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Total Number of Attendees: 302 Attendees
Total Number of Students: 248 Students
Keynotes
Governor Gary Johnson, former Governor of New Mexico & Chairman of Our America Initiative
Ed Crane, President of the Cato Institute
Professor Russ Roberts, George Mason University
In the week leading up to the ISFLC, the East Coast was pummeled by what is now known as Snowpocalypse. Flights were canceled all over the country, and Washington, DC effectively shut down. While the Federal Government closed for almost a week because of this storm, students from around the world would not let the weather keep them from advancing liberty.
From February 12-14, a total of 302 liberty advocates, 248 of them students, attended the 3rd Annual International Students For Liberty Conference hosted at American University by the AU Students for Liberty! That is almost 3 times larger than the first SFL Conference held 2 years ago (also with a blizzard threatening its ruin), and it is the largest event SFL has ever hosted. The event was so large, in fact, that when the conference visited Cato for the Saturday evening ceremonies and Ed Crane’s Keynote speech, audience members were overflowing into the first floor conference room to watch the speech via television.
At the conference, students participated in workshops ranging from “Transitioning Leadership” to “Marketing on Campus”. They heard from an international panel of activists on the status of liberty abroad and how they can become involved in advancing liberty around the world. They spoke with representatives from pro-liberty organizations such as the Cato Institute, Institute for Humane Studies, and Foundation for Economic Education at a 2-hour Liberty Fair. The Fair also showcased summer seminars, resources from pro-liberty organizations, and internship opportunities. During meals and evening socials, students networked with one another to learn how their peers were introduced to liberty, and they built lifetime friendships. Consider this feedback from two participants:
James Alexander Biles, University of Michigan
“When it comes to meeting like-minded people, listening to leading intellectuals, and opening career opportunities in the liberty movement, there is no better place than a Students For Liberty conference.”
Stacy Litz, Drexel University
“To me, the 2010 ISFLC is like a vacation for the restricted mind – and being around so many like minded individualists is like a breath of fresh air. I look forward to the next year and hope attendance reaches double the size of this conference!”
The passion, the excitement, and the energy of the 3rd Annual ISFLC is tough to put in words. There is no event in the world quite like the ISFLC, and no greater symbol of the student movement for liberty’s strength. However, Keynote Gary Johnson did a great job when he tweeted how he felt after finishing his speech at the conference:
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