown University, PhD Candidate Philosophy & History William and Mary culture shock. I was born direction. The Board of Advisors is comprised of: Clark Ruper University of , Luke Ripp in Mexico and came to the Dr. Nigel Ashford, Institute for Humane Studies Vice President Chapel Hill Law when I was University of Michigan, 2007 very young. Alongside the David Boaz, Casey Given Marquette University Marissa Giannotta language barrier and drastic Dr. Tyler Cowen, Rhetoric Frederik Cyrus Roeder Development Associate life changes that came with Matt Harrison, Prometheus Institute University of California, Health Economics University of California, Irvine, 2011 moving to a new country, the , Our America Initiative Berkeley University of Bayreuth experience that impacted me Dr. Alan Charles Kors, University of Megan Roberts Communications Manager Anton Howes Luis Silva-Ball the most was the discovery Dr. Jo Kwong, Philanthropy Roundtable University of , 2011 History & War Studies Liberal Studies of an American culture that Dr. James W. Lark, III, University of King’s College London, Universidad Metropolitana, held individual freedom in Kelly Jemison Venezuela such high regard. Students Michelle Muccio Events Manager England For Liberty has provided a Dr. Tom Palmer, Atlas Economic Research James Madison University, 2011 Wolf von Laer Andrew Kaluza network of students that Foundation Austrian Economics Jennifer Jones share my passion for liberty, Lawrence W. Reed, Foundation for Economic Mechanical Engineering Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Programs Manager University of Texas, Austin and also the opportunity to Education Salem College, 2012 Spain learn and spread those ideas Dr. C. Bradley Thompson, Clemson University Clint Townsend Chelsea Krafve Morgan Wang to my college campus and Professor Eugene Volokh, University of California, Campus Coordinator Manager Economics & Political Science History community. Los Angeles University of North Texas, 2012 Pepperdine University Cornell University 9 10 2012-2013 CAMPUS COORDINATOR CLASS LEADERSHIP The following is a list of Campus Coordinators accepted to begin training June 2012. This was the most selective CC program yet, with over 150 applications. Ernesto Alvarez Gregory Burr CAMPUS COORDINATORS Linguistics & Philosophy Economics The SFL Campus Coordinator Program selects the most promising individuals that have a University of California, San demonstrated interest in student organizing. SFL provides them with the training, resources, Diego and oversight to become leaders of liberty, start new student groups, host pro-liberty events, Jim Chappelow and identify other libertarians in their area. It is both a rigorous training program for the next Rebecca Anzini Economics generation of leaders of liberty and the principal vehicle for growing the student movement Media & Communications University of Missouri for liberty. University Purdue Get to know University Fort Wayne Josh Clark Political Science & History Judith Ayers Zac Corbett How SFL’s Campus Coordinator Program University of North Texas Mass Communications & My personal journey in Political Science David Clement the world of ideas always York College of Pennsylvania Political Science had a natural bend toward liberty - a “live CHANGED MY LIFE Aaron Baca Wilfred Laurier University and let live” mentality. I History Christine-Marie Dixon Chelsea Close recall identifying as a University of North Texas English Literature libertarian early in my high Two years ago, I SFL Campus Coordinator class opened, I Sierra Baker University of North Texas school years. Throughout was a typical applied. Psychology & Sociology high school and into my Ian CoKehyeng 20-year-old. I went Middle State college years I expanded Joining the ranks of SFL leaders was a Public Affairs & Policy to school, had a University my understanding of the defining moment of my life, and now, on part time job, and Management more complex concepts the brink of graduation, I feel like I have Kelly Barber had no idea what I Carleton University and ideas of the liberty accomplished so much more in my college History was doing with my movement, libertarians, career than just University of Josh Cole life. and Austrian Economics. studying and History & Economics Joining the Caitlyn Bates Now I’ve been able to While I have going to parties. University of Florida Economics help spread these ideas always been a I started a pro- ranks of University of Texas, Austin Zac Corbett through the help of SFL, its libertarian deep down, my beliefs were not liberty group on Management Information wonderful resources and something I thought about much until I was my campus and SFL leaders Dylan Becker Systems & Entrepreneurship its extensive network. I Undecided 20. I never considered that I would be in a helped other University of can move forward in my position to affect change, at least not for student groups on was a University of personal journey with the several years after I had left college and campuses in my Tony Cotzias Joseph Berger help of SFL and help foster entered the “real world.” area. I networked defining Philosophy, Politics, & Economics & History these ideas as well as help with students and Economics others in their journey. And then I discovered Students For Liberty. moment in College of Charleston leaders in the University of Pennsylvania College students who, like me, went to class liberty movement. Dustin Brennan Dylan DelliSanti and work, but were also part of the growing my life. I focused my Computer Science Eugene Craig III student movement for liberty, actively Mathematical Economics passion for writing into means of furthering Texas State University - San History working to create change. I was hooked. Hampden-Sydney College the message of liberty. Marcos Bowie State University That year, I started the Madonna University Christine-Marie Dixon Students For Liberty on my college campus. I found that I can create change and I do as Christian Burns Ethan Davis The day the applications for the 2011-2012 a Campus Coordinator with SFL. Political Science Economics Pre-Law, Piano, & English University of Texas, San Antonio Michigan State University