Group of the Year Nominee Profile: The Drexel Student Liberty Front

The Drexel Student Liberty Front has taken over the political scene at their school.  Few other groups can match the quantity or quality of their events and activism for liberty.

In the past year the Drexel Student Liberty Front has hosted a wide array speaking events.  Last spring they held an event featuring both Cato Institute Vice President David Boaz and John Stossel.  This fall they held a number of events such as a Tenth Amendment Event featuring PA State Representative Sam Rohrer and economist Thomas Dilorenzo, a Police Militarization event featuring Reason’s Radly Balko, and a debate on “Minarchy v. Anarchy” featuring former LP Presidential Candidate Michael Badnarik and Freedomain Radio’s Stephan Molyneux.

The Student Liberty Front also hosted a number of entertainment events to promote liberty.  These included a SLF Barbecue, a “V for Vendetta” movie screening, and a “Free Philly” concert.

Perhaps their most defining characteristic is their activism.  To open the semester they hosted an event packed Students Rights Week which included: numerous tabling events where they passed out Cato Pocket Constitutions, speaker events with FIRE experts, and even brought in a Philadelphia Public Defenders Office representative.  But they do not limit their activism to their own campus, participating in many community activism events such as the Philadelphia End the Fed Rally.

These accomplishments themselves might be enough to qualify the Drexel SLF for a nomination for group of the year.  However, in a just over a 1 week span they held two events which make them truly stand out.  On October 28th the Drexel Student Liberty Front hosted a special student-focused edition of Judge Napolitano’s Freedom Watch.  The event was held in the lobby of the Main Building of Drexel University and featured special guests such as Stacy Litz and Pericles Niarchos of the Drexel Student Liberty Front, Aaron Moyer of the Philadelphia Forum for Freedom, Alexander McCobin of Student For Liberty, Jeff Frazee of Young Americans for Liberty, and Irena Schneider of the AU SFL.

Then, just over a week later, the Drexel SLF hosted the 2009 Mid-Atlantic Students For Liberty Conference, which claimed the largest attendance of any Regional Conference this fall.  It is truly impressive what they have been able to accomplish in the two years since their founding.