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Students for Liberty
Summary
Students For Liberty (SFL) is an international libertarian non-profit organization with origins in the United States. Formed in 2008, SFL grew to a network of 1,000 student organizations worldwide by 2014.
It hosts an annual international conference and various regional conferences. Wolf von Laer became the chief executive officer in 2016.
Students in an Institute for Humane Studies Koch Summer Fellowship met on July 24, 2007, to discuss challenges faced by classical liberal student organizations. In 2008, Alexander McCobin and Sloane Frost organized a conference for 40 students involved in libertarian student groups. The first Students For Liberty conference was held at Columbia University from February 22 to 24, 2008, with 100 student participants. Afterward they formed Students For Liberty to provide continuing support to student groups.
The group's stated mission is "to educate, develop, and empower the next generation of leaders of liberty." Le Monde and The Investigative Desk described SFL as "a key organisation in the Koch system" of groups. SFL is a partner in the Atlas Network.
Internationally, Students For Liberty has been noted by outlets such as Le Figaro, Die Welt, The Guardian, Le Soir, City A.M., 20Minutos, CNN, and Huffington Post Canada. SFL trained members of the Free Brazil Movement, which opposed then-president Dilma Rousseff. A spinoff of SFL, the Consumer Choice Center, was noted for its pro-vaping advocacy through the World Vapers' Alliance.
SFL hosts an annual International Students For Liberty Conference (ISFLC). The inaugural ISFLC in 2008 brought 100 students from 42 schools in three countries to New York City. The second ISFLC in 2009 brought 153 students from 13 countries to George Washington University. The third ISFLC took place February 13–14, 2010 at American University in Washington, D.C., and had more than 300 students in attendance. The fourth ISFLC, covered by ReasonTV, returned to George Washington University on Friday, February 18–20, 2011, this time with 500 students participating.
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