Madonna University 11 12 Kate Franzese Bilal Kamal Monica Lucas Michelle Montalvo Barbara Sostaita Economics & Political Science Sociology Political Science Communications Ethnic Studies & International Florida State University University of Texas, San Antonio Hiram College Temple University Relations Salem College Daniel Gerstel Maureen Kelly Thadius Main Amar Moolayil Accountancy Finance History, Philosophy, & Political Applied Music Chance Stoodt University of Denver Science Pepperdine University Philosophy & Political Science Get to know Julian Gilson Loyola University of Chicago Nathan Kelly Noelle Mandel Bowling Green State University Music Industry Sociology Brad Omland Victoria Leca English Education Drexel University Houston Baptist University Journalism & Public Relations Kenny Tan Being born in Romania, in University a state where communism University of Economics Michael Goldstein Michael Mangin was the norm for the Computer Science Michelle Kocses Vanderbilt University Business Ella Peterson previous 45 years, I learned University of Texas, Austin Economics from an early age to be University of , International Studies Blaine Thiederman Florida Gulf Coast University weary of government JP Gonzales Colorado Springs University of Denver Finance ‘help’. When I came to Cognitive Science Arizona State University Mobin Koohestani Ross Marchand Steven Proctor the US, I immersed myself University of California, Merced Finance & Economics in whatever libertarian Government & Politics Economics Elise Thompson Ian Gulley Wake Forest University University of - College Arizona State University literature I could find. On Constitutional Democracy & my university campus I Political Science Park Matthew LaCorte Subhashree Rengarajan Political Theory became involved with University of Cincinnati Political Science & Economics Kevin Martin Business Administration Students For Liberty Michigan State University Sarah Harvard Hofstra University and this experience Business University of California, Political Science & Pre-Med University of North Carolina, Berkeley Richelle Trube opened the way to new Kara LaRose opportunities. This summer American University Chapel Hill Medicine Fine Art Gabriel Richard I will take part in the University of Texas Kyle Houston Brandon Maxwell Economics Koch Summer Fellowship York College of Pennsylvania Southwestern Medical School Political Science Political Science University of San Francisco 87 Program and work for University of North Carolina, Stacie Leap Cascade Policy Institute in Brigham young University Keara Vickers Charlotte Therapeutic Recreation Tyler Roberts . I am very excited Television Broadcast Journalism Temple University Neil McGettigan Urban Planning and honored to be able Dan Humbrecht AcceptedOhio University History & Philosophy Arizona State University to work with people who Computer Science Victoria Leca Rutgers University share the same ideas as I University of , Urbana- Jesse Waslowski International Relations & Robert Saxton do. Champaign Alex McHugh Molecular and Cell Biology History Political Science 53 Economics & International University of California, Queen’s University Ashton Jackson Portland State University Chase Donnally Relations Berkeley Electrical Engineering Jacob Watson Math & Economics Texas A&M Dylan Locati American University Accepted Kavita Singh Philosophy & Religious Studies University of California, San Economics & Political Science George McHugh Economics Diego Bryant Jackson-Greene University of Colorado, Washington State University Supply Chain Management Southwestern University Interdisciplinary Studies Colorado Springs Keith Farrell 24 University of Chicago Nicole Lough University of Texas, Austin American Studies & Urban and Zachary Slayback Philosophy, Economics, & Christina Webb Community Studies Justin Jerez James McKibbin Economics, Philosophy, & Political Science Nutrition UniversityAccepted of , Philosophy & Political Science Undecided Politics Texas State University Torrington State University Scottsdale Community College University of Pittsburgh University of Pennsylvania Nick Fong Nigel Jones Andrew Lovato Alexis Monahan Cameron Sorsby Michael Zerman Management & Economics Management Economics & Political Science Economics & Political Science Political Science Undecided University of 2010-11California, Merced University of West Pepperdine University 2011-12Stonehill College College of Charleston 2012-13Kennesaw State University 13 14 A Month with the Pepperdine Libertarians SFL NETWORK Each Wednesday, the Pepperdine students revel in the temporary expansion of Libertarians gather in a meeting room on the their freedoms. Objectivists 1% Federalist University’s campus overlooking the Pacific. The Pepperdine Libertarians aren’t all Society Other The group’s President, Chelsea Krafve, has business though - it is just as important for 1% 27% baked brownies for every meeting this year. the group to bond socially and build strong Other If her brownies are not enough to motivate “for Liberty” interpersonal connections as it is to discuss attendance, the discussions definitely are. 3% deep philosophical concepts. Economics Students This month, the group opens with a current Club 8% For Liberty event discussion, such as how to address One Saturday, the group meets for a 23% Students for the Occupy Wall Street movement, and then barbeque. And on a Thursday night several Sensible Drug moves on to deeper philosophical topics, such members get together to watch South Park Policy as the existence of natural rights. 8% Young and casually joke about the libertarian Student Groups Libertarians Americans undertones of the show. 10% Mid-month, the group participates in For Liberty SFL’s Free Speech Week, a national event 19% The Pepperdine Libertarians are inspired by the Free Speech Wall hosted at Pepperdine with great success in late 2010. indicative of the outstanding The Pepperdine Libertarians hang up huge leadership and impressive sheets of paper and allow fellow students to commitment of pro-liberty write whatever they want. Pepperdine, like most universities, is not the bastion of free students in SFL’s network. expression many expect from academia, so

