Once you’ve decided you’re interested in starting a student organization for liberty, an immediate problem arises: an organization of one is no organization at all. Before you can do anything else, you must seek out others who are interested in starting an organization with you and bring them into the effort. Beyond this basic analysis, there are various other reasons why your first step when starting a student organization should be to find other students. First, starting an organization takes a lot of work. Having others there to take responsibility for different aspects of starting an organization and getting it off the ground is the only way to actually start a group. Second, having a group of students provides legitimacy to what you’re doing. Rather than being one person who is trying to make a radical change on campus, you are a group of people who are trying to make a reasonable change.
The question now becomes: how do you find others to join you in undertaking the incredible task of starting a student organization? Here are a few recommendations.
1) Friends. If you have friends who support liberty like yourself, get them involved.
2) Facebook. Post on Facebook groups related to the organization you want to start.
3) Flier Campus. Dedicate 2 hours to going around and just get your name out there.
4) Other Organizations. There are students who support liberty on every campus. Tell other groups like the College Republicans, College Democrats, Debate Team, Model U.N., Mock Trial, Political Science Honors Society, Economics Honors Society, etc. and get their members to join.
Continue to Step 2: Develop a Mission Statement
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