In an attempt to better share our current activities with our network, SFL is beginning an SFL Around the World blog post series. At the beginning of each month, each region will post an update to their regional blog page to share their current activities. Please stay tuned for more updates next month!

March was another amazing month for North American SFLers! Campus activists continued to make a serious impact on campus!

To kick March off, we officially launched our Share Humanity strike team! This initiative offered students an activism grant of up to $250 for activism related to refugees and immigration. Students have hosted speakers, started donation/clothing drives and tabled on campus!

As part of our Share Humanity campaign, students at Harvard hosted an open borders event with a speaker panel of Jeffrey Miron, Bryan Caplan, Valerie Vande Panne and Lant Pritchett. The event gave students at Harvard the opportunity to hear from some of the best scholars on the topic of immigration! 

Continuing with the Share Humanity initiative, Students For Liberty Campus Coordinator Bela Cunningham was interviewed by a local newspaper regarding her club’s involvement in the campaign. Bela, and her campus club at the University of Florida have started a clothing drive for Syrian Refugees who are resettling in her state. To check out the full article, click here.

Beyond the issue of refugees, the Students For Liberty club at PITT made headlines with their “Pot Brownie” bake sale to raise awareness about the war on drugs. The club creatively put wrapped brownies into flower pots and sold them on campus. Not only did they raise awareness on a very important issue, they actually donated their profits to the family of Antania Hopkins.  Antania is an 11 year old girl from Pittsburgh who suffers from epilepsy, but can not legally access medical cannabis due to her state’s restrictive stance on it. The club donated $140 for Antania and her family to seek treatment for her epileptic seizures. To read the full media write up about this amazing campaign, click here!

Lastly, several North American SFLers were recognized for their amazing activism on campus. Campus Coordinator Marissa Gentry was awarded a $1500 activism grant from Atlas! Along with that, Eagles For Liberty at Florida Gulf Coast University was nominated for “Outstanding Student Organization of the Year” by FGCU’s Dean of Students’ Office for the 2016 Leadership and Involvement Awards! Eagles For Liberty has been racking up the accolades this year as a result of the amazing work of SFL’ers Lynanne Lowry and Emily Reynolds!

And, as always, North American SFLers sought new and creative ways to spread the message of a free society on campus!

Please view our regional blog pages for updates on SFL’s other regions.