FINDING THE POLITICALLY HOMELESS. Pepperdine Libertarians use the World’s Smallest Political Quiz when tabling. 15 16 EUROPEAN SFL EUROPEAN EXECUTIVE BOARD Aleksander Kokotovic International Relations The European venture of Students For University of Belgrade Liberty started in Summer 2011. One of Gilles Verstraeten the key-steps of establishing a unified Wherever you are from, Law European pro-liberty student movement “ Catholic University was the successful organization of the whatever your background is, Lode Cossaer first European Students For Liberty you can be a great libertarian DPhil Philosophy Conference (ESFLC) in November 2011. Catholic University Leuven The organizers planned for 100 students Countries represented and we can all get along. Alexandra Ivanov from a couple of central European 21in the ESFL Network. ” Medical Science countries. In total, 220 students from - ESFLC Attendee 25 different countries attended the Karolinska Institute conference. After only one year of Egle Markeviciute operations, ESFL now has more than Political Science 100 student groups from 20 different Vilnius University Institute countries in its network. Stoyan Panchev In 2012, ESFL is planning to host 4 110Student groups in International Politics Regional Conferences in Lithuania, ESFL’s Network. University of London Sweden, Serbia, and Germany. ESFL is Frederik Cyrus Roeder also planning to launch its own version What I have noticed at this Health Economics of the US Campus Coordinator Program University of Bayreuth to be called the Local Coordinator “conference is that the libertarian Program to continue to build the ESFL Nick Roskams network. In a time when the dominant 4,000 ideas are not only timeless; They Law & Policy Economics message from European politicos is of Free books provided to student Catholic University of Leuven groups in . know no borders. statism and government intervention, Gabrielle Shiner European students are standing up for ” - Gilles Verstraeten English the cause of liberty. University of London, Queen’s Mary Law, Catholic University of Leuven Wolf von Laer Austrian Economics Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Ulrich Andreas Zanconato Law 220Attendees at the first European University of Munich SFL Conference.

