- 2010 Students For Liberty -
- Midwest Regional Conference -
Saturday, October 16
University of Chicago
Hosted by the University of Chicago Students for a Free Society
Click Here to Register
“There is all the difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to make them equal.”- F.A. Hayek
Hosted at the storied home of some of liberty’s most famous advocates – Milton Friedman, Friedrich Hayek, and Gary Becker – the conference is sure to provide a memorable experience for students all over the Midwest. It will be a day filled with opportunities for networking with other pro-liberty advocates, sharing best practices in the campus fight for freedom, and hearing from many other prominent liberty leaders in the region.
Need more reasons to attend? How about:
- FREE registration
- Small group sessions with top liberty speakers
- Connections with liberty organizations
- Free books, pamphlets, stickers, and other liberty materials
- Get information about student organizing, hosting events and speakers, internships, activism, programs, seminars, and careers in liberty
- Three free meals
- Network with top students from all over the Midwest
- Evening social with other students in the movement
Speakers include:
- Opening Keynote, Eric O’Keefe: Eric O’Keefe is chairman and CEO of the Sam Adams Alliance. Under his leadership, the Sam Adams Alliance (SAM) has established some of the most active and respected organizations in the freedom movement. Most recently, SAM set up American Majority to train potential candidates and campaign organizers and the Franklin Center, which helps train and place investigative journalists in non-profit organizations. The alliance also launched Judgepedia, Ballotpedia, and Sunshine Review, Wikipedia-style websites which have had more than 19 million page views for their 128,000 pages of politically important information. He serves on the board of directors of the Institute for Humane Studies, the Center for Competitive Politics, and Wisconsin Club for Growth.He authored the book Who Rules America, which won praise from Milton Friedman, and hosts a new podcast series, Engaging Democracy.
- Closing Keynote, Tom G. Palmer: Not enough can be said about Tom Palmer. He is everywhere in the liberty movement. Not only is he a senior fellow at the Cato Institute (a huge libertarian think-tank) and Director of Cato University (Cato’s educational arm), Tom Palmer is also the Vice President of International Programs at the Atlas Economic Research Foundation. In addition to sitting on several more board of trustees as an advisor and active member, Tom Palmer travels all around the world, literally, as an active advocate and lecturer for liberty. He is the author of Realizing Freedom: Libertarian Theory, History, and Practice, published in 2009.
- A Student Leadership Panel
- Advancing Liberty with your Career Panel
- And much more to come!
If you have questions about the registration process, logistics, or other conference details, please email Sloane at SFrost@studentsforliberty.org. We’re looking forward to seeing you there!
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