Want to attend the gala event of the liberty movement?
The Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty is the premiere award in the liberty movement, hosted by the Cato Institute every other year to an individual who has made a significant contribution to advance human freedom. The 2010 recipient is Akbar Ganji, an Iranian writer and journalist who spent six years in prison for advocating a secular democracy and exposing government involvement in the assisination of individuals who opposed Iran’s theocratic regime. The prize, a cash award of $500,000, will be presented to Akbar Ganji on May 13, 2010, at the Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty’s Biennial Dinner at the Hilton Washington in Washington D.C.
Cato On Campus, in partnership with Student for Liberty, is holding a student contest for two tickets to the Friedman Prize biennial dinner and award presentation, which will be held at the Hilton Washington Hotel in Washington, D.C, on May 13, 2010. The winners of the contest will each receive a free ticket to the event, regularly sold for $500 each.
Information on the contest for student tickets to the dinner is available here. Be sure to apply ASAP, though, as the deadline for the contest is Friday, April 23, 2010.
In 2008, the prize recipient was Yon Goicoechea, one of the leaders of the pro-democracy student movement in Venezuela that had successfully halted Hugo Chavez’s efforts to grab total authority up to that point. SFL sent several students to the dinner in New York City that year, and we were able to get a picture with Yon Goicoechea. From experience, I can attest to the fact that this is one of the most motivating and inspiring events out there. I encourage everyone who is interested in attending to apply.
SFL members at the 2008 Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty Dinner with the Prize recipient. From left to right: Anya Bryce, Alexander McCobin, Yon Goicoechea (Prize recipient), Alexander Witkes, Richard Tracy, and Sloane Frost.