17 18 Philadelphia Boston REGIONAL CONFERENCES Regional Regional Conference Conference * Denotes conference held in new location.

Chicago Northern California 102aendees Regional Conference 132aendees Regional Conference Keynote Speakers: and Matt Welch Pittsburgh94aendees 138aendees Keynote Speaker: David Boaz Notable Event: Regional Conference* Chicago vs. Austrian Debate

Keynote Speaker: Tom G. Palmer

New York 127aendees Regional Conference

189aendees Largest Regional Conference Arizona 87aendees Regional Conference North Carolina Regional Conference* First SFL Conference for 74% of the attendees. 135aendees

Southern California Austin Regional Conference Regional Conference Florida 92aendees Regional Conference aendees133 aendees145 “I am so thankful for the sophisti- aendees cated intellectual curiosity and 133 professional nature of Students For North Texas Liberty. It is a good time to be Regional Conference* young and passionate about human freedom!” - Corey Hubbard University of Central Florida 19 20 The International Students For Liberty Conference (ISFLC) is the premiere event of 2012 ISFLC the year for students dedicated to liberty. In February 2012, over 1,000 students came to Washington DC for the largest pro-liberty student gathering ever. Students came from all over the world to learn about the principles of liberty and effective practices of advancing1013 ATTENDEES the cause from the top liberty activists! Featured Speakers: , Former CEO of PayPal , The STOSSEL Show Marty Zupan, Institute for Humane Studies (R-MI), U.S. House of Representatives David Boaz, The Cato Institute Nick Gillespie, Reason TV

PETER THIEL was acknowledged with the 2012 Alumnus of the Year Award.

ANNUAL SFL AWARDS

BREAKING RECORDS. It was impossible to get the 1000+ attendees in a single shot, so the conference Event of the Year Student of the Year Student Group of the Year photographer had to take multiple photos in order to capture the entire group. Fifty students of the As President of West The Leuven, Texas Forum For Freedom Chester University SFL, chapter of LVSV (Classical gathered on the West James Padillioni, Jr. Liberal Flemish Students Mall of University of Texas organized a 4/20 Bake Sale, Organization) hosts to march to the Texas a Drug War Vigil, a 9/11 influential speakers from Capital as founding fathers Peace Rally, a Columbus academia, politics, and zombies. The students Day Anti-Colonialism Event, business every week, and marched to bring awareness a Legalization Debate, and also publishes a magazine of the politicians taking a Police Science called ‘Blueprint’ with texts away our civil . Forum. written by members. 21 22 Mark your calendars for the 2013 ISFLC! ... hundreds of young libertarians, February 15-17 “most of them dressed as if they Grand Hyatt Hotel Washington, DC expected to be ambushed by job STANDING ROOM ONLY. Tom G. Palmer, Atlas Network interviewers, overcrowding every “The Rhetoric of Liberty: How You Can Become a Persuader and a Motivator” inch of hotel carpet.” We shattered our - David Weigel expectations when over 1,000 Slate.com pro-liberty students came to For those who support Washington DC in February “individual liberty, free markets, 2012. As a result of the huge demand at ISFLC, most sessions and peace the conference was a became standing-room only great reassurance. with many students having to sit on the floor to listen in on their - ”Matthew Feeney favorite speakers and topics. The American Conservative We weren’t the only ones to notice! Media outlets and tweets from students commented on the jam-packed space. ISFLC Aendance 1013 PACKED LIKE SARDINES. Nigel Ashford, Institute for Humane Studies “What Kind of Libertarian Are You?” 529

302 153 100 FILLING ROOMS. The ballroom quickly filled for the Opening Ceremonies and presentation of the 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Alumnus of the Year Award to Peter Thiel. 23 24 An Open Letter from SFL RESOURCES HOFSTRA LIBERTARIANS TABLING KITS PROTEST GRANTS FREE BOOKS SFL tabling kits are jam- Student groups can apply for SFL sends free books to Thanks to the advice and resources SFL Magazines, pocket constitutions, pins, packed with books, pocket a protest grant to help fund student groups to use for gave us, we founded the Hofstra Libertarians stickers, copies of The Morality of Capitalism, constitutions, stickers, and events on campus. discussion and recruitment. club and made a huge difference in the and more. It is tough to engage students pins. political conversation on our when everyone is busying to campus. class but students are more Our most successful event inclined to visit our table and came with help from a discuss liberty when there is Students For Liberty Protest free stuff involved. Grant. Our group held a huge Numerous members of the “4/20 Brownie Giveaway”. SFL Leadership team worked Protest Grants Awarded Tabling Kits Distributed 13 1521 We baked 175 brownies and with us throughout the year. 61 Free Books Distributed gave them out in the most SFL gave us the tools to make populated area of campus. strong decisions as a club for Thanks to the advice and We engaged many students the next year. The normal JOURNAL OF LIBERTY AND SOCIETY on drug legalization and the resources SFL gave us, club hiccups were easily The Journal of Liberty and Society is SFL’s While most journals restrict their subject philosophy of liberty and self- we founded the Hofstra solved as experienced leaders undergraduate academic journal, dedicated matter to particular academic disciplines, this ownership. Students were very were an email or call away. Libertarians club and to exploring the intellectual underpinnings journal seeks to break free of the boundaries open to the idea of personal made a huge difference in Our 3 founding members of a free society. Each year, students submit imposed by disciplines and accepts papers freedom and we were able attended the 2011 Regional papers from a variety of disciplines for from any academic discipline. The only to connect it to ideas about the political conversation Conference in NYC and were consideration. constraint on paper submissions is that the taxation as we distributed The on our campus. given tips from students who A panel of SFL student leaders serve as subject must relate to liberty. Morality of Capitalism as well. organized on-campus groups associate editors, and the entire project This journal is the first of its kind, providing We combined the brownie for liberty. Meeting these receives intellectual guidance from a a comprehensive process to review and giveaway with a speaking students before our club was committee of leading scholars highlight the academic foundations of liberty. event Law Enforcement Agains set up gave us a better general from around the world. Prohibition representative understanding of what we found through the SFL could do. A sampling of the topics: speakers bureau. Together, As we plan for next A challenge to Rousseau’s place in the these events were by far the year, we are excited at the classical liberal tradition. biggest political events on opportunity to spread liberty campus this year. We brought to our campus while having theory in Shakespeare’s new people into our club experience under our belt. We Measure for Measure. Submissions and helped give out lots of thank SFL for all they have 14 An examination of . information about the morality done in the fight for liberty and economic advantages The role of the government in cosmetic on campuses worldwide. surgery. behind drug legalization. Without their help and resources; the Hofstra We tabled numerous times using SFL Libertarians would never have been able to An historical analysis of the intersection of Tabling Kits. They provided us with Reason have such a productive year. Thank you! early birth control advocates and the 20th century labor movement. 11Accepted Papers 25 26 WEBINAR SERIES FORUMS FOR FREEDOM The SFL Webinar Series is an interactive Students For Liberty sponsors “Forums for efforts. Since experience amongst each leader educational program providing students all Freedom” each fall and spring. The completely varies, the topics range from the basics of student over the world with live virtual access to student run forums serve the purpose of organizing, like hosting a successful meeting, academic lectures on topics related to liberty, facilitating an informal environment in which to to more challenging aspects, like leadership activism, and career building. Speakers network with other student leaders and learn transition. The forums also give students a present from the comfort of their offices from their successes and failures of organizing great opportunity to create lasting relationships while students watch on personal computers, for liberty. Usually meeting twice per semester, — both professional and personal — that will allowing individuals thousands of miles away student leaders in a given region come together ultimately have the effect of strengthening the from one another to experience a live lecture. US-Hosted Webinars to discuss ways to improve and coordinate their student movement. SFL is on the cutting edge of utilizing new 28 technology to provide innovative educational opportunities for students. With the ability to provide completely free, high-quality lectures to thousands of students across the world, we Europe-Hosted are proud to be paving the way in this new field. 7Webinars WEBINAR PARTICIPANTS An Average of 20 Students Attend Each Forum for Freedom.

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POPULAR WEBINARS Locations of Forums for Freedom A GLOBAL EFFORT. *Several states hosted multiple Forums. The Moscow Forum For Freedom took place on “Austrian Economics, Institutional “You’re Going to Jail: The Criminalization of April 15, 2012. Hosting eight of the strongest young Economics, and the Science of Liberty” Everything” advocates for liberty in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Peter Boetke Radley Balko the day-long forum featured discussions about the 165 Participants 111 Participants nature of activism in Russia followed by ideas for collaboration. Most importantly, everyone in the forum “The Myth of the Socialist Paradise Sweden” “Money Under Laissez Faire” was ultimately in unanimous agreement: Russia needs Joakim Fagerström George Selgin a united front - a center for liberalism - that combines 136 Participants 108 Participants the efforts of professors, students and graduates who will offer the nascent liberty movement some “The Case Against Education” “Libertarianism and the Left” momentum. Forum attendees will remain great friends Matt Zwolinski and continue to work together to find student leaders 125 Participants 98 Participants Forums for Freedom Hosted and give the region the attention it deserves in the 19 global movement for liberty. 27 28 CAPITALISMTHE MORALITY OF IS CAPITALISM THE MOST AMAZING VEHICLE FOR The Morality of Capitalism project was contacted by at least 5 professors who plan to extremely successful. Building on the success of incorporate the book into their course syllabi. SOCIALlast year’s Bastiat Project, Students COOPERATION For Liberty THAT HAS EVER EXISTED. and the Atlas Network successfully distributed The demand for the book in Europe was so the original 100,000 copies of The Morality of great (but shipping so expensive), that SFL leaders Capitalism to 226 student groups. The groups packed 2,200 copies of the book into 8 suitcases range from Students For Liberty groups and and 4 carry-ons to the European Students For ANDphilosophy clubs to internshipTHAT’S programs and Liberty THE Conference in November STORY to hand out to WE NEED TO TELL. WE pre-professional fraternities. The book has since students. By the end of the weekend, European been translated into 6 languages, with plans for Students For Liberty had no copies left over! NEEDit to be translated into 13TO more. SFL has CHANGEbeen THE NARRATIVE. FROM AN ETHICAL100,000 STANDPOINT, WE NEED TO CHANGE THE NARRATIVECOPIES OF THE MORALITY OF CAPITALISM OF CAPITALISM TO SHOW THAT DISTRIBUTED WORLDWIDE ITS ABOUT CREATING SHARED VALUE, NOT FOR THE FEW, BUT FOR EVERYONE. IF PEOPLE COULD SEE THAT THE WAY I SEE IT, PEOPLE WOULD LOVE CAPITALISM THE WAY I LOVE IT.- JOHN MACKEY, CO-FOUNDER29 OF WHOLE FOODS MARKET30 LIBERTY FUND SYMPOSIA In 2011, Students For Liberty partnered with of being lectured at, students are challenged Liberty Fund Inc. to host a new project for to think critically about a subject and engage students with a passion for developing their with their peers. They challenge each other intellectual understanding of liberty – the and learn to take opposing ideas seriously, to Students For Liberty & Liberty Fund Symposia: understand the other perspective, and formulate Exploring the Foundations of a Free Society. We better augments of their own. During our final bring together 15 of our most promising student symposium this year, one of the participants leaders with a top libertarian professor for a began a comment, then stopped and reflected, “I weekend of intense study and Socratic discussion have learned more in three days here than I have on the ideas of liberty. in three years of college.” He was not alone in that sentiment. The Liberty Fund format provides a unique educational setting radically different from what SFL held three symposia in 2011-2012 and have students receive in a college classroom. Instead three more planned for the coming year.

The purpose of the symposium was not to elucidate and settle all issues related to the philosophy of “ liberty, but rather to open up a dialog within the liberty movement that widens our understanding of freedom as a complete yet humble philosophy. We do not have all of the answers for complex issues that may arise in a free market, but we are willing to admit this lack of knowledge while also furiously testing our beliefs to see if they can stand up a full inquisition. - James Padillioni, Jr., West Chester” University

“The Institutions of Liberty” August 5-7, 2011 Institute for Humane Studies, Arlington, VA Led by Professor John Tomasi, Brown University

“Hayek & Keynes on Human Nature & Liberty” March 9-11, 2012 The Foundation for Economic Education House, Irvington, NY Led by Professor Tawni Ferrarini, Northern Michigan University

“Thomas Paine & Edmund Burke on the French Revolution of 1789” March 23-25, 2012 University of California, San Diego, CA Led by Professor Matt Zwolinski, University of San Diego 31 32 FREE SPEECH WEEK UNEXPECTED ALLIES In spite of the oppressive university administrations, students around the world Alex McHugh are standing up to make their voices heard. In April, SFL dedicated one week for groups to Personally, one of reimbursed. We were able to rebuild it provided hold activities to give students a free voice on my goals for the pro- we labeled it more clearly as ours, prevented campus. Over 85 different schools participated in liberty movement is libel from occurring on it and “guided discourse.” to successfully build events ranging from building a free speech wall AU’s massive “Occupy” group (a social on their campuses bridges with potential allies to the left and justice coalition focused on reforming the to hosting speakers university) fully supported us and even offered and movies. They right. I found a rare opportunity to do this to form a human chain around the wall if the received activism kits Administration tried to remove it again! that helped them set through a surprisingly up their events and successful Free Speech The best to come out of this was that we were tables. Week event this year. able to start lasting conversations with students in the Occupy groups we would never had run The principles of Student Groups Participated AU has a history of being anti-free speech and particularly stifling in terms of political into otherwise. This has been an impetus for liberty are spreading 82in Free Speech Week. working together to plan free speech events, to more students correctness. So, when we put up our wall in April we knew it would be a hit with students and a internet freedom initiatives and anti-war protests each and every day. But there’s still a battle for next year. on college campuses. Free Speech Week helps challenge for the administration. Despite getting student groups attract more fellow peers to the explicit permission from the administration for It’s a great way to start the conversation with principles of liberty. the event, our wall was removed and destroyed other groups on campus and open the doors to the first night we put it up. discussion, debate, and hopefully winning a few No one was notified, asked, or even aware of over to the cause of liberty. Whenever you feel what had happened. We had to go to our Student push-back from an administration and you think Activities office and ask multiple times before you’re in the right, chances are most students are it was found out what happened and we were in agreement with you, take advantage of that.

WATCHDOG. Alex McHugh sits by the Free Speech Wall in order to “guide discourse” as mandated by the American University Administration. 33 34 ALUMNI FOR LIBERTY The love of liberty often begins in college, STOSSEL WATCH. but it rarely ends there. Students can benefit Alumni For Liberty and Reaon co-hosted a watch party of The Stossel Show filmed at the International SFL Conference. greatly from the experience and resources of alumni. That’s why Alumni For Liberty works to keep alumni engaged with pro- liberty students at their alma mater and the movement for liberty as a whole. AFL has hosted alumni events, shared interviews with successful pro-liberty alumni, and provided career advice to our network of over 900 alumni and students. The AFL Board includes twenty-two members across three continents. We are entrepreneurs, journalists, researchers, grad students, artists and more. And each of us is committed to the lifelong struggle for individual liberty in whatever route we choose to pursuit. If you feel as strongly as we do, then I urge you to support the students who are making our world a freer place. Sincerely,

Tom VanAntwerp GIRL POWER. AFL launched Women For Liberty to support female students Chairman, Alumni For Liberty and alumni as they advance in the liberty movement.